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Camp de Gaza Valerie Babize Opinion

Gaza: Alive, but slimmer

11/14/2012 Michaël Neuman

Last October, the Israeli Minister of Defence resolved under judicial order to declassify documents dating from January 2008. These archives contain the implementation details of the embargo imposed on Gaza in 2007.

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Un bateau transporte une aide médicale d'urgence Jochen Ganter Opinion

Gaza Flotilla : humanitarian or political ?

06/04/2010 Rony Brauman

In May 2010, a convoy of six boats loaded with medical equipment, building materials, school supplies and prefabricated shelters, as well as numerous volunteers, headed for Gaza. This "freedom flotilla" aimed to "break the siege of Gaza". It was stormed by an Israeli commando. Nine activists lost their lives. In this article, Rony Brauman questions the terms used to legitimize or disqualify this initiative and the tragedy that followed. Was the flotilla "humanitarian" or "political"? Is there a "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza or not?

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