The Gaza Blog

Faith and frustration

Despite Egyptian intransigence, the aid convoy still hopes to get to Gaza.

People for Palestine - the road to Aqaba

The convoy moves through Turkey, Syria and Jordan, but hits trouble when it gets to Egypt…

Viva Palestina: a lifeline from Britain to Gaza

Joti Brar is part of the third international convey travelling to Gaza to bring aid and solidarity to Palestinians.

Culture shocking

My time in Gaza has come to an end. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, or both.

Goodbye Gaza?

My work here in Gaza is coming to an end, and soon I will be catapulted out of the Strip into the world beyond.

Punishing the victims

Normality doesn't exist in Gaza - and the situation inside the world's largest prison is getting slowly worse.

Israel is sick

Israel's hatred of the Palestinians is poisoning its own people, who have been unnerved by recent testimonies from soldiers who have been in Gaza.   

Amidst the ruins, the grief

Homeless Gazans have been left trying to salvage something from the lives they used to have before the Israeli military invaded, and changed their lives forever.   

The Gaza solidarity circus

From Code Pink to George Galloway, they're all popping in - but is it just self-serving political propaganda?

Slipping into something more comfortable

A visit to Gaza City's only Turkish bath-house offers the chance to switch off from reality, just for a while.

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