Gaza: the challenges faced by the young women (Video of the Day)

Juan Cole 01/04/2014

France24 does what no US news channel will, reporting on the challenges facing young women in occupied Gaza

Gaza power plant back online as fuel supply resumes (via AFP)

The Gaza Strip’s only power plant returned to life after Israel resumed fuel deliveries on Sunday, a Palestinian official said, two days after a lack of supplies halted electricity production. “The plant resumed functioning with the provision of fuel…

For more on Gaza’s Palestinian women see this article.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page