Articles by martyn

Earlier this year, the Islamist Hamas party took control of Gaza, home to a thriving Christian community now preparing to celebrate their first Christmas under Hamas rule. Manawel Musallam – priest, headmaster and Gazan – […]

Report via The Electronic Intifada, 14 December 2007  JERUSALEM, 13 December (IRIN) – The isolation of the Gaza Strip is "intolerable" said a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on 10 December, urging better access for […]

Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, January 31st, 2006 Family Homes Demolished in Al-Walaja and Numan, Bethlehem Above: In Numan, Occupation bulldozers demolished two houses belonging to Nidal Ahmed Dar’awi and his brother Khader. […]

Treachery for treatment, Al Ahram Weekly, 11-17 October, 2007 Saleh Al-Naami reports from Gaza on how Israeli security conditions the health of sick Palestinians on their becoming informants His calm demeanour belies the personal tragedy […]

“There are things we South Africans  recognize in the Palestinian struggle for national self- determination and human rights. The repressed are demonized as terrorists to justify ever-greater violations of their rights. We have the absurdity […]

Sunday September 16, 2007 The Observer The man once regarded as the world’s most powerful banker has bluntly declared that the Iraq war was ‘largely’ about oil. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 and retired […]

Independent: 24 November 2007 So where do we go from here? I am talking into blackness because there is no electricity in Beirut. And everyone, of course, is frightened. A president was supposed to be elected […]

Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign, December 8th, 2007 Nine families from around Bethlehem are to be made homeless after Occupation forces this week issued them with notice that their homes are to […]

"The Defense Ministry on Thursday started setting up a special passage into Bethlehem to be used by Christian pilgrims before and during Christmas, following an official request made by Tony Blair, the Quartet’s special envoy […]

“We don’t think we need a lot of changes.”  Tony Blair, spokesman for the Quartet On his personal website, Tony Blair has urged more people to support the Palestinian economy by visiting the sites of […]