Mel Frykberg

Australian journalist from Sydney but based in the Middle East, with coverage including, Cairo, Jerusalem, Beirut, West Bank and Gaza.

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Funding for Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat

The UN Relief and Works Agency was only able to distribute an average of 50 cents per refugee per day.

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

July 12, 2015

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Fishing and Farming in Gaza Is a Deadly Business

The failure of Hamas and Israel to reach any agreement is further aggravated by the stalemate within the Palestinian unity government.

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

June 13, 2015

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War & Peace

Israel Slammed Over Treatment of Palestinian Children in Detention

“Every single day and in countless ways, Palestinian children are victims of Israeli human rights violations,” says Riyad Mansour.

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

May 12, 2015

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Environment & Health

Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

Israeli settlers are hacking down Palestinian olive trees in an act of environmental terrorism.

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

April 14, 2015

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War & Peace

Israeli Forces Target Journalists in West Bank

It is becoming increasingly risky to cover clashes and protests between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank.

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

April 9, 2015

News

Verdict Revives Egyptian Anger

Cairo - If the life sentences for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and one of his key allies were meant to placate Egyptians, they have had the opposite effect. …

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

June 3, 2012

News

Nakba Anger Points to Third Intifadah

Israeli confidence that Nakba day, marked by The Great March on May 15 in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbouring Arab countries, would remain under control, has backfired …

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

May 16, 2011

News

In the Dark Over Murder of Peace Activists

Ramallah - Palestinians are reeling from the double-murder of two pro-Palestinian peace activists over the last few weeks, one in the West Bank and one in Gaza, with many …

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService

April 19, 2011

Parents Unite Across Violent Borders

Jerusalem - With Middle East peace talks at a standstill, a group of activists is taking matters into its own hands. The Parents’ Circle Families Forum, a group comprising …

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService|Report

January 4, 2011

Israel Deports Peace Laureate

Ramallah - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to …

By: Mel Frykberg ,; InterPressService|Report

October 5, 2010

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