Showing posts with label clean water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clean water. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

"UNRWA acts decisively whenever staff misconduct is identified, while all employees are regularly screened, trained and required to comply with UN standards... Israel receives the names of all UNRWA staff twice a year for security screening"... "Nobody has the infrastructure, the experience, the skillset or the staff to be able to do what we do now on behalf of Palestine refugees," Christian Saunders said. "That doesn't mean UNRWA needs to exist forever. As soon as there is a recognised Palestinian administration able to assume these responsibilities, UNRWA should hand over those services. Until then, we have a mandate and an obligation to ensure that Palestine refugees have access to these critical services."

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UNRWA, established in 1949, now serves around six million registered Palestine refugees, with approximately 2.6 million people currently ...
Friday, May 8, 2026

"Lethal Israeli attacks on an engineer and drivers transporting water have intensified the water crisis that is fuelling the spread of infectious diseases; Médecins Sans Frontières has called the weaponisation of water supplies a campaign of collective punishment. Never mind the estimated $70bn cost of reconstruction; homes are still being flattened. Families in tents face a rat infestation. Essential medicines are unavailable. Hospitals and schools lie in ruins." The Guardian view on ceasefires that aren’t: Israel never stopped killing in Gaza

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‘Never mind the estimated $70bn cost of reconstruction; homes are still being flattened. Families in tents face a rat infestation. Essenti...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

In Gaza, reconstruction is urgently needed. Despite the ceasefire, hundreds of thousands of displaced people are still living in overcrowded make-shift sites, with nowhere else to go. Thousands of people continue to live in UNRWA buildings, where our teams supply clean water, sanitation staff maintain hygiene, and children engage in learning activities. #UNRWAworks

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UNRWA @UNRWA   In #Gaza , reconstruction is urgently needed.    Despite the ceasefire, hundreds of thousands of displaced people are still l...
Friday, August 15, 2025

The water fountain is called a sabil [in Arabic], a word that originally meant path. Later, it came to mean path to God. Sabils were widespread in the Muslim world until the early 20th century. They were charitable water fountains refilled by water carriers at specific times of the day

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 Jerusalem-   Naqshbandi Zawiya-   a historical little mosque built from about 300 years ago and also used as Islamic information center off...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

ALERTNET: Gaza not "liveable" by 2020 barring urgent action - U.N.

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Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:31 GMT Source: ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

This Week in Palestine: Odysseus, Al-Nakba, and the Sea By Dr. Ali Qleibo

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Issue No. 146, June 2010 Jaffa….. The Bride of the Mediterranean. Photo by Abdulrahman Hashem. Akka’s harbour. Photo by Abdulrahman Hashem. ...
Monday, May 3, 2010

From Growing Garden for Palestine: Playing God ... poem by Anne Selden Annab

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Growing Gardens for Palestine Playing God ... poem by Anne Selden Annab Playing God If I were to make a fl...