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Lavrov: Russia will continue contacts with Hamas

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has ignored a direct request from his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman for severing contacts with Hamas movement.

Cairo bars entry of Jordanian unionists into Gaza for 3rd day running

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

G8: Gaza siege unsustainable

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

Ging: Lifting the siege more important than extending aid

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.

Egypt prevents Jordanian aid from entering Gaza

Egyptian authorities prevented a Jordanian aid convoy from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point on Saturday.

Israel reopens Abu Salem crossing

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

A call to continue with the boycott campaign

The NGO network in the Gaza Strip said that it was important to keep the pressure on the Israeli occupation by continuing and widening to the economic, cultural and academic

Human catastrophe looms in Gaza due to electricity shortage

The electricity distribution company in Gaza city has warned Thursday of a possible human catastrophe in the populated Gaza Strip if electricity shortage continued, blaming the Israeli occupation and the

“Let them eat coriander!” Blockade “eased” as Gaza starves more slowly

Jonathan Cook explains why Israel’s recent “easing” of the siege of Gaza – hailed by Israeli agent of influence and former British Prime Minister Anthony Blair as a sensible path

Lebanese ship to join Freedom Flotilla 2

The permanent committee to support the Aqsa Mosque and Palestine in Lebanon has decided to send an aid ship to Gaza Strip that would set sail from Greece by the