Gaza families, UN staff send message of light to Americans
Gaza families, UN staff send message of light to Americans

Palestinians urge U.S. citizens to press Trump to release frozen U.S. aid and open blockade in Gaza

August 14, 2018 (Gaza City, Palestine) — On Tuesday, August 14th at 9pm, UN staff and their families, including doctors, trauma counselors, social workers, bus drivers and engineers, will gather at the Gaza Training College, just behind the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

Due to the lack of electricity, they will gather in the darkness of a punitive black-out to send a message of light to the American people. They are set to shine cellphone flashlight messages urging U.S. citizens to press the Trump administration to release frozen U.S. aid and to open the blockade.

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Thank you - and may I share my dream?
Thank you - and may I share my dream?

A huge thank you to everyone who gave in the Global Giving Bonus Day competition today, many thanks to all for your patience with my and my team's many messages, and many thanks to RA's team for their persistence and creativity! We raised $11,667 from 78 donors for the US Movement to Save Palestinian Villages.  Our program placed fourth in a field of 545 projects, and we came in 9th by by total donations. Four people became recurring donors (that really helps!) Altogether, there's just enough to move forward.

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Donna Baranski-Walker
Click Here to donate Wednesday
Click Here to donate Wednesday


On Wednesday, GlobalGiving will be matching your donation by 50%, up to $1000. Please CLICK HERE to give, after 9am EDT / 8am CDT / 7am MDT / 6am PDT

Our goal is to send five children and their parents to present their Pinwheels for Peace to Congress for International Peace Day. The children's speeches on International Peace Day have been the most effective advocacy we've seen of the over 300 briefings with Congressional staff, in person & over the phone, that Rebuilding Alliance has held on this issue. We've brought children from Susiya & neighboring Umm al Kheir to speak to Congress three times with their visions of peace, we've brought experts to meet with the State Dept. and the NSC, & we've shared what we learned with sister organizations to keep villages standing.

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Donna Baranski-Walker
Deep breath! Court will hold hearing on Khan al Ahmar’s petition — advocacy needed now
Deep breath! Court will hold hearing on Khan al Ahmar’s petition — advocacy needed now

Khan al Ahmar is standing and 174 children will start their school year on July 16th as scheduled. Yesterday, Thursday, July 12th, Israel's High Court of Justice responded to the petition filed by the village, providing notice to hold "a hearing, not later than August 15th."

The injunction against demolition is extended until their case is heard — but the lawyers for the Government of Israel are moving fast, pressing a hearing date soon because all is ready for demolition.

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Donna Baranski-Walker
Feed Gaza's Families

We ask you to help Gaza’s families break their fast during Ramadan. 

Please donate now.  Our NGO partners, the Women’s Program Center in Rafah-Gaza and the Youth Vision Society in Gaza Beach Camp, have identified families in dire need and sought bids to purchase food. They are buying in bulk, providing $50 worth of food to each family to provide nourishing Iftar dinners during Ramadan.

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Donna Baranski-WalkerFeed Gaza's Families
Summary of Al Khan Al Ahmar High Court Hearing on April 25, 2018

Adv. Shlomo Lecker, summarises Al Khan al Ahmar High Court hearing of 25.4.18, which heard:

  • Kfar Adumim, Nofei Prat and Alon settlers’ petition to demolish the local school

  • A petition by the village against demolition and forced relocation

  • A petition by parents of the pupils against demolition of the school and

  • A request by 15 settlers from Kfar Adumim demanding a “peaceful solution“ to take the rights and voice of the Bedouin into consideration.

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Khan Al AhmarDonna Baranski-WalkerCourt Hearing Summary
ACTION for GAZA: Email Congress NOW — and we'll put Gazans on the phone briefing

In this time of crisis, I am writing to ask for your urgent action:

EMAIL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NOW

Gazans are standing by to join teleconference briefings with Congressional staff — As soon as you and two more from your district send your email, our team at Rebuilding Alliance will schedule the briefings and invite you to join the calls.

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Solar Replaces Candlelight for Gaza Family, Bringing Peace to a Mother’s Heart

When you live mired in poverty, every detail of daily life is a challenge. Abeer and Salah al-Akharsah, along with their seven children (and an eighth on the way), live in a remote area of the Gaza Strip—Eraiba, northwest of Rafah. Salah, 41, used to earn a decent income as a trader of goods transported through the tunnels connecting Gaza with Egypt.

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We Are Not NumbersDonna Baranski-WalkerIt's Time For Light
Caring for the Deaf is El-Amal’s ‘Mission of Love’

Over the past 10 years, three wars waged on the Gaza Strip have had devastating effects on the population of 2 million in both large and small ways. Since the first war in 2008/09, says Hedaya Abu Lehia, a technician assistant at the El-Amal Audiology Clinic, Gaza has seen a 30 percent increase in hearing impairment. The reason, she reports, is the exposure to loud explosions.

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We Are Not NumbersDonna Baranski-WalkerIt's Time For Light