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In June 2007, Hamas took over power in the Gaza Strip. Since then, the area has been under siege. Following Hamas's takeover, Israel changed the movement arrangements at the five Gaza border-crossing points under its control (Erez, Karni, Nahal…
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No. 97 The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, today announced support to the new…
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the last six months, the root causes of the crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) remained intact while some negative effects, such as increased restrictions on Palestinian movement, worsened. In addition, there…
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Of note this week Gaza Strip: The IDF killed 11 Palestinians, injured 15, and arrested 70 during its incursion into the area southeast of Al Bureij Camp (Central Gaza). In addition, three Palestinians were injured, including a 15-year-old boy, during IDF…
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Of note this week Gaza Strip: 19 Palestinians were killed: eight by an IDF tank shell (including a ten-year-old boy), seven by IAF air strikes, three during armed clashes with IDF soldiers, and one of wounds sustained earlier. In addition, 43…
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Introduction The first half of 2007 saw a dramatic shift in internal Palestinian politics. Several months of heavy internal clashes in Gaza, during which hundreds were killed and injured, culminated in Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip in June. This…
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Australia will provide $4 million to support the emergency Palestinian Government and a further $3 million in humanitarian funding for refugees in Gaza and Lebanon. Australia's contribution to the emergency Palestinian Government will be delivered through the Temporary International Mechanism and…
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Oxfam Internacional pide que la inmediata apertura de la frontera esté en lo alto de la agenda de los líderes palestino e israelí hoy en Egipto Oxfam Internacional (Intermón Oxfam en España) ha condenado hoy el bloqueo de la ayuda…
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JERUSALEM/NEW YORK/GENEVA, 22 June 2007 - UNICEF is delivering emergency medical supplies and vaccines to help prevent outbreaks of disease among children in Gaza. Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella; BCG (anti-tuberculosis) and tetanus were delivered on Wednesday, with another shipment…
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Key Issues: Palestinian Inter-factional Violence: Gaza Strip: - During the reporting period, the National Unity Government collapsed and intense interfactional violence broke out between armed forces controlled by Fatah and Hamas. 104 Palestinians were killed including three UNRWA employees as well as…
