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A Doctor's Notes From Gaza by Dr. Mona El-Farra I’m still alive. I don’t know what this means, but I can say that most of the time I can still walk and do some work with people who need help. It all depends on my luck. And here, for people living in Gaza, luck means how close to you the bombs fall from Israel’s tanks, planes, or warships. Some hours it’s raining bombs. Americans say “It’s raining cats and dogs.” In the new Gaza idiom, we say “It’s raining bombs and shells.” Today I started my day in the Red Crescent Society’s medical center. The electricity has stopped, but the X-ray still functions, so we received many patients. Let me share with you some of what I saw. First is the story of an unnamed child we called “Number 6.” He was around three years and had identifying stickers on his arms saying “Unknown” and “Number 6.” I was shocked and immediately asked the nurses and ambulance drivers, “What is his name?” I was told no one kne

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ Nothing and nobody is safe in Gaza. To date, seven UNRWA staff members were killed. This morning, for at least the sixth time, one of UNRWA’s emergency shelters has been struck. In accordance with international law, including the 1946 Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, United Nations operations, personnel and premises must r

“ While the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip is the major focus of events, the people of many West Bank cities are infuriated by toll inflicted by 'Protective Edge.' Nine Palestinians in all have been killed in the West Bank, six of them on 25 July alone , which had been dubbed a 'Day of Rage.' Many others were wounded. ” “ Palestinian journalists were among the injured. On 26 July, journalist Rami Al-Khatib, as well as Moaz Mish’al, a photographer for Agence Anatolia, a Turkish press agency, were wounded by rubber bullets while covering confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli troops in Beit El, north of Jerusalem. The day before, journalist Thaer Abu Baker was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Jenin, in the northern West Bank. ” “ Nader Beibars, producer of the daily 'Good Morning Jerusalem' program on Palestine TV, was hit by a rubber bullet in the Wadi Al-Joz neighourhood of Jerusalem on 24 July. The same day, other news profe

Isto é máis que unha crise económica e de réxime: é unha crise de civilización Os cidadáns e cidadás europeos, na súa gran maioría, asumen a idea de que a sociedade de consumo actual pode “mellorar” cara ao futuro (e que debería facelo). Mentres tanto, boa parte dos habitantes do planeta esperan ir achegándose aos nosos niveis de benestar material. Con todo, o nivel de produción e consumo conseguiuse á custa de esgotarmos os recursos naturais e enerxéticos, e rompermos os equilibrios ecolóxicos da Terra. Nada disto é novo. As investigadoras e os científicos máis lúcidos levan dándonos fundados sinais de alarma desde principios dos anos setenta do século XX: de proseguirmoa coas tendencias de crecemento vixentes (económico, demográfico, no uso de recursos, xeración de contaminantes e incremento de desigualdades) o resultado máis probábel para o século XXI é un colapso civilizatorio. Hoxe acumúlanse as noticias que indican que a vía do crecemento é xa un x

globinfo freexchange German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung interviewed Alexandros Avataggelos who admitted that Greece bought German submarines at high prices to secure entry to euro! Alexandros Avathagelos had been jailed in Korydallos prison for the submarine scandal with German firm HDW. “ Mr Avataggelos talks of a time when plenty of money was flowing in the arms market. 'Until the turn of the millennium European governments spent a lot of money on weapon procurments and Greece, before the crisis, was a very good customer,' he said.” “ The Greek government bought much and gladly at high prices. Decisions rarely had to do with weapon system value.” “ As Süddeutsche Zeitung adds, there was no real competition. The arms procurement was always a political decision 'Greece bought submarines in order to enter the euro. 80% went for that cause. Socialist Kostas Simitis was in power in Athens at the time and social-democrat Gerhard Schroeder in Berlin. T