Category: Gaza
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Statement from the family of Rachel Corrie on the 12th anniversary of Rachel’s stand in Gaza
16th March 2015 |Rachel Corrie Foundation | Today, the twelfth anniversary of our daughter and sister Rachel’s stand and death in Gaza, we find ourselves back where our journey for accountability in her case began – in Washington DC. We have come for meetings at the Department of State and in Congress and, also, to join our…
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Statement from Corrie family in response to the Israeli Supreme Court’s Dismissal of Appeal in Wrongful Death of Rachel Corrie
Originally published at the Rachel Corrie Foundation. Today we received word from our attorneys that the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed our appeal in the wrongful death case of our daughter and sister Rachel Corrie. Our family is disappointed but not surprised. We had hoped for a different outcome, though we have come to see…
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Journal: Farming in Gaza near the Buffer Zone
9th November | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine The farmers are rarely talked about. They blend into the background of the lands beyond the destroyed buildings of the towns. The reality is though, they are facing a battle themselves. Many farmers have had their homes, and farmland attacked. Farm land attacked I repeat, I mean, who…
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PCHR report: Israeli attacks on fishermen in the Gaza Sea
22nd October 2014 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Israeli Naval forces continued to carry out attacks on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip during the reporting period (1 – 30 September 2014), including 18 shooting incidents that resulted in the injury of a fishermen while fishing; 4 chasing incidents that led…
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Jews Against Genocide: Blood bucket challenge at Yad Vashem
29th September 2014 | Jews Against Genocide | Occupied Palestine Jews Against Genocide held memorials for the victims of Israel’s recent genocidal attack on Gaza during which the speakers poured buckets of blood like liquid over themselves at Yad Vashem holocaust museum in Jerusalem, the US embassy in Tel Aviv, The Israeli Supreme court in Jerusalem,…
