REFERENCES ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA
Articles and Op-eds
What You Don't Know About Gaza
By Rashid Khalidi, New York Times, Jan 9, 2009
The Facts about Israel’s War on Gaza
By Adam Sheets, January 1, 2009
If Gaza falls...
By Sara Roy, London Review of Books, January 1, 2009
Palestine’s Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood
By Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine Monitor, December 31, 2008
Israel Over-Reaches
By Nadia Hijab, Institute for Palestine Studies, Dec 30, 2008
Silence has become complicity
By Paul Woodward, War in Context, December 29, 2008
The Gaza Crisis: December 2008 - Talking Points
By Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, Dec 28, 2008
Statement on the Crisis in the Gaza Strip
By Prof. Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Dec 27, 2008
Statement on the Crisis in Gaza
By Miguel D´Escoto, President of the General Assembly, United Nations, Dec 27, 2008
Gaza massacres must spur us to action
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 27 December 2008
Can Gaza and Sderot Make Common Cause?
By Nadia Hijab, Institute for Palestine Studies, Nov 26, 2008
Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism
By Darryl Li, Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), February 16, 2008
Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis: Who's to Blame for What?
By Nadia Hijab, Institute for Palestine Studies, Nov 13, 2007
Notes from the Field: Return to the Ruin that is Gaza
By Jennifer Loewenstein, Report, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 36, no. 3 (Spring 2007), p. 23
The Gaza Strip as Laboratory: Notes in the Wake of Disengagement
By Darryl Li, Perspectives, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 35, no. 2 (Winter 2006), p. 38
A "New Hamas" through Its New Documents
By Khaled Hroub, Articles, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol 35, no. 4 (Summer 2006), p. 6
An Old-New Occupation: Notes from a "Disengaged" Gaza
By Darryl Li, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Harvard University, September 29, 2005
Praying with Their Eyes Closed: Reflections on the Disengagement from Gaza
By Sara Roy, Essay, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol 34, no. 4 (Summer 2005), p. 64
Issues Arising from the Implementation of Israel’s Disengagement from the Gaza Strip
By Geoffrey Aronson, Report, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 34, no. 4 (Summer 2005), p. 49
Searching for Answers: Gaza's Suicide Bombers
By Lamis Andoni, Articles, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 26, no. 4 (Summer 1997), p. 33
The Gaza Strip: A Case of Economic De-Development
By Sara Roy, The West Bank and Gaza Strip, 1967-87, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 17, no. 1 (Autumn 1987), p. 56
Reports by Humanitarian & Human Rights Organizations
World Health Organization Reports on Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Situation Reports
By UN Humanitarian Agencies including OCHA, 2008-2009
Children of the Gaza Crisis - Save the Children
Fact Sheets: Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 9, 2009 | Jan 15, 2009
Nine Human Rights Organizations Petition Israeli Supreme Court on Gaza Violations
Gisha, January 7, 2009
Israel Ground Offensive Raises Rules of Law Concerns
Human Rights Watch, January 4, 2009
The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion
Amnesty International, CARE International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Médecins du Monde UK, Oxfam, Save The Children UK and Trócaire; 6 March 2008
The Occupied Palestinian Territories: Dignity Denied
International Community of the Red Cross, 13 December 2007
Population Projections for Socioeconomic Development in the Gaza Strip
Gaza 2010 Project, Harvard School of Public Health; June 2006
Gaza: One Big Prison
B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, March 2005
Gaza Conferences and Symposia
MIT/Harvard Gaza Symposium: March 30-31, 2009
International Conference on Gaza Siege and Mental Health - Walls vs. Bridges, Gaza City and Ramallah, October 26-28, 2008.
Gaza Symposium: Health, Human Security and Welfare in the Gaza Strip, Harvard University, Saturday 29 March 2008.
Online Resources & Blogs
Virtual Gaza: Testimonies from the Residents of Gaza
Created by Alliance for Justice in the Middle East (AJME) at Harvard University and the MIT Center for Future Civic Media
War on Gaza: Updates from Al-Jazeera News
Wikipedia Entry on the Gaza Strip
Professional Gaza Images and Footage on GettyImages.com
Free Gaza Images on PhotoBucket.com
Facts and Figures About Palestinian Refugees by Badil.org
Articles on Gaza Siege, Electronic Intifada
Articles on the Gaza Disengagement, Electronic Intifada
The Gaza Strip after Disengagement, B’Tselem
Papers on Gaza in the Journal of Palestine Studies
Palestinian International Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza
Blog: Reports from Israeli human rights groups
Blog: Gaza Strip, the Stroy Untold by Gaza-based Journalist Sameh Habeeb
Blog: End the Siege on Gaza - American Friends Service Committee
Blog: From Gaza, with Love by Physician Mona El-Farra in Gaza City
Blog: Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot - 2 friends in Sajaia refugee camp in Gaza and Sderot
Blog: Moments of Gaza by Physicians, Journalists and Actvists in Gaza
Alternative News Sources
Al-Jazeera News
Al-Jazeera News - You Tube Videos
Alternative Information Center
The Electronic Intifada
Haaretz - Israeli Newspaper
Institute for Middle East Understanding
International Middle East Media Center
Ma'an News Agency
OneWorld News and Views by Gaza NGOs
The Palestine Chronicle
The Palestine Review
War in Context
Books
Hass, Amira. Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege. New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Co, 1999 (original title: Lishtot mehayam shel’Aaza, 1996)
Roy, Sara. Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. London: Pluto Press, 2007
Roy, Sara. The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-Development, 2nd Edition. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2001.
Films
Inessential: Gaza in Three Pieces - Documentary Shorts
By Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, USA, 2008, 22 mins
Dispatches: The Killing Zone
By Sandra Jordan, U.K., 2003, 50 mins
Gaza Strip
By James Longley, 2002, USA, 74 mins
Occupation 101
By Sufyan and Abdallah Omeish, USA/Palestine, 2005, 90 mins
Tale Of The Three Jewels
By Michel Khleifi, Palestine, 1995, 107 mins
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