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GRITtv: Got Docs: Aisheen: Still Alive in Gaza
This week saw an attack on the Freedom Flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza, bringing the ongoing humanitarian crisis there to the attention of even the mainstream media. This week on GRITtv we look at a documentary that takes you on a journey inside a Gaza under siege but still struggling to live. Directed by by Nicolas Wadimoff, in collaboration with Beatrice Guelpa, "Aisheen: Still Alive in Gaza" shows you what the activists on the ships were fighting for.
Email this pageGRITtv: Checkpoints and More
Nahr al-Bared ("Cold River") refugee camp in Lebanon is home to 20,000 displaced Palestinians, struggling to rebuild their home after its destruction in 2007. The camp has been around for some 60 years, and in this excerpt from "Checkpoints and More" by A Films, residents of the camp tell their stories.
GRITtv: B'Tselem: Tunnel Youth
From B'Tselem, we bring you a look inside the tunnels that keep supplies flowing to Gaza through the siege. B'Tselem's program gives video cameras to Gazans to document their own story.
GRITtv: An Inside Look at Gaza
Last week on GRITtv, Ali Abunimah noted that it was harder to get into Gaza than to get into a maximum-security prison. Journalists are no exception -- most of them have been kept out for three years. So the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem handed video cameras to 18 young Gazans and asked them to document what's going on -- for sharing with Israelis and the rest of the world. Thanks so much to B'Tselem for sharing the videos with us.
GRITtv: Marching for Freedom for Gaza
On the anniversary of the "Operation Cast Lead" assault on Gaza, almost 1400 people from 43 countries converged in Egypt to march to Gaza, demanding an end to the siege there. Since the actual attacks ended, the people of Gaza have been cut off from the rest of the world, and this unprecedented action, as well as solidarity movements around the globe, was designed to raise international awareness of the plight of the Gazan people. Ali Abunimah, cofounder of Electronic Intifada, and Medea Benjamin, cofounder of Code Pink: Women for Peace, took part in the march in Egypt. They join us to discuss the march, and we also speak to Electronic Intifada contributor Rami Almeghari, who is living and working in the Gaza strip.
