The Dignity
Boarding Dignity in Cyprus
On board the Dignity
Captain Dennis
Some of us were seasick in a severe gale force 9
First sight of Gaza
Naser Attaallah: home after four years
Flying the flag
The Gaza Navy come to greet us
The wreckage of Gaza harbour after Israeli bombing
Part of th e welcoming committee
Beached and stranded by the destruction of the port
The Gaza fishing boats the Israeli Navy see as such a threat
Our first press conference
Israel is so close everywhere in Gaza
Unloading the medical supplies the Dignity brought to Gaza
There was a building boom after Oslo
Our constant police escort
Caoimhe , Ewa and Lubna at the Prime Minister's Eid reception
Jonathan and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya
Mike and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya
Lubna and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya
One of many meetings sorting out which students will travel back on the Dignity
A few houses have generators, most have darkness
Gaza City
Wood burning stove - if you can find wood
Making the stoves
The results of bombing at Gaza Agricultural College
Bomb damage
Bullet holes
Students used to study here
After the Israeli airforce visited
The Israelis are always watching over Beit Hanoun
No windows left in the classrooms
The raids killed the sheep in the pens
When the shell blew this hole it killed one and wounded three students
Students need desks but the replacement worktops are blocked by the siege
No materials available to repair the damage
An Isreali sniper lay here and killed three students on their way to school
The simple future
The hoped for future
Two shifts of students study here
The Islamic University of Gaza
Continuing education at the Islamic University
The anatomy classroom
Bones from Britain
The virtual classroom
Braille keyboard in the accessability computer lab
Results of the brailling project
Mike receiving a badge from the President of the Islamic University
Jonathan getting his badge
Sonia getting hers, while the President holds on to the BRICUP pamphlet
One for the formal gallery
Map of Gaza
Ewa
The garden at Morner House Hotel
Meeting civil society organisations
Meeting representatives of the Gaza academics trade union
Mike, Jonathan and the academics trade union
Prisoners' families campaigning for visiting rights
The remains of a setelment are now landfill not a resource
Settlements had the best land
The flour mill cannot import grain to grind
Abu Yousef al Najar Hospital in Rafah
The A&E facility
The A&E paeds unit
The hospital pharmacy
Sonia and the hospital director discuss he spares needed for the ultrasoound scanner
Rafah crossing
The terminal
The VIP lounge
another wall
Philadelphia Road, there used to be houses here
No way through at Rafah
STOP!
Keeping guard
Gaza Airport
The airport terminal
Israelis watching us again
Israel is so close
Afterr the bombs
The inside of the terminal
Craters
Egypt
A panorama of destruction at Gaza airport
Where the wall was pulled down
Rachel Corrie was murdered here
The entrances to the tunnels
Rafah after shelling
Tunnel entrance
Tunnel shaft
A hoist
Rafah
The military head of Islamic Jihad. Haidar wasa driving behind his car when a rocket hit his car
These goods came through the tunnels
These strawberries should be on sale in Europe
Joint Saudi/UN new town for people whose houses were demolished at Rafah crossing - halted by the lack of building materials
No buildng materials, no work, no homes
A former settelment
These could be so productive
Jonathan being interviwed as we board the boat out
Leaving Gaza
Saying farewell to the departing students
Climbing on board to continue their education
On board at last
Settling down for the voyage