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Egypt opens Rafah crossing for Gaza’s pilgrims
The first batch of pilgrims from the Gaza Strip have left Gaza via the Rafah crossing and headed to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj. Hisham Adwan, Palestinian director of the crossing, said that Egypt opened the crossing to allow the pilgrims to reach Cairo International Airport and fly to...
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Gazans raise their voices and keep their traditions alive
Palestinian youths modernise folklore tales and put them to music...
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Indignation in Palestine at Israel’s closure of Al Jazeera
The Palestinian Ministry of Information stood in solidarity with Al Jazeera media network this morning against the decision of Israeli authorities to shut its offices in occupied Jerusalem and to withdraw the work permits of their correspondents inside Israel. Officials of the Ministry of Information and staff at Al Jazeera’s...
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Demonstrations in support of Al-Aqsa
Palestinians protest against the violations placed on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Gaza ...
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Gaza teen draws with her feet after being born with no hands
Seventeen-year-old Palestinian Aya Masoud is unique; her skill is not only the artwork she produces, but the method she uses to make it. Born with no hands, Aya learnt to write and draw using her feet. She hopes that her drawings will be showcased in a gallery in the future. With...
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Palestinian students raise the bar in 2017
Palestinian achieve higher pass marks in 2017 than in previous years...
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Protests against PA’s policies in Gaza
Palestinians demonstrated outside the Abdul Aziz Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital yesterday in Gaza...
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Gaza theatre gets lucky
When theatre meets politics. Gazan artists have set up a play named after 17 Palestinian governments formed since the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993...
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Gaza builds ‘Wall of Blessings’ for Eid
The 'Wall of Blessings' has been set up ahead of the Muslim celebration of Eid in Gaza ...
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Egypt allows diesel into Gaza
Egypt allows diesel into Gaza to help get the Strip's electricity plant up and running on 21 June 2017...
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164 Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces in West Bank, Gaza Strip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVPjZ8ztlbE&feature=youtu.be The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) reported yesterday that Israeli forces wounded 164 Palestinians as they cracked down on protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in solidarity with hunger strikers. In a statement, the PRC said that one of the Palestinians from Nablus suffered moderate injuries after he was...
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Third ‘Red Carpet’ human rights film festival begins in Palestine
The Red Carpet Festival aims to mark the right of return, the release of hunger strikers imprisoned in Israeli jails, the return of national unity, the end of the internal division between Palestinian factions and the return of the stable lives that Palestinians used to have....
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Palestinians in Gaza head to the coast
The electricity crisis has meant there is limited access indoor entertainment over the weekend... so Gazans head to the beach to cool off and chill out...
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Gazan Christians celebrate easter
Many Palestinians from Gaza have been also been given permits to attend Easter celebrations in Jerusalem...
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Gaza: Siege will blow up in Israel's face
Hamas organised a candlelight march throughout Gaza yesterday evening as part of a series of protests...
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Gaza fishermen catch large haul of stingrays
On their first day of sailing following a halt in fishing activity, Gazan fishermen have caught dozens of large stingrays off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Today was their first day to sail after a decision by the Palestinian interior ministry to halt fishing activity and venturing out into...
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Jerusalem comes to Gaza
The media production city in southern Gaza has taken on the characteristics and features of Jerusalem and its streets spread across 3,000 square metres. The city was established by Al-Aqsa satellite television and it was made to produce the series “Gate of Heaven”, a drama portraying the lives of Jerusalemites...
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Speaking Gaza's language
These 21 students are the first graduates of the Arabic as a Foreign Language course at the Islamic University of Gaza, 11 of whom took part in the programme through distance learning...
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Palestinian journalists protest against PA crackdown
The protests were called by several organisations after PA security forces used force to disperse a protest on Sunday. ...
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The sands of time: Highlighting Palestine’s history
It took two days to complete a sand sculpture which marked every major development in Palestinian history. ...
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Gaza marks International Women’s Day
Marking Women’s Day, Gaza heard the stories of women who had broken the gender stereotypes as part of the “Listen to Your Voice” campaign. Organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor the event saw Salwa Srour explain how she became the first female bus driver in 2005. “I challenged the community...
