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Laying the groundwork for Gaza’s permanent exodus
With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality.
By
Samer Badawi
February 19, 2024
‘We try every day to escape’: Palestinians struggle to afford Gaza exit fees
With private brokers charging thousands of dollars to coordinate passage through Rafah Crossing, most Gazans are being priced out of safety.
By
Ruwaida Kamal Amer
February 8, 2024
‘My children tell me to pray for them’: The Gazans stranded in Egypt
Thousands of Gaza residents have been stuck on the other side of the border crossing since Oct. 7, unable to return and sick with worry for their families.
By
Ruwaida Kamal Amer
October 31, 2023
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Is Israel preparing another Nakba for Gaza?
Forcing Palestinians out of the besieged strip seemed unthinkable weeks ago. But Israel’s war suggests that efforts may be underway to see it through.
By
Samer Badawi
October 19, 2023
Feeling less than human: The hell of crossing into Gaza
My Palestinian ID means I’m one of few able to enter the besieged Gaza Strip. But the journey via Egypt requires submitting to days of arbitrary humiliation.
By
Hebh Jamal
August 26, 2022
The painful price Gazans must pay for a Cambridge education
Being Palestinian from Gaza demands heartache, resilience, and luck to take on the obstacles of getting an education away from an occupied home.
By
Tala Shurrab
November 27, 2020
Escaping Gaza is easier now — for Palestinians who can afford it
Egypt has kept the Rafah crossing from Gaza continuously open since May, diverging from a years-long policy. But leaving the Strip is only the first of many challenges. By Pam Bailey and Fadi O. Al-Naji GAZA CITY — Um Ibrahim tried but failed to persuade her youngest son to reverse his decision to emigrate. The…
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November 27, 2018
The thousands of undocumented Gazans living in limbo
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza can't work, travel, or get health care. Between the Israeli-controlled population registry and the Fatah-Hamas rivalry, they see little hope for any kind of stable future.
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+972 Magazine
November 8, 2018
EU border monitors have been waiting to go back to Gaza for 10 years
Gaza’s Rafah border may reopen soon now that Fatah and Hamas have agreed to a reconciliation deal. But that doesn’t mean that the EU mission, which has been sitting and waiting near Tel Aviv at a cost of millions of euros a year, will be going back to work anytime soon. For the past 10…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
October 13, 2017
Is Abbas’ arch-rival the answer to Gaza’s problems?
A new leaked document reveals a new plan to solve the crisis in Gaza: appointing Mohammad Dahlan, once responsible for crushing Hamas and now Mahmoud Abbas’ greatest threat, to run the besieged Strip. By Elhanan Miller In the beginning of June, former Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan met with representatives of the Egyptian government and leaders…
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June 29, 2017
Israel preventing Gaza woman from attending her own wedding
According to the Israeli army, Palestinians from Gaza can attend a relative’s wedding — just not their own. The Israeli army is denying a 23-year-old Palestinian woman from traveling through Israel to reach her own wedding ceremony in Jordan. According to Israeli human rights group Gisha, the petitioner has been engaged to her fiancé —…
By
Edo Konrad
November 19, 2015
Israel’s truthiness on Palestinian academic freedom
In denying that Israel limits academic freedom in Palestine, the Israeli embassy in Washington seems to forget about the Palestinian students and academics whose movement it restricts. By Sari Bashi The Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. recently decried as baseless “the accusation that Israel arbitrarily limits the entry of foreign nationals who seek to lecture,…
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January 13, 2015
‘Ending the siege is not a Hamas demand – it is a Palestinian one’
How is this Gaza war different from all the others? Former New York Times correspondent to Gaza, Taghreed El-Khodary, speaks about her time covering the siege of the Strip, and why the international media is slowly coming around to the Palestinian story. By Moriel Rothman-Zecher “I don’t mind being interviewed. Let’s plan the timing,” wrote…
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August 17, 2014
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