The Culture Minsiter in the Palestinian government in Gaza, Osama al-Eisawi stated that preparations were underway for holding the first international book fair in the blockaded Gaza Strip in cooperation

The head of the Popular Campaign Against the Siege (PCAS), MP Jamal al-Khudari said that having a list of banned commodities means that the blockade is still in place and

Dr. Ahmed Al-Armouti, the head of the Jordanian delegation who was denied access to Gaza, denied that the Egyptian authorities facilitate the movement of goods and people into the besieged

Head of the International Union for Muslim scholars (IUMS) Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi demanded the Egyptian regime to open the Rafah border crossing permanently and hailed Turkey for its admirable position

Jordanian trade union sources informed a Palestinian Information Center reporter in Amman on Monday that Egyptian authorities continue to prevent the trade union delegation from entering the Gaza Strip for

The G8 leaders said, at the closing statement of their meeting in Canada, that the Israeli siege should not continue in its current form and that more aid should reach

John Ging, the director of UNRWA operations, said that the siege on Gaza Strip must be lifted, describing the step as more important than sending assistance to the beleaguered Strip.

The Israeli authorities reopened today Karem Abu Salem, after closing it for two days, to allow the entry of limited quantities of fuel and aid into the Gaza Strip, while

In the spring of 2009, I was a member of a group that put up a billboard criticizing Israel's lethal use of force during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli authorities prevented an official delegation from Germany headed by German minister of development Dirk Niebel along with seven German MPs from entering the Gaza Strip