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Recent Articles about Gaza Strip International Politics
Spanish court drops criminal charges against Israeli officials; Israel... Jul 01 09 Carter proposes direct dialogue between Hamas and the United States Jun 20 09 Haniyya: “We support all efforts to establish a state in the 1967 bo... Jun 17 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryUNRWA to grant $ 6M to Gaza school students Thursday August 28, 2008 08:23 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies
 John Ging, Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza announced that the association will grant nearly 20.0000 NIS (nearly $ 6M) to the students of UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip in order to help them in buying stationary and supplies needed to start the new school year, the Palestinian Infromation Center reported. During a celebration honoring high school graduates held by the UNRWA in Gaza, Ging said that the association is practicing utmost efforts to ease the situation in Gaza amidst the ongoing Israeli siege. He demanded Egypt and Israel to act immediately and open the Rafah and Eretz Crossings in order to improve the situation in Gaza as the residents are living is despair and poverty. Ging added that there are more than 300 students who are stuck in Gaza, and for the second year cannot reach their universities abroad which is a direct violation to the basic principles of human rights. |
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