Tag Archives: Gaza

UPDATED, 18th June: A follow-up report from HRW and an investigation by the Guardian, that cast further doubt on the Israeli military’s “investigation” of itself, can both be found at the end of this report. Human Rights Watch report: “Israel: ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIC, Jerusalem: Demonstration today at 18:00 in front of the Ministry of Defense in protest of the continuation of murder in Gaza. Today the Israeli Occupation Forces continued bombing Gaza and this time intentionally murdered children and ...

Public Statement, 12 June 2006 Amnesty International is calling on Israel to end immediately its reckless shelling and air strikes against the Gaza Strip, which have killed and injured scores of unarmed Palestinians, including several women and children, in recent ...

By Bahia Amra Ramallah, 11-06-06 For a few hours at least, the heart rending images of 12-year-old Huda Ghalia sobbing uncontrollably over the limp body of her father drew the world’s eyes towards the daily tragedy of life in Gaza ...

By Khaled Amayreh, Al-Jazeera, Sunday 11 June 2006 Credit: ISM Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists have protested against the killing of eight Palestinians while they picnicked on a Gaza beach. Wearing white T-shirts dyed in red to ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 4:30pm today, Palestinians from Ramallah and the surrounding areas will be joined by Israeli and international peace activists to hold a demonstration at the Qalandia checkpoint against the massacres and on-going Israeli bombardment in Gaza. It ...

by Katie Warchut, The Day 8th June 2006 We hear the tanks, said 23-year-old Fida Qishta. At least 20 extended family members were huddled in a room of her house in Gaza. Finally, a neighbor came by to state the ...

Israel’s ongoing air strikes on Gaza are politically motivated by Sam Bahour The Israelis are a stiff necked people. They refuse to accept anything less than full acquiescence by anyone involved in their plans, no matter the cost — human, ...

By Leila Al Haddad Just as I’ve made my way back to Maryland USA, getting ready to write a post about how my stint on Democracy Now went this morning, I learned that 10 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli ...

Palestinian Journalist Laila El-Haddad on Life in the Occupied Territories From Democracy Now, 9th June 2006. Watch 128k stream or Watch 256k stream We speak with Palestinian journalist and mother, Laila El-Haddad about life in the Occupied Territories. El-Haddad writes ...