April 11, 2014
11:54 am

Palestinian security officers Ahed Abu Shabban, 23, foreground, and Muhmmad Debo, 22, aim electronically-modified AK-47 rifles at the headquarters of the security training department of the Hamas interior ministry in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, April 10, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Cash-strapped Hamas turns to lasers for training

Gunmen take target practice in indoor simulator, as bullets are scarce and Israel is always watching

By Ibrahim Barzak

March 14, 2014
2:43 am

Palestinian Hamas employees wait in queue to pick up their salaries at the post office in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas in worst financial crisis since seizing Gaza

Egypt’s return last year to a government hostile to the Islamic movement has had deep economic repercussions

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub

February 4, 2014
8:22 pm

A Palestinian worker collects mint at a farm in al-Qarara, Gaza Strip, on February 2, 2014 photo. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gazans turn to herb agriculture to ease economic woes

Some hope Palestinian mint and basil will be a hit in Europe if corporate boycott of Israeli West Bank produce grows

By Ibrahim Barzak

January 30, 2014
11:37 am

Director Majed Jundiyeh holds a mobile phone to compare the image of Gilad Shalit to the likeness of actor Mahmoud Karira, who will play the character of Shalit in a movie being made in Gaza called 'Losing Shalit,' Jan. 26, 2014 (photo credit: Hatem Moussa/AP)

Gaza film to dramatize Shalit abduction

Local movie employs amateur actors in mostly Hebrew-speaking roles; director wants ‘to establish a movie industry of resistance’

By Ibrahim Barzak

December 18, 2013
3:05 pm

Gaza psychiatrist and prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Dr. Eyad Sarraj, left, listens to Jewish-American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky, right, during a meeting with Palestinian youth activists at Almathaf hotel in Gaza City, October 19, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner dies

Dr. Eyad Sarraj protested against the actions of both Israeli and Palestinian governments

By Ibrahim Barzak

December 15, 2013
1:32 am

Palestinian rescue members evacuate residents using a fishing boat following heavy rains in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza flooding drives 40,000 from their homes

Rescue efforts hampered by fuel shortages and rolling power cuts

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub

November 10, 2013
4:53 pm

Isra Almodallal, 23, the first woman to be appointed as a spokesperson for Hamas, the conservative Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, speaks during an interview at Hamas information ministry in Gaza City (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Hamas’s first spokeswoman to promote ‘more human’ image

With their influence waning, Gaza rulers appoint 23-year-old Isra Almodallal in a bid to appeal to broader audiences

By Ibrahim Barzak

October 2, 2013
11:04 pm

This photograph released by the Gaza Strip Interior Ministry purports to show a gallows prepared for the execution of Hani Abu Aliyan, a 28-year-old convicted of killing two people, in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Gaza Interior Ministry)

Hamas executes Gaza man convicted of murder

Hani Abu Aliyan, 28, hanged by the neck until dead in presence of victim’s family

By Ibrahim Barzak

August 20, 2013
11:32 am

In this Monday, July 22, 2013 photo, a man walks through remains of St. Hilarion’s monastery in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. St. Hilarion’s monastery, a reminder of the time in late antiquity when Christianity was the dominant faith in what is now the Gaza Strip, is one of many archaeological treasures scattered across this coastal territory. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza’s ancient ruins endangered by modern sprawl

Construction in one of the most crowded places on earth imperils sites spanning 4,500 years, from Bronze Age ramparts to Byzantine mosaics

By Daniela Berretta and Ibrahim Barzak

August 3, 2013
7:45 am

Hamas security forces stand guard at the closed gate of the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip in May, 2013. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas frets as relations with Egypt go south

With Morsi out and the new government enforcing a strict border clampdown, Gaza finds itself more isolated than ever

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh

July 24, 2013
11:36 pm

Palestinians wait with their luggage to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, July 2013. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egyptian border restrictions on Gaza toughest yet

Sealing of border and smuggling tunnels leads some to think Cairo trying to topply Hamas rulers

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Ibrahim Barzak

July 6, 2013
4:56 am

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech during Friday prayers in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on July 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egyptian turmoil strikes a blow to Gaza’s Hamas rulers

Lone statement by Ismail Haniyeh says group is ‘monitoring developments’; meanwhile Fatah rivals rejoice in Muslim Brotherhood’s fall

By Ibrahim Barzak

June 28, 2013
11:06 am

A Palestinian employee fills a container with Israeli diesel at gas station in Gaza City, Thursday, June 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egypt’s security clampdown disrupts Gaza smuggling

Cairo fears influx of disruptive elements ahead of Sunday’s massive protests against President Morsi

By Ibrahim Barzak

June 23, 2013
7:22 am

Gazan singer triumphs on ‘Arab Idol’

Mohammed Assaf, a 23-year-old wedding singer from Khan Younis who almost didn’t compete, wins the Arab world’s biggest talent competition

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh

April 2, 2013
9:58 pm

Palestinian children attend a class at the UNRWA elementary school in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, in April (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

Women’s group slams Gaza law on gender segregation

Hamas-run parliament issues decree banning mixed-sex schools from age 9

By Ibrahim Barzak

Writer: Ibrahim Barzak

Cash-strapped Hamas turns to lasers for training

Gunmen take target practice in indoor simulator, as bullets are scarce and Israel is always watching

Hamas in worst financial crisis since seizing Gaza

Egypt’s return last year to a government hostile to the Islamic movement has had deep economic repercussions

Gazans turn to herb agriculture to ease economic woes

Some hope Palestinian mint and basil will be a hit in Europe if corporate boycott of Israeli West Bank produce grows

Gaza film to dramatize Shalit abduction

Local movie employs amateur actors in mostly Hebrew-speaking roles; director wants ‘to establish a movie industry of resistance’

Prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner dies

Dr. Eyad Sarraj protested against the actions of both Israeli and Palestinian governments

Gaza flooding drives 40,000 from their homes

Rescue efforts hampered by fuel shortages and rolling power cuts

Hamas’s first spokeswoman to promote ‘more human’ image

With their influence waning, Gaza rulers appoint 23-year-old Isra Almodallal in a bid to appeal to broader audiences

Hamas executes Gaza man convicted of murder

Hani Abu Aliyan, 28, hanged by the neck until dead in presence of victim’s family

Gaza’s ancient ruins endangered by modern sprawl

Construction in one of the most crowded places on earth imperils sites spanning 4,500 years, from Bronze Age ramparts to Byzantine mosaics

Hamas frets as relations with Egypt go south

With Morsi out and the new government enforcing a strict border clampdown, Gaza finds itself more isolated than ever

Egyptian border restrictions on Gaza toughest yet

Sealing of border and smuggling tunnels leads some to think Cairo trying to topply Hamas rulers

Egyptian turmoil strikes a blow to Gaza’s Hamas rulers

Lone statement by Ismail Haniyeh says group is ‘monitoring developments’; meanwhile Fatah rivals rejoice in Muslim Brotherhood’s fall

Egypt’s security clampdown disrupts Gaza smuggling

Cairo fears influx of disruptive elements ahead of Sunday’s massive protests against President Morsi

Gazan singer triumphs on ‘Arab Idol’

Mohammed Assaf, a 23-year-old wedding singer from Khan Younis who almost didn’t compete, wins the Arab world’s biggest talent competition

Women’s group slams Gaza law on gender segregation

Hamas-run parliament issues decree banning mixed-sex schools from age 9

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