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Journal: Khuza’a, the farm life

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31st March | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine This is what conversations in Gaza consist of: I asked, “When they are shooting, what’s the best thing to do?” “Get down on the ground,” he answered, “and move away quick as you can.” It ...

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In Gaza the farmers irrigate the land with their blood

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18th March 2015 | Valeria Cortés | Khuza’a, Gaza, Occupied Palestine Tilling the land in Gaza is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The Zionist Occupation Forces fire on the peasants and their families while they sow or harvest ...

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Journal: Farming in Gaza near the Buffer Zone

Khuza'a Buffer Zone in December 2012 (photo by ISM).

9th November | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine The farmers are rarely talked about. They blend into the background of the lands beyond the destroyed buildings of the towns. The reality is though, they are facing a battle themselves. Many farmers ...

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Farming under siege: Working the land in Gaza

The beginning of the buffer zone in Beit Hanoun in the occupied Gaza Strip. Photo by Corporate Watch, November 2013

5th July 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Corporate Watch researchers visited the Gaza Strip during November and December 2013 and carried out interviews with farmers in Beit Hanoun, Al Zaytoun, Khaza’a, Al Maghazi and ...

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VIDEO: Land Day, Gaza Strip

VIDEO: Land Day, Gaza Strip

27th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Land Day, 2014, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Beit Hanoun, Gaza marched toward the separation barrier in the “no-go zone.” Israeli occupation forces fired ...

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A long, bloody January in Gaza

(Photo by Rosa Schiano)

5th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine It was a bloody beginning of the new year for the Palestinians of Gaza who, in addition to suffer from more and more difficult socioeconomic conditions, continued ...

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Gaza: Life beneath the drones

A Hermes 450 drone – manufactured by Elbit (Photo by Corporate Watch)

25th January 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In the Gaza Strip there is no escape from Israel’s drones. Nicknameed ‘zenana’by Palestinians because of their noisy buzzing, the drones (remote control aircraft) are omnipresent. Sometimes ...

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