Year: 2012

The Al Dalu family. Never forget.

by Rosa Schiano 4 December 2012 | il Blog di Olivia On 18 November 2012, on the fifth day of the Israeli military offensive “Pillar of Defence” against Gaza, a war bulletin reported 72 people killed, including 19 children, 670 wounded, most of them women and children. That day, the Israeli air force bombed a…

December 9, 2012
Gaza fishermen after the ceasefire [includes a video]

6 December 2012 | Johnny Barber On Wednesday 5th December, Gaza fishermen staged a peaceful protest in the port of Gaza City, in order to highlight the Israeli attacks on their livelihoods. They were supported by the local Fishing Union, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Gaza fishermen…

December 7, 2012
Clashes erupt in Hebron after Israeli forces provoke Palestinians in area H1 [Update: Video added]

6 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine Clashes broke out in Hebron on Thursday after a confrontation between Palestinian Authority police and Israeli Occupation Forces. On Wednesday there was a verbal confrontation between a Palestinian Police officer and the Israeli Army. The following day Israeli Forces spotted the Officer while they were…

December 7, 2012
Palestinian hunger strikers insist on gaining their freedom even if the cost is their lives

5 December 2012 | Addameer Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association expresses its deep concern for the health and lives of five Palestinian political prisoners that are on hunger strike to protest their unjust detention in Israeli Occupation’s prisons. The five current hunger strikers are: Ayman Sharawna (158 days), Samer Al-Issawi (127 days), Oday…

December 6, 2012
500 Israeli soldiers ransack homes in Burqa

06 December 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Burqa, Occupied Palestine Around 500 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, in the middle of the night, ransacking homes and causing damages amounting to thousands of euros. Soldiers arrived in over 30 military jeeps at around 1:00 am and broke into 36 houses where…

December 6, 2012