29th June 2015 | Freedom Flotilla Coalition | International Waters, off the coast of Occupied Palestine At 02:06AM today (Gaza time) the “Marianne” contacted Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and informed us that three boats of the Israeli navy had surrounded ...
Read More »UN spurns Palestinian children
8th June 2015 | Hemaya Center for Human Rights | Gaza, Occupied Palestine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN spurns Palestinian children Ban Ki-moon’s decision not to include Israel on the list of violators of children’s rights twists the knife ...
Read More »Marianne heads for Gaza today!
10th May 2015 | Ship to Gaza | Gothenburg, Sweden Marianne of Gothenburg will leave her home port at 7 pm on the 10 of May. The trawler, which has been acquired by Ship to Gaza Sweden and Ship to Gaza Norway jointly, ...
Read More »Organisers of Pilsen 2015, don’t host Days of Jerusalem festival
30th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement – support group | Czech Republic Prominent figures of Czech political and public life call on the organizers of Pilsen 2015 to step down as hosts of the Days of Jerusalem festival. The Days of Jerusalem ...
Read More »The Siege – cultural resistance in Palestine
20th April 2015 | Frida and Jenny | Jenin, Occupied Palestine The room was overflowing with people who had come to witness the opening of the play The Siege. Pushing our way through the throng we managed to find some ...
Read More »Statement from the family of Rachel Corrie on the 12th anniversary of Rachel’s stand in Gaza
16th March 2015 |Rachel Corrie Foundation | Today, the twelfth anniversary of our daughter and sister Rachel’s stand and death in Gaza, we find ourselves back where our journey for accountability in her case began – in Washington DC. We have come ...
Read More »A decade of civil disobedience in my West Bank village
2nd March | Abdallah Abu Rahma – originally posted on Haaretz | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine On February 20, 2005, we, residents of the West Bank Palestinian village of Bil’in, set forth, accompanied by supporters from around the world, and marched to the west side of the ...
Read More »Extremist settlers hurls abuse at injured ISM activist
26th December | Ally Cohen – originally posted on Mondoweiss | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Hebron, Palestine, December 24th. As we made our way to ‘checkpoint watch’ we were discussing what it would be like that morning, would there be tear gas? Stun grenades? ...
Read More »PCHR report: Israeli attacks on fishermen in the Gaza Sea
22nd October 2014 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Israeli Naval forces continued to carry out attacks on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip during the reporting period (1 – 30 September 2014), including 18 shooting incidents ...
Read More »Jews Against Genocide: Blood bucket challenge at Yad Vashem
29th September 2014 | Jews Against Genocide | Occupied Palestine Jews Against Genocide held memorials for the victims of Israel’s recent genocidal attack on Gaza during which the speakers poured buckets of blood like liquid over themselves at Yad Vashem holocaust ...
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