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Chris Gunness
Information about this person was last updated on Sunday, December 25, 2011.
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[ said]: Despite the easing of restrictions on the Israeli-imposed blockade, tight controls of the crossings from Israel into Gaza are a significant factor behind the growth in the tunnel economy,
reuters 24-DEC-11
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[ said]: Despite the easing of restrictions on the Israeli-imposed blockade, tight controls of the crossings from Israel into Gaza are a significant factor behind the growth in the tunnel economy
haaretz 24-DEC-11
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[ said]: Despite the easing of restrictions on the Israeli-imposed blockade, tight controls of the crossings from Israel into Gaza are a significant factor behind the growth in t he tunnel economy
kuwaittimes 24-DEC-11
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[-said]: But rather than asking our donors to pay for the collective punishment of Gaza and occupation in the West Bank it would be better for our beneficiaries and more cost effective for our donors if they put pressure on the appropriate parties to end the root causes,
maannews 12-DEC-11
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[-said]: The United Nations calls on the Israeli authorities to abide by their obligations under international law, of which these displacements and demolitions are a clear violation.
maannews 05-DEC-11
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[-said]: The loss of a home in normal times is highly destabilizing, but in the context of occupation and annexation it often becomes lastingly traumatic, especially for children,
maannews 05-DEC-11
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[ said]: We appeal to the union to call off the strike which is damaging the education of our children in 243 UNRWA schools,
france24 30-OCT-11
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[-told]: Now the truth is laid bare,
maannews 05-OCT-11
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[ said]: Our emergency programmes in Gaza face a critical funding situation,
bignewsnetwork 15-SEP-11
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[ said]: UNRWA fears that without a substantial injection of cash towards its emergency work in Gaza, food rations to hundreds of thousands of refugees, including children in UN schools, may be reduced in the coming months and community health programs will be threatened, including psycho-social support to 25,000 children,
maannews 14-SEP-11
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[ said]: UNRWA fears that without a substantial injection of cash towards its emergency work in Gaza, food rations to hundreds of thousands of refugees, including children in UN schools, may be reduced in the coming months and community health programmes will be threatened, including psycho-social support to 25,000 children,
un 13-SEP-11
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[said that:]: many people around the world were shocked by the images of unarmed refugees being shot at as they fled from their homes, amid the firing on their refugee camp.
un 20-AUG-11
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[ said]: The Syrian authorities are cooperating with the distribution of cash and the work of UNRWA at the local level and in Damascus,
cnn 18-AUG-11
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[-said]: UNRWA's information indicates that most of the inhabitants have indeed left and that there are only five to 10 vulnerable families remaining, unable to physically leave,
reuters 18-AUG-11
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[-said]: We demand expeditious and unhindered access for humanitarian workers to tend to the injured and dying,
irinnews 17-AUG-11
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[ said]: It is almost impossible to get information out of Syria at the moment. We have no idea where these people are,
irinnews 17-AUG-11
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[-said]: There are 472,109 Palestinian refugees in Syria, according to UN figures, many living in sprawling, under-serviced camps. These are people and their descendants who fled Palestine during the 1948 war, during the creation of the Israeli state. The right for Palestinian refugees to return is a central demand of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied Palestinian territory in its negotiations with Israel. ï½We demand expeditious and unhindered access for humanitarian workers to tend to the i
trust 17-AUG-11
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[-told]: A forgotten population has now become a disappeared population,
irinnews 17-AUG-11
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[-added]: We have called on the Syrian government to give us expeditious and unhindered access for humanitarian workers,
smh 16-AUG-11
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[ said]: We are calling for access to the camp to find out what is going on,
sligochampion 16-AUG-11
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[-said]: The signals that we get on the ground are not encouraging, you have gunboats firing into refugee camps, you have firing from the land into the refugee camps,
haveeru 16-AUG-11
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[ said]: Thousands of the refugees have fled the camp. There are 10 000 refugees there and more than half of them have fled,
news24 16-AUG-11
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[-said]: Between five and 10,000 people have fled,
australianetworknews 15-AUG-11
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[-said]: Poor communications make it impossible to confirm numbers of those killed and injured,
arabtimes 15-AUG-11
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[-said]: We need to get in there and find out what the hell is going on.
