To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here On Friday, November 7, the DIGNITY leaves at 5:00 pm from Larnaca to Gaza. This time, thirteen European Parliamentarians (from England, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Wales, Switzerland, and Scotland) are on board. ...
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The Independent: Britain to crack down on exports from Israeli settlements
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem To view original article, published on the 3rd November, click here Britain is taking the lead in pressing the EU to curb imports from Israeli producers in the occupied West Bank as a practical step ...
Read More »Israeli Occupation Forces invade Al Faqr refugee camp
Early on the morning of Monday 3rd November, approximately 400 Israeli soldiers entered Al Faqr refugee camp to the north of Nablus city, destroying homes, throwing tear gas and sound bombs and imposing a curfew on the camp. At 2am ...
Read More »ISM Gaza: Gazan fisherman injured during Israeli water cannon attack
On Friday 31st October, 2008, seven trawling vessels from the port of Gaza City were accompanied by ten international human rights observers. Activists from the International Solidarity Movement were joined by volunteers from the Free Gaza Movement who reached Gaza ...
Read More »IWPS: Israeli soldiers beat Palestinian farmer unconscious near Kufr Qaddum
To view the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) website click here On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, a family of about 15 was harvesting its land on a slope of Jebel Mohammed north of Kafr Qaddum village, close to the eastern ...
Read More »Israeli navy spray chemical substance at Gazan fishermen
The Israeli navy continuously attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza throughout yesterday (4th November), using live ammunition and a high-powered water cannon containing a noxious chemical substance. International Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanying several fishing boats off the coast of ...
Read More »ISM Gaza reports from the Olive Harvest Campaign 2008 in the ‘buffer zone’
This is a compilation of reports of Olive Harvest in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, 11th, 13th, 16th & 30th October. Video by Fida Qishta. ISM Gaza Strip volunteers living in the Gaza Strip have been assisting farmers living in ...
Read More »Activist puts himself on the (front) line of Gaza’s fishing war
By Ben Lynfield To view original article, published by MidEast Youth on the 3rd November, click here Friday was a typical day at sea for Scottish pro-Palestinian activist Andrew Muncie, with Israeli machine gunfire raking the waters around the boat ...
Read More »Five people injured as Ni’lin maintains its resistance to the construction of the apartheid wall
November 2, 2008 On the 2nd November, a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall began in Ni’lin at 1.30 in the afternoon. 50 Palestinians gathered with 6 internationals by the municipality and marched towards the construction site in hopes of intervening ...
Read More »Settlers attack again in Hebron following eviction from illegal outpost
Report by Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group Members of the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) are joining local Palestinians in Hebron who are defending a house under attack by Israeli settlers from Kharsema settlement. They ...
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