27 December 2011 | Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine We, Palestinians of Gaza, 3 years on from the 22-day long massacre in Israel’s operation ‘Cast Lead’, are calling on international civil society to make 2012 the year when solidarity with us ...
Read More »Raw memories of war
by Yousef M. Aljamal 27 December 2011 | Center for Political and Development Studies Simply put, I hate war. I love peace, for I don’t live peacefully just like others. My youngest sister hates war too. She could never forget ...
Read More »28 December 2008: The Abu Taima family
27 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights “Living under occupation means that whatever hopes we have, it will fall apart one day. For example, you bring up your child and put all of your hopes in him or ...
Read More »27 December 2008: The Al Ashi family
27 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights “For the upcoming anniversary of the war, me and other women who lost husbands in the attack plan to give gifts to orphans who lost their fathers during the war. The gifts ...
Read More »Vik’s not gone
22 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Vik, habibo, you’re not gone, not for me at least. In life you brought the warmth every time I met you, and to everyone else. You did not see it as a ...
Read More »Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank unite in mourning of slain activist Vittorio Arrigoni
International Solidarity Movement Gaza FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinians across the Gaza strip and the West Bank will join today in mourning slain activist Vittorio Arrigoni. People will gather both in the Al Manara square in Ramallah and at Al Jundi ...
Read More »Vik: a friend, a brother, a humanist
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza I first heard of Vik before arriving in Gaza. Vik had just been injured by IOF water cannoning which shattered the windows of the fishing boat he was accompanying. Vik had some injuries from the ...
Read More »Samouni family responds to Goldstone backtrack on Israeli war crimes
6 April 2011 | Ken O’Keefe During Operation Cast Lead Israel committed massive war crimes for all the world to see. Among these crimes the use of White Phosphorus in densely populated areas, use of Depleted Uranium, bombing civilian targets ...
Read More »PCHR highlights key issues relating to report of UN fact-finding mission on Gaza conflict (the ‘Goldstone Report’)
4 April 2011 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights In light of the media debate and confusion triggered by Justice Richard Goldstone’s 1 April opinion piece in the Washington Post, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) wishes to highlight ...
Read More »Daily life in Gaza
4 February 2011 | Nathan Stuckey, International Solidarity Movement Gaza After spending six weeks waiting in Cairo I entered Gaza two weeks ago. I never would have guessed that Egypt would explode so soon after I left. Congratulations to the ...
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