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Israel denies responsibility for Gaza amputees

Monday, 1 March, 2010 - 20:30
London, UK
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Physicians for Human Rights-Israel

Israeli attacks in Gaza have left many civilians with long-term injuries and amputations.

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EU Parliament endorses Goldstone report, supports Israeli NGOs

Monday, 15 March, 2010 - 05:57
London, UK
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EP, Maariv, ACRI, NIF

In a resolution adopted on 10 March, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the recommendations of the UN Fact-Fin

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Seeing Israel as it is, but not keeping a distance

Hagai El Ad on Israel’s image among Jews in the UK

Sunday, 14 March, 2010 - 12:55
Tel Aviv, Israel

I was delighted to be one of close to 2,000 participants in Limmud.

Hagai El-Ad is the Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Israel’s largest human rights organization. An edited version of the piece was originally published as a comment in Hebrew on nrg, the Israeli news website of Maariv, on January 5 2010. An edited English version was published in the Huffington Post on February 10 2010.

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A Gaza night in Norway

Friday, 8 January, 2010 - 14:45
London, UK

Ayda Abdalbari is a Palestinian woman who was born and lived most of her life in Gaza.

When the Gaza offensive began in December 2008, she was working as a field researcher for Israeli human rights organization ‘Gisha,’ and nursing her brother, Ashraf, who was dying of a brain tumor.

Ashraf died during the offensive, and shortly after the ceasefire, the Norwegian government agreed to give asylum to his widow and three children, as well as Ayda, at their request.

On January 6th, Ayda wrote the following letter to her friends, from her new home in Norway.

Dear friends,

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Childhood under Fire. Gaza Children's Drawings in Tel Aviv

Friday, 15 January, 2010 - 17:08
London, UK
Source: 
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Gisha, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

In commemoration of the first anniversary of “Cast Lead”, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, PHR-IL, and Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement announce the opening of a unique joint exhibition of drawings, made by children in Gaza du

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