“People, here, are living because they do not have the choice to die”
Report from Gaza by Safaa El Derawi, MECA Project Assistant
More than a year after the Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip in 2014, the situation here continues to get worse. The Israeli siege destroys any chance of living a decent life, the houses are still damaged and the feelings of pain, loss, and sorrow are still there in the depth of our hearts. Gaza's wounds are still open and will not heal very soon.
MECA partner receives award for their work with Palestinian refugee girls
MECA is thrilled to congratulate our partner, Shoruq Organization, on this new award recognizing their vital work with Palestinian refugee girls and young women.
10 Best Photos of 2015
Dr. Mona Joins the Big Ride!
MECA Director of Gaza Projects Dr. Mona El-Farra in the UK for this nine-day bike ride for Gaza
VIDEO: Detaining Dreams
DETAINING DREAMS is an intimate new documentary featuring the stories of 4 Palestinian children and their families undergoing the ordeal of Israeli military detention.
Board member who censored Palestinian children’s art withdraws from elections for Berkeley Community Radio
MECA Director Barbara Lubin writes response to Hilman Sorey's candidacy for KPFA board elections. Within a day, Sorey withdrew!
Here's Barbara's account:
I just learned that Mr. Hilman Sorey has taken his name off the list and he has decided not to run for the KPFA station board. Sometimes we feel hopeless and we think that we will always lose on the issue of Palestine. But every once in a while we trip them up and we win. This is one of those times.
Palestinian children have suffered disproportionately as a result of the Israeli Occupation
A Palestinian girl cries while receiving treatment for her injuries caused by a 2014 Israeli strike at a U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp, at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. (Credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
by David Palumbo-Liu
“Nothing has changed since the war” Gaza One Year On
By Safaa El-Derawi, MECA's Project Assistant in Gaza The situation is really very bad especially in Khuza’a, Shejayia, and other areas close to the border where most of the houses were erased during the attack one year ago. People are still living in tents and trailers and surrounded by remains of homes. Nothing has changed since the war. People are trying to survive and get their basic needs met however they can. It is very sad to see many people begging, asking for money in the streets. Gaza wasn’t like this before. I notice how much it hurts deep inside them to do this.
Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: Water
by Sam Masters
To quench their thirst, the Gazans dug too deep, and drank too freely. Now the coastal aquifer that supplied much of their water is depleted and will never again offer a plentiful supply of fresh drinking water. With damage to infrastructure in the Hamas-Israel war, aid agencies say Gaza’s fresh water shortage has turned into a crisis.