Free Gaza Movement UPDATE, June 30 03:03: We just spoke again with our people aboard the Spirit of Humanity. The Israeli Navy is continuing to try and intimidate the ship, and is actively jamming its radar, GPS, and navigation systems ...
Read More »Israeli forces arrest Israeli and international activists in Safa
For Immediate Release 27 June 2009: Israeli forces arrest 24 solidarity activists and 2 hired Palestinian Israeli drivers in the West Bank village of Saffa. At 7.30am, 35 Israeli and 10 international solidarity activists joined 3 Palestinian families from Beit ...
Read More »Bil’in village holds press conference and demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall
For Immediate Release: Friday, 26 June 2009: Bil’in village holds press conference and a demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall. Palestinian residents, alongside international and Israeli activists gathered today in Bil’in to demonstrate against the Wall. Before the demonstration, ...
Read More »‘Free Gaza’ boats stopped in Cyprus
The Jerusalem Post 25 June 2009 Cyprus’ Merchant Shipping Department on Thursday prevented international activists from sailing to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid in defiance of Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory. Department chief Sergios Sergiou said that ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement boats plan to sail for to Gaza
25 June 2009 The Free Gaza Movement will depart from Larnaca Port for the Gaza Strip at 10am today, Thursday 25 June. We are sending two ships, the Free Gaza and the Spirit of Humanity, with 3 tons of medical ...
Read More »FGM: We are coming to Gaza
June 24, 2009 To: The Israeli Ministry of Defense, Fax: 972-3-697-6717 To: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fax: 972-2-5303367 From: The Free Gaza Movement This letter serves as a formal notification to you, as the Occupying Power and belligerent ...
Read More »Brick by brick
Free Gaza Movement 18 June 2009 On June 25th, the Free Gaza movement will set sail on its eighth mission to break Israel’s horrific siege and collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza strip. “The Israelis violated international ...
Read More »Prohibit live fire in circumstances that are not life-threatening in the West Bank
B’Tselem 18 June 2009 On Friday, 5 June 2009, ‘Aqel Sror, 35, was killed when a border policeman fired a live, 0.22 inch caliber bullet at his chest during a demonstration held in Ni’lin. Four other demonstrators were injured by ...
Read More »Bedouin family to search for the body of their missing son
14 June 2009 A Bedouin teenager – Ahmed Salama Eid Abu Hashish, 18 – from the border area east of Beit Hanoun has been missing since 21st April, 2009. His family believe that he may have been killed in the ...
Read More »Israeli forces arrest three solidarity activists in Safa
For Immediate Release 13 June 2009: Israeli forces have arrested 1 Israeli and 2 international solidarity activists in the West Bank village of Safa. Around 7am, Palestinian farmers, accompanied by 15 international and 10 Israeli solidarity activists, attempted to access ...
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