Category: Gaza
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Make some noise: Malcolm X in Gaza
by Joe Catron 29 February 2012 | Alresalah Press At the end of the United States’ Black History Month, one week after the 47th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination in New York’s Audubon Ballroom, and another week shy of my first year in Gaza, I attended a talk on X at Gaza’s Centre for Political and…
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Soldiers Invade Al-Boreij Refugee Camp in central Gaza
by Saeed Bannoura 25 February 2012 | International Middle East Media Center Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while military choppers flew overhead firing flares. The motives of the invasion remain unknown as the soldiers just searched…
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Gaza sit-in, rally back Khader Adnan; general strike set for Tuesday
by Joe Catron 20 February 2012 | Mondoweiss Every Monday morning the families of 445 Gaza Palestinians detained by Israel occupy the courtyard of Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters to demand that the ICRC fulfill its obligation to protect the rights of their imprisoned relatives. This week’s gathering was infused with fresh…
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5 Palestinian fishermen arrested by Israeli Navy, one of them a 13 year old boy
by Rosa Schiano 16 February 2012 | il Blog di Oliva In the past few days five Gazan fishermen have been arrested by the Israeli Navy off the north coast of Gaza. Adham Mahmoud Abu Ryada, 22, and his brother Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Ryala, 13, were both arrested on Sunday evening. Jamal Ramadan Al Sultan, 58…
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Solidarity with Khader Adnan in the No Go Zone
by Nathan Stuckey 14 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Two months ago, few of us knew the name Khader Adnan. Today, he is an inspiration to all of us. Two months ago he was kidnapped from his home by Israel. He was charged with no crime. He was abused by his captors…
