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A man sits in his tent at the Arlozorov encampment in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Dan Haimovich)
Tel Aviv cuts homeless camp’s electricity on eve of storm
The encampment has been home to some 50 people for two years. A court had ordered the installation of electricity, which the city says has been used illegally. By Avi Blecherman The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality on Wednesday cut off electricity to one of the city’s largest homeless encampments one day before the arrival of what…
By +972 Magazine February 18, 2015
Palestinians pass along a sand walkway connecting flooded areas of the Al Nafaq neighborhood of Gaza City. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: Gaza’s streets remain flooded a week after storm
The UN reports that 10,000 people were displaced in the record-setting storm and that it could take another week to clear the flooding. A week after record-setting winter storms pounded the Middle East, areas of the Gaza Strip are still struggling to cope with severe flooding of homes and businesses. Gaza City residents reported that…
By Activestills December 20, 2013
Palestinian children in Khirbat Yarze, where the IDF destroyed homes on Tuesday, December 10 2013 (Image: Attef Abu-Arub, B'tselem)
Ahead of worst winter storm in years, IDF razes Palestinian homes
The Middle East is experiencing one of the worst winter storms to hit the region in years. All almost all of the mountain ranges from Syria to Sinai are covered in snow and the coastal areas are seeing very large amounts of rainfall. State and local authorities throughout the region are working to bring homeless…
By Noam Sheizaf December 13, 2013
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