Years of work disappeared in one minute

Posted on May 6, 2019
Photos by Samra Fashion - Gaza.

The latest round of hostilities between Israel and Gaza took its toll on lives, homes and dreams. Media reports tend to focus on the stories of those killed or injured. This is the story of one Palestinian resident of Gaza … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Human rights | Leave a comment

What is missing isn’t funding, it’s political will

Posted on April 28, 2019
Construction in Gaza, 2013. Photo by Eman Mohammed

This Tuesday (April 30), the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) will convene in Brussels to discuss the dire situation in the Gaza Strip. In the past year, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has been further exacerbated by cuts to US … Continue reading →

Posted in economic development, General | Leave a comment

What you need to know when you read about Gaza

Posted on April 11, 2019

For the last few weeks, media reports citing different sources have pointed to Israel “easing” or loosening some of the restrictions it imposes on residents of the Gaza Strip as part of the Egyptian-brokered talks between Israel and Hamas. Measures … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Leave a comment

The Great March of Return: One year later

Posted on March 28, 2019
Near the fence between Gaza & Israel, April 6, 2018. Photo by Gisha.

March 30, Land Day, will mark one year since the first Great March of Return protests took place along the fence separating Israel from the Gaza Strip. In the passing year, the Israeli army has responded to protestors using live … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Human rights | Leave a comment

What’s COGAT’s excuse this time?

Posted on March 11, 2019

An olive oil producer from the Gaza Strip wants to sell his olive oil in the West Bank. It probably sounds like a pretty straightforward request, but all goods entering the West Bank require Israel’s approval and Israel rejected the … Continue reading →

Posted in economic development, General, Movement of goods out of Gaza | Leave a comment

Being a woman in Gaza

Posted on March 8, 2019
Hanan Khashan, digital marketing consultant from Gaza. Photo by Asmaa Elkhaldi

Over the past two years, I got to know dozens of extraordinary women from the Gaza Strip; entrepreneurial, creative, socially committed women who managed to build impressive careers despite the many difficulties and obstacles that life and the Israeli siege … Continue reading →

Posted in economic development, General, Human rights, Looking Forward | Leave a comment

Entrepreneurship under closure

Posted on February 20, 2019

Hanan Khashan, 29, works as a digital marketing consultant in the Gaza Strip. Hanan graduated university with a degree in computer science, and worked in the ICT sector for two years before switching to digital marketing, which is a field … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

No due process

Posted on February 10, 2019

In July 2017, Abeer (not her real name), a Gaza resident who had just been accepted to an M.A. program in engineering and business at Edinburgh University, submitted an application to the Israeli authorities for a permit to exit the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movement of people out of Gaza | Leave a comment

The honor of helping those who help

Posted on December 13, 2018
In the photo: Lawyer Moria Friedman-Sharir with the head of the doctor's delegation at Gisha's office

A few years ago, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) took to social media to boast about the annual visit of a delegation of medical specialists from the USA, which it had proudly let in to Gaza, … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Human rights, Movement of people into Gaza | Leave a comment

Gaza farmers fear another season of herbicide spraying by Israel

Posted on December 9, 2018
Saleh A-Najjar. Photo by Gisha

It is once again that time of year when farmers who cultivate land near Gaza’s perimeter fence nervously glance up at the sky, tensing up at any sound of a motor. Twice a year, Israel sends planes to spray chemical … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Leave a comment