Here are two stories from two very bright young ladies from Gaza, Occupied Palestine.
The first one is a moving clip taken from an Arabic TV show where she tells her story.
Watching it made me and my family cry, so I decided to translate it and share it with you. (Hat tip: Rasheed)
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Two eight year old girls have been killed by the IOF in the Gaza Strip in less than a week.
Aya Hamdan Al-Najjar (right) was killed by a rocket fired from an Israeli helicopter.
On June 11, eight year old Hadeel Al-Sumairi was killed when her home in south eastern Gaza was shelled by the Israeli Occupation [...]
Gaza Strip, Tuesday, 11th of March 2008 (PCAS)- As siege of Gaza Strip still hitting all life aspects, some activists against siege expressed their anger towards the silent world. Tens of horses, camels, sheep, goats and donkeys rallied in front of the UN headquarters in Gaza City on Tuesday in protest of Israel’s crippling blockade [...]
In Gaza Strip, children, elderly men and women are being killed day by day. All people are suffering from the Israeli collective punishment. From the depth of death and darkness, from the depth of drastic inhuman siege, Gazans sing for peace, freedom and ending siege.
Two Young youths seek peace and ending siege through singing! Hatem [...]
The slow genocide is still under way in Gaza ! Act Now !
We were all pleased to see a new wall tear down, but unlike the Berlin Wall, this does not mean that the occupation is over and Gazans are free.
Egypt closed the border back and the 5 days of freedom [...]
By Jeff Halper
The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle for freedom. Early this morning they simply blew up the wall separating Gaza from Egypt, breaking a siege imposed [...]
52 Patients killed by Israeli Occupation due to Closure!
96% of factories are closed
67 thousand factories employee become out of work
25 thousand of textile workers became jobless
100% of textile factories are closed
$58 million are the losses of wooden industries
570 thousand of wooden industries workshop are closed
20-30 food lorries inter Gaza Strip instead of 300 in [...]
In view of the fact that 5 months passed since the start of the harsh siege imposed on Gaza strip, all life aspects are being exposed to humanitarian crisis. This siege affects the lives of tens of thousands of innocent civilians. It also destroyed the fragile economy of Gaza and afflicted humanitarian, environmental and health [...]
Here is a new video clip I’ve created.
Music track by: Checkpoint 303 (http://checkpoint303.free.fr/)
Help ending the siege on Gaza… copy the code and spread the video:
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