Chris Gunness

Marjan Teeweun au cœur de la maison Shaath dans la bande de Gaza en décembre 2016. L’installation joue sur les passages de lumière que permet la reconstruction partielle et éphémère de l’édifice.

There are many illusions about what is happening to the Yarmouk district of Damascus and its Palestinian refugee population. The district was originally set aside in 1957 for Palestinian refugees already living there, whom Israel had expelled from their homes in 1948, with periodic additional populations thereafter. Today it is home to around one million Syrians and Palestinians, of whom the Palestinians number roughly 170,000.

UN Official Breaks Down Crying Live on Air 
For Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which has numerous facilities in Gaza, it’s all too much. This is the sixth time UNRWA sites have been hit during Israel’s current campaign. He broke down sobbing during an interview, footage of which was screened by Al Jazeera Arabic

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Image above: Right-wing nationalists attack a central Tel Aviv protest against Israel’s bombing of Gaza on Saturday, 12 July.(Oren Ziv / ActiveStills