Full Coverage: Palestine

01.09.2009 A new UN report reveals the truth about conditions for 1.5 million people inside Gaza, as Israel imposes control over supplies. IRIN News

02.07.2009 Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, an international rights group says in a report published today.

26.06.2009 Israel must lift its two-year blockade of the Gaza strip so that people can rebuild their lives, said an global anti-poverty agency on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Israeli bombardment.

15.06.2009 Up to three houses are being demolished every day in occupied Palestinian territory, and in some cases entire villages have been given blanket demolition orders by the Israeli authorities - leaving more than 300,000 Palestinians under threat of losing their homes.
+ Helping Gaza's children

10.06.2009 Reports that French company Veolia has abandoned the $500 million rail project linking Jerusalem and illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been welcomed by the anti-poverty charity War on Want.

04.04.2009 The 10th London Palestine Film Festival runs at the Barbican Centre and the School of Oriental and African Studies on 24 April -8 May.

02.03.2009 David Hare will perform his own work, Wall, drawing on his trips to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, at the Royal Court on 12-14 March.

27.02.2009 The charity Palestinians Relief and Development Fund did not take sufficiently rigorous steps to investigate allegations that some of their partner organisations might be promoting terrorism, the Charity Commission has ruled.

17.02.2009 At least 100,000 people, including up to 56,000 children, remain displaced in Gaza with many continuing to take shelter in tents or crowding into remaining homes with other families, says a children's charity.
+ Amid Rubble, Gazans Begin to Rebuild
+ OneWorld Guide to Palestine

26.01.2009 Caryl Churchil says she wrote Seven Jewish Children – A Play for Gaza (Royal Court Theatre, London, 6-21 February) "as a small response to what has happened in Gaza in the last few weeks.”

23.01.2009 Leading UK aid agencies are appealing to the public for urgently needed funds in Gaza.

18.01.2009 Your chance to petition the UN to appoint Martti Ahtisaari to mediate for an end to the bloodshed.

18.01.2009 No journalists are allowed into Gaza and my colleagues at OneWorld US have done a great job in collating these disturbing accounts by aid workers inside the enclave.

16.01.2009 The European Commission should follow up its decision to suspend moves to upgrade political and trade links with Israel by stopping the upgrade process altogether, says a prominent anti-poverty group.
+ Ceasefire violations hampering aid deliveries

15.01.2009 The European Commission's decision to take “time-out” on its talks with Israel on upgrading relations is a missed opportunity to clearly condemn Israel, says Christian Aid.
+ Gaza hospitals under attack

05.01.2009 More than half the estimated 13,000 Palestinians who have fled from their homes in Gaza to escape Israeli bombardment are children, says a leading children's charity.

01.01.2009 The UN agency responsible for Palestine refugees has appealed for $34 million on top of its recent $275 million Emergency Appeal as the needs of the population of Gaza continue to mount in the face of Irael's military operation.
+ Israel Looking to Silence Hamas Forever
+ Aid Groups Demand Gaza Ceasefire

31.12.2008 Human rights groups in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are calling for international sanctions against Israel following bombing raids that have killed more than 375 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
+ Gaza today: ‘This is only the beginning’
+ OneWorld Guide to Palestine
+ Grave threat of spread of child malnourishment
+ Hospitals overburdened by influx of wounded

30.12.2008 The people of the Gaza Strip are facing a humanitarian crisis unless the bombing stops and the Israelis allow immediate access for aid shipments, Oxfam warns.
+ Stop the Killing in Gaza

20.11.2008 The top UN human rights official has called for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which she said contravened international law and had deprived those living there of their most basic human rights for months.