After marrying and moving to Gaza, Ola Baqa was prevented from returning to Nablus until her brother died. Then Israel forced an impossible choice on her. By Sereen Ali
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Over the course of 2018 and 2019, and in March and April of 2022, Gisha conducted a series of interviews with Palestinians from Gaza who have permits from Israel to…
August 15, 2022
Hikmat Yusef, a Palestinian journalist from the Gaza Strip, writes about Israel's recent assault, the fears it evoked, and its acute psychological impact on Gaza’s children
August 9, 2022
Gisha’s field coordinator in Gaza, Mohammed Azaiza, reflects on his experience during Israel's military assault of August 2022
Palestinian residents of Gaza attest to the bureaucratic violence inherent in Israel’s permit regime
Fifteen years after Israel tightened the closure, three young residents of Gaza describe what life is like for a generation that grew up in its shadow
A year after Israel’s last wide-scale military offensive in May 2021, business owners in Gaza continue to grapple with the damage left in its wake and struggle to rebuild their lives
Lana (real name withheld), a thirty-year-old woman from Gaza, wants to pursue a degree in gender studies. She completed her undergraduate degree in communications and Arabic language at Al Azhar…
February 23, 2022
Today in Haaretz, Jacky Khoury covers the Israeli army’s refusal to process humanitarian permit applications by Palestinians, including Palestinian citizens of Israel, if the documents they submit are labeled with…
An interview with Khalil Saleem from Saleem Foam and Mattress Industries in Gaza about Israel’s dual-use policy