Tag Archives: Naval Blockade

 To whatever extent that rhetoric is a common tool of war, Israeli politicians and public figures have prolifically furnished the relentless and ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip with the language of genocide and ethnic cleansing.

16th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Today marks the 6th anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni, a journalist and an italian activist working with the International Solidarity Movement, in Gaza. Arrigoni first ...

5th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Just in the last 3 months Gaza’s fishermen had 21 boats stolen and 2 sunken by the Israeli occupation forces. Each small boat sustains at least 20 ...

12th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine Last Wednesday Rajab Khaled Abu Riela, 30 years old, his brother and two cousins left Gaza’s port at 12 pm. They stayed out fishing until 1:30 am. ...

18th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Last Thursday 14th April marked four years since the disappearance of Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza, under the Israeli blockade. According to subsequent statements and investigations carried out ...

1st March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine One month ago Mohamed Said El Saidi, 23 years old, and his brother went back to the sea around 5am in order to pick up ...

ISM Gaza met the fisherman Sami Ali El Goga, 36, who lost his hand and part of his arm the 12th March 2007, when he was attacked by the Israeli navy. In the same attack his boat was completely destroyed ...

17th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine   The heavy bang is heard clearly, and I have to resist the impulse to climb over the breakwater to try to get a view of the attack in ...

21st March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday, 11th March, Israeli naval forces arrested two Palestinian fishermen and confiscated their fishing boat off the coast of Gaza City. The two cousins, Shabaan Abu Ryala (33) ...

19th February 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Three Palestinian fishermen were arrested and had their boats and gear confiscated by occupation forces on Tuesday, 11th February, in two separate incidents, despite the fact that they were well ...