by Sean Reilly | Feb 6, 2008
There are fears that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is set to worsen after a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, supported by church and civil rights groups (both Palestinian and Israeli), failed to stop the government from stepping up its blockade of fuel...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
The Israeli authorities have released the bodies of two men shot by settlers to the Palestine Red Crescent Society for burial in their home community of Beit Ummar in the Hebron District – but the mourners were then fired on with live ammunition by the IDF...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 27, 2008
Christian Aid and other church groups say that the breach of the border between Gaza and Egypt demonstrates the desperation of a people held hostage to both a policy of collective punishment and an inadequate peace process. Christian Aid, the UK-based international...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
Following protests from civic, human rights and church groups, Israel has said that it will allow some fuel and medicine into the Gaza Strip – but only for one day. Its blockade has contributed to a large humanitarian crisis. The Israeli authorities had closed...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 11, 2008
UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has welcomed US President George Bush’s statement on the Middle East calling for ‘an end to the occupation that began in 1967’, referring to Israel and Palestinian lands. Mr Bush, who made the statement on...