nowlebanon 15-AUG-11
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[ said]: Thousands of the refugees have fled the camp. There are 10,000 refugees there and more than half of them have fled,
nowlebanon 15-AUG-11
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[-said]: This mean that it is virtually impossible for a Palestinian to obtain a permit for construction, while Israeli settlements receive preferential treatment in the allocation of water and land, and approval of development plans,
news 03-AUG-11
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[-told]: Most disturbing of all is the clear link we now see between settlement expansion and demolitions and the forced displacements that result,
news 03-AUG-11
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[-said]: The kites will provide another iconic reminder of the beauty and potential of these children, despite the injustices they face,
jpost 29-JUL-11
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[ said]: The stage is set for another dramatic piece of world record mega-theater,
jpost 29-JUL-11
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[-said]: The attackers damaged a large billboard, burnt a UN flag and torched part of the stage. None of the UN security personnel at the venue were harmed,
news24 28-JUL-11
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[-said]: It will be nothing short of miraculous to achieve this under the punishing, illegal blockade. Three-quarters of a million children are being collectively punished, and there must be transparency and accountability to end this affront to our humanity. The kites will provide another iconic reminder of the beauty and potential of these children, despite the injustices they face,
cnn 28-JUL-11
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[said:]: The attackers damaged a large billboard, burnt a UN flag and torched part of the stage. None of the UN security personnel at the venue were harmed.
aljazeera 28-JUL-11
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[ said]: The continued closure and blocking of UNRWA employees from going to offices isn’t permissible and it would lead to a complete halt in the UNRWA operations
palestine 22-JUL-11
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[ said]: The mistreatment of children is an offence to the humanity of all, breaking many taboos. The blockade subjects three quarters of a million children to an illegal collective punishment, rendering their lives unbearable,
un 21-JUL-11
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[ said]: If there were no humanitarian crisis, if there weren't a crisis in almost every aspect of life in Gaza, there would be no need for the flotilla,
ahram 14-JUL-11
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[ said]: If there were no humanitarian crisis, if there weren't a crisis in almost every aspect of life in Gaza there would be no need for the flotilla,
palestinechronicle 14-JUL-11
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[-told]: We need 20,000 trucks for our projects and are only able to get in 100 trucks a day. You do the math. We’re being forced through the bottleneck and needless to say it is slowing our progress down,
AHN 05-JUL-11
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[ said]: These world records will produce iconic images which show another side of what is happening in Gaza,
un 30-JUN-11
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[-added that]: approval will be judged in light of the arrival of the necessary materials in Gaza. We hope this will help meet the needs of refugees – particularly those in the south of the Gaza Strip, many of whom lost their homes nearly a decade ago.
jpost 22-JUN-11
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[-said]: But it has certainly been highly successful in punishing some of the poorest of the poor in the Middle East region.
