Unicef State of Palestine

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An initial assessment conducted in ‪#‎Gaza‬ shows that children’s behaviour changed considerably as a result of psychosocial distress during the 50-day armed conflict this summer.

Children say they are afraid to travel far from home to attend school.

Aggressive behaviour, anger and frustration are common among boys, while girls suffer from unusual crying, screaming, bedwetting, nightmares and general sadness.

Nearly 400,000 children suffer from psychosocial distress and are in need of immediate support in Gaza.

To help children cope with distress, UNICEF and partners have provided more than 5,000 with direct psychosocial support activities across Gaza. Another 70,000 have been provided with psychosocial recreational activities.

Much more is needed to help these children recover. Please support UNICEF and Gaza’s children by donating 

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Israel bans renowned doctor from Gaza for life

Internationally renowned Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert

The Israeli regime has imposed a lifetime ban on internationally renowned Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from entering the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Tel Aviv announced on Thursday that it had banned Gilbert, Norway’s doctor of peace for Gaza, from entering the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave for security reasons.

The announcement was made after the Norwegian Embassy in Tel Aviv asked for an explanation to why Gilbert had been refused entry to Gaza last month.

The renowned doctor tried to return to Gaza in October to work at Shifa hospital, where he treated thousands of the Palestinians injured in Israel’s 50-day war on the blockaded coastal sliver earlier this year.

Norway’s Secretary of State Bård Glad Pedersen has called on Tel Aviv to change its decision, arguing “the humanitarian situation in Gaza is still difficult and there is a need for all health workers.”

Gilbert said he believes the lifetime ban is connected to his critical comments against the Israeli regime.

In September, Gilbert said in a summit on Gaza that Israeli forces intentionally killed Palestinian children and youths during their recent military offensive against the impoverished Palestinian territory.

The Norwegian doctor has also insisted that Tel Aviv persisted in pounding the densely-populated Gaza Strip with impunity, slaughtering innocent Palestinians.

According to Gilbert, the regime is implementing an apartheid system in the occupied Palestinian lands.

Almost 2,140 Gazans, mostly civilians, including women, children and the elderly, were killed and more than 11,000 others wounded in 50 days of the Israeli onslaught that began in early July.

Gilbert is a member of a Norwegian triage medical team present in the Gaza Strip. His team has exposed that Israel has used depleted uranium and unconventional weapons in its recent wars on the area.

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Source : http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/11/14/385954/israel-bans-renowned-doctor-from-gaza/

In rare move, Israel denies Colombian foreign minister entry to Ramallah

Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin. Photo by Wikimedia Commons 

Israel denied this week a request by Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin to visit Ramallah.

According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry in Bogota, Israel would only permit Holguin to visit Ramallah if she agreed to visit Jerusalem on the same visit to the region. A senior official in the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed the matter, stating that the directive was ordered by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

It is highly unusual for the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem to give such a directive, and it appears that the move was made in an effort to harden its policy with regards to visits by foreign ministers to the Palestinian Authority, which are normally carried out without any difficulty.

Differences of opinion over Holguin's visit to Ramallah led to a diplomatic incident that caused tensions between Israel and Colombia, which is considered a central Israeli ally in Latin America. Colombia is one of the last two countries in Latin America that has not recognized Palestine as a state. The second country is Panama, another of Israel's allies. Israel and Colombia have ties in economic, diplomatic and security areas.

The saga began on November 3, when Colombia's ambassador to Israel, Fernando Alzate Donoso, asked the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem to arrange entry for Holguin from Jordan to Ramallah via Israel. The Colombian ambassador stipulated that Holguin was interested in meeting with her Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Maliki, and possibly Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, too.

Read more : http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.626469

Spain to vote on Palestine recognition

Spanish parliament plans to hold a symbolic vote next week on a draft resolution to recognise a Palestinian state.

The non-binding resolution, introduced by the opposition Socialist Party, will be discussed in parliament on Tuesday, and it appears that the ruling conservative party will support it, the AP has reported.

The move comes after other European countries held similar votes aimed at increasing the pressure for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Read more: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/15269-spain-to-vote-on-palestine-recognition