All you need to know about the flour crisis in Gaza (Guest post by Imshin)

The wonderful Jacqui Peleg, the person behind #TheGazaYouDontSee hashtag known as Imshin, created a video describing exactly how Hamas steals aid and resells it to desperate Gazans. I asked her for the transcript to make it into a guest post.______________________In recent days, the media has been airing disturbing footage of massive queues outside bakeries in South Gaza,...

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The shopping malls of Jenin show the "despair" of the youth

News articles like to talk about how the youth of Jenin and other places are so desperate, so hopeless, how they have nothing to look forward to in their miserable lives except death as martyrs. These news stories never show photos of the malls of Jenin.The Jenin City Center Mall has an array of high-end shops.A cosmetics store features a brand new Barbie photo booth...

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Hamas brutally represses Gaza demonstrations. Media nowhere to be found.

Last week I reported that Gazans planned a major anti-Hamas rally on Sunday, July 30. I also noted that this news was essentially censored from all Palestinian Arabic media, even Hamas' archrival Fatah did not report on these plans.A lot of what happens in Gaza is simply not reported by the media.Thankfully, Gazans publish their own videos and photos on Telegram and similar...

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