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Response to the Israeli Cabinet’s Decision to Ease the Siege on Gaza

Posted on: June 28, 2010

Bianca Zammit | ISM Gaza

28 June 2010

On June 17th 2010, the Israeli Cabinet decided to take steps to ease the Israeli-imposed siege on Gaza by allowing more items to enter. These items include mayonnaise, ketchup, chocolate, sweets and children’s toys, all of which have been prohibted from entering Gaza for the last 3 years. Some other items which will be allowed to enter will be going to civilian projects under the auspices of international NGOs.

While welcoming this Israeli initiative, the fact remains that many people in Gaza are living below the poverty line and cannot afford to buy these items. … Continue reading


Updated on July 13, 2010
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Israeli violence continues in Gaza ‘buffer zone’: wheat harvest prevented; three injured by shelling

Posted on: June 19, 2010
Israeli violence continues in Gaza ‘buffer zone’: wheat harvest prevented; three injured by shelling

International Solidarity Movement

20 June 2010

Five female farm-workers returned to the Gaza ‘buffer zone’ early Saturday morning, with the intention of continuing the wheat harvest near Khoza’a village, Khan Yunis. The harvesters were forced to abandon their work after just thirty minutes as snipers attacked the unarmed workers with a barrage of live ammunition. Earlier in the month, the same women harvested for three partial days, but increasingly extreme attacks by Israeli snipers ultimately ended the harvest for fear someone would be intentionally targeted.

On … Continue reading


Updated on June 19, 2010
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Stop the bullets! A call to end the use of live ammunition against unarmed civilians in the Gaza ‘buffer zone’

Posted on: June 19, 2010
Stop the bullets! A call to end the use of live ammunition against unarmed civilians in the Gaza ‘buffer zone’

International Solidarity Movement

19 June 2010

The catastrophic Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which left 9 dead, has rightly horrified the international community. However, lethal force by the Israeli military is nothing new to Palestinians. In the Gaza ‘buffer zone’, live ammunition is routinely used against unarmed demonstrators and farmers.

* The ‘buffer zone’ is … Continue reading


Updated on June 24, 2010
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Wheat harvest met with live ammunition in Gaza “buffer zone”

Posted on: June 13, 2010
Demonstrators in Gaza protest the illegal "buffer zone" which greatly exacerbates the humanitarian crisiss

International Solidarity Movement

13 June 2010

Israeli forces attacked women farmworkers and international human rights activists with heavy gunfire during three days’ wheat harvest in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israel-imposed “buffer zone” illegally claims over 30% of Gaza’s arable farmland. In Khoza’a village, east of Khan Yunis, substantial wheat remains unharvested despite severe poverty and food shortages, as a result of the attacks.

Tuesday, the first day of harvest, did not take place inside the 300m “buffer zone”. However, snipers approached the harvest in Israeli military Jeeps on two occasions, shooting live ammunition around five
women who were crouching to hand-collect the wheat … Continue reading


Updated on June 19, 2010
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Israel shells Gazan farmers, injuring six

Posted on: May 28, 2010
Baraka Al Mughrabi was hit with shrapel, shattering his lower arm and causing a spinal injury

International Solidarity Movement

28 May 2010

Yesterday, Thursday the 27 May ’10, three people were wounded in the Zeytoun neighborhood of Gaza City which was bombed by the Israeli Apache helicopters and six farmers from the same area were wounded by the tank artillery fire while farming near the border.

This morning (Friday 28th), two ISM activists visited two of the wounded farmers in … Continue reading


Updated on May 28, 2010
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Demonstrations, live fire continue in Gaza Buffer Zone

Posted on: April 29, 2010

International Solidarity Movement

29 April 2010

Less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting of Ahmad Sliman Salem Dib, over 100 demonstrators gathered in Rafah, Gaza to protest the Buffer Zone. Marching within 100 meters of the border, the non-violent and unarmed demonstrators were faced with live fire from the beginning of the demonstration. As the march progressed, fire was aimed progressively closer and bullets were shot through a banner held by participants. One man was lightly injured in the foot.

Today’s Buffer Zone demonstration was the fourth since Friday. Live ammunition was used as a form of crowd dispersal in all four, … Continue reading


Updated on April 29, 2010
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Israeli forces kill unarmed demonstrator in Gazan ‘buffer zone’

Posted on: April 28, 2010
Demonstration in al-Faraheen

International Solidarity Movement

28 April 2010

Ahmad Sliman Salem Dib, 19, died of blood loss at 4:30 pm today, following emergency surgery.

Dib was shot in the leg by an Israeli sniper at a non-violent demonstration, with more than 200 participants, which marched towards the Israeli imposed buffer zone near Nahal Oz crossing with Israel east of Gaza City. Dib was urgently transferred by an ambulance to Shifaa Hospital in the Gaza City, bleeding heavily. The injury proved fatal because the bullet severed the femoral artery, shattered the femur … Continue reading


Updated on May 5, 2010
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Malta protests to Israel over shooting of national in Gaza

Posted on: April 25, 2010

Ha’aretz

25 April 2010

Malta filed an official protest with Israel on Sunday after a Maltese woman was shot and injured by Israel Defense Forces soldiers during a protest in Gaza on Saturday.

In a statement, the Maltese Foreign Ministry said it “deplored and condemned in the strongest possible terms” the shooting of Bianca Zammit in Gaza on Saturday. The protest note was sent to the Israeli government via the Maltese Embassy in Israel.

Malta said the Israeli soldiers’ attack was “totally unwarranted” and called for a thorough investigation into the incident which took place near a refugee camp.

A foreign ministry spokesman … Continue reading


Updated on April 25, 2010
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Israeli forces shoot unarmed demonstrators in Gazan ‘buffer zone’

Posted on: April 24, 2010

ISM Gaza

24 April 2010

UPDATE: Video has been added to this post. Please see below

El Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territories, 24th April 2010, 12PM – At a peaceful nonviolent demonstration against the forceful cessation of farming within what Israel defines as a “buffer zone,” which was attended by 150 people, two Palestinians demonstrators and one International activist were shot. Israeli soldiers opened fire on the demonstrators from the border fence. Nidal Al Naji (18) was shot in the right thigh. Hind Al Akra … Continue reading


Updated on May 18, 2010
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Picking pebbles to live somehow

Posted on: March 3, 2010

Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service

2 March 2010

They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals, and any bits worth reselling.

They venture dangerously close to the border fence to unlock metal and steel rods from their demolished home heaps. They are Gaza’s recyclers, and in a Strip where unemployment hovers at nearly 50 percent and poverty soars over 80 percent, environmental considerations … Continue reading


Updated on March 3, 2010
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