news 15-JUN-11
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[-said]: It is hard to understand the logic of a man-made policy which deliberately impoverishes so many and condemns hundreds of thousands of potentially productive people to a life of destitution,
euronews 14-JUN-11
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[-added]: If the aim of the blockade policy was to weaken the Hamas administration, the public employment numbers suggest this has failed,
haaretz 14-JUN-11
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[-said]: Amid this economic gloom, UNRWA will continue with its human development work in health and education, running schools for some 213,000 children in Gaza, helping them towards a belief in an educated, dignified and peaceful future,
app 14-JUN-11
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[-said]: Our research indicates that since 2007, Hamas has been able to increase public employment by at least one fifth,
app 14-JUN-11
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[-said]: Under international law, Israel must ensure that persons under its jurisdiction enjoy the fulfillment of their human rights, including the right to housing, health, education, and water. UNRWA calls on Israel to respect its legal obligations,
palestine 12-JUN-11
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[ said]: Palestinians are refused permits and are forced to build illegally. They then suffer the humiliation either of having the Israeli authorities destroy their homes, or are forced to destroy their homes themselves and foot the bill,
un 09-JUN-11
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[ said]: The figure for displaced and affected includes people who were not necessarily displaced by demolitions, but who were affected because some vital facility, like a water system, was destroyed,
un 09-JUN-11
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[ said]: This is a brilliant initiative which highlights to grass-roots audiences in Spain the value of UNRWA’s human development work, particularly in education. And it also informs new audiences about UNRWA, which is not well known or understood,
un 07-JUN-11
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[-said]: You have the London Marathon, the Sydney Marathon, the New York Marathon and now the Gaza Marathon, it just shows that Gaza could be a normal place if it got the chance,
msnbc 06-MAY-11
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[ said]: The Israeli authorities can block many things under the blockade but they can’t keep out fun, humanity and dignity – and we saw that in abundance today,
dailytimesPK 06-MAY-11
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[ said]: We supply these Games each summer for up to 250,000 children – we have sporting activities, cultural activities and remedial activities for children because the situation is so terrible in Gaza. I can now confirm that the $1 million goal that we set to raise at the Gaza marathon has been reached,
un 05-MAY-11
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[-said]: We've been working with the local authorities to make sure the route is secure,
news 05-MAY-11
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[ said]: There is the New York Marathon, the London Marathon, the Tel Aviv Marathon, and now there is also the Gaza Marathon,
msnbc 05-MAY-11
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[ said]: The idea of the marathon is to raise funds for the Gaza Summer Games,
un 05-MAY-11
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[-said]: Gaza Marathon is very much about raising money and raising awareness. It just shows the world that kids in Gaza just want to be like kids anywhere else in the world. They don’t want to live in this terrible and locked-up environment,
jpost 13-APR-11
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[ said]: The number of Palestinian buildings in the West Bank demolished by the Israeli authorities has hit a record high for the third consecutive month,
bignewsnetwork 03-APR-11
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[-noted]: discrimination against one ethnic group,
bignewsnetwork 03-APR-11
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[ said]: At a time when UNRWA faces a budget deficit of over $50 million, these costs are significant,
reliefWeb 28-MAR-11
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[ said]: The process of demolitions is a triple humiliation, with families forced to build illegally, faced with the demolition of their homes and a process that all too often occurs in front of the faces of their children,
ipsnews 24-MAR-11
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[-said]: UNRWA has appealed to the relevant authorities in Gaza to allow these 16 people safe passage from the UNRWA compound and to guarantee their safety,
news 18-MAR-11
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[ said]: They all left. The authorities in Gaza gave assurances that they will be safe,
news 18-MAR-11
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[ said]: There are lots of things to buy. But this stuff is out of reach of the abject poor,
EgyptianGazette 13-MAR-11
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[-added]: The allegation that an UNRWA youth center had named an event after a suicide bomber is patently false, as UNRWA has not run youth centers in the West Bank for over 10 years,
jpost 09-MAR-11
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[ said]: Forcing humanitarian organizations through the bottleneck of Kerem Shalom will do little to relieve the humanitarian suffering of the people of Gaza,
latimes 03-MAR-11
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[-told]: We are monitoring the situation in the region, in the hope that the world is looking to develop new strategies to end the humanitarian crisis,
reliefWeb 10-FEB-11
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[ said]: UNRWA has never been approached by any government to assist with the movement of refugees to South America,
guardian 25-JAN-11
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[ said]: unilaterally imposed by Israel are being targeted by Israeli soldiers,
reliefWeb 18-JAN-11
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[ said]: The collective punishment of 1.5 millions in Gaza has severely damaged Israel's image around the world. I can not see how establishing a Gaza-style crossing regime would be in anyone's interest,
bbc 07-JAN-11
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