<![CDATA[The New Internationalist Blog - The Gaza Blog]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/ en-us Copyright 2009 The New Internationalist Blog tech@newint.org tech@newint.org <![CDATA[Culture shocking]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/04/22/culture-shocking/ My time in Gaza has come to an end. I don't know whether to laugh or cry, or both.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-04-22T09:49:43Z <![CDATA[Goodbye Gaza?]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/04/15/goodbye-gaza/

My work here in Gaza is coming to an end, and soon I will be catapulted out of the Strip into the world beyond.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-04-15T09:44:19Z <![CDATA[Punishing the victims]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/03/30/punishing-the-victim/

Normality doesn't exist in Gaza - and the situation inside the world's largest prison is getting slowly worse.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-03-30T10:02:44Z <![CDATA[Israel is sick]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/03/26/israel-is-sick/

Israel's hatred of the Palestinians is poisoning its own people, who have been unnerved by recent testimonies from soldiers who have been in Gaza.   

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-03-26T09:01:39Z <![CDATA[Amidst the ruins, the grief]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/03/20/amidst-the-ruins-the/

Homeless Gazans have been left trying to salvage something from the lives they used to have before the Israeli military invaded, and changed their lives forever.   

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-03-20T14:26:54Z <![CDATA[The Gaza solidarity circus]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/03/16/gaza-solidarity-circ/

From Code Pink to George Galloway, they're all popping in - but is it just self-serving political propaganda?

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-03-16T14:53:57Z <![CDATA[Slipping into something more comfortable]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/02/24/something-more-comfortab/

A visit to Gaza City's only Turkish bath-house offers the chance to switch off from reality, just for a while.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-02-24T08:58:04Z <![CDATA[Who are the terrorists?]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/02/18/who-are-the-terroris/

The State of Israel is claiming that two-thirds of Palestinians killed in Gaza were members of terror organizations. Louisa Waugh begs to differ.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-02-18T11:07:58Z <![CDATA[The war in Rafah is not over ]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/02/16/the-war-in-rafah-is/

Local Palestinians are being tormented day and night by air strikes and drones.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-02-16T11:06:13Z <![CDATA[Sonic booms, drones and other mindgames]]> http://blog.newint.org/gaza/2009/02/09/sonic-booms-drones-and-other-mindgames/ A few days ago rumours of more Israeli air strikes began to cause panic across Gaza.

]]> Louisa Waugh 2009-02-09T09:47:00Z