TOMS donation warms the feet of Gaza children
Following a generous donation from TOMS of approximately 100,000 pairs of shoes, UNRWA was able to distribute them to the needy children in its schools.
During March UNRWA continues to distribute shoes to eligible children in its schools all across the Gaza Strip. Today, hundreds of boys at UNRWA New Gaza Elementary Boys School in Gaza City were queuing to receive their own pair. Many families in Gaza live on less than US$ 1.53 per person per day and lack the means to meet their basic food needs and living requirements.
Receiving shoes for their children allows families to free some resources to meet other essential needs.
Hamas denounces Charlie Hebdo's new edition
(dpa) - Hamas, the Islamist movement in control of the Gaza Strip, has denounced the cartoon of a weeping prophet Mohammed in the first edition of Charlie Hebdo after the deadly attack by Muslim extremists at the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine.
The Palestinian group‘s official newspaper, Felesteen, Thursday said that insulting the prophet is not warrented by freedom of expression.
Report: Abbas 'Willing' to Give Israel a Break on ICC
A Lebanese newspaper reported that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi that the Palestine would not file a case against Israel in the International Criminal Court if negotiations resumed “in the coming weeks.”
According to the report in the Al-Ahabar newspaper, Abbas made the comments to Sisi during their meeting in Cairo Wednesday.
According to the report in the Al-Ahabar newspaper, Abbas made the comments to Sisi during their meeting in Cairo Wednesday.
Several weeks ago, State of Palestine formally requested
Israel police kill Palestinians in W. Bank and Negev
Israeli police have killed an Arab Israeli man during clashes with stone-throwing Bedouin protesters in the southern Negev region, sparking anger with the Arab communities in the area, an Arab Israeli lawmaker said.
"We, the Palestinians in Negev, have lost another man. This is another sign that the Israeli police are dealing recklessly when it comes to our lives," MP Taleb el-Sana told The Anadolu Agency.
Palestinian Deficit Heading to $2Bn, Says PA Insider
The cost of reconstructing Gaza is taking its toll on the Palestinian Authority's budget.
The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) is likely to face a US$2 billion deficit in 2015, a Palestinian official warned Wednesday.
Although financial contributions from the United States and the European Union have been sinking for two years, according to an anonymous official who spoke to Turkey's Anadolu Agency, Gazan reconstruction costs are also largely to blame for the P.A.'s financial shortfall.
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian at Gush Etzion
Israeli forces opened fire at two Palestinians near the Gush Etzion Junction between Bethlehem and Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday evening, killing one.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an that two Palestinians "were involved in a criminal incident" in the area, and one was shot by Israeli soldiers after he attempted to flee the area.
Gaza destruction by Israel "beyond expected": Palestinian minister
The amount of destruction in the Gaza Strip is "beyond expected," said Palestinian housing minister Moufeed Al-Hassaina in a recent interview with China Central Television.
"We wish that we could just comfort the people of Gaza, saying that everything will be great, but we should be realistic, the amount of destruction in the Gaza Strip is beyond expected, but we're doing our best to push the international community into
Gaza: The heroism of ordinary people
The one thing worth writing about is the heroism of one million seven hundred thousand mortals, flesh and blood residents of the Gaza Strip. They are sons and daughters, men and women, fathers and mothers, the middle aged and the elderly, the sick, babies, youths, poor and wealthy, adolescent boys and girls. All, without exception, may die a senseless, absurd death. None of them knows when, yet the thunder of bombings, far and near, promotes death to the top of the list of possibilities.
Hassan Khader
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