Category: Press Releases
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ISM Rafah: Israeli navy continues to harass Gazan fishermen
Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 18th September 2008 – On Thursday 18th September, at least 7 Palestinian fishing boats left Gaza City port to trawl in Gazan Territorial waters. The Israeli Navy continued it’s daily attacks and harassments on Palestinian fishermen and their boats. Today the Navy boat with the water cannon was not seen,…
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Israeli forces abduct minors from Ni’lin
Ni’lin – Thursday September 10th 2008 At 2am Thursday September 10th Israeli forces invaded the West bank village of Ni’lin and arrested 9 persons, three of them are under 18 and are still being kept in jail. Israeli forces invaded the village in the early hours of the morning, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets,…
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Israeli navy to Gazan fishermen: “When the internationals leave Gaza, you will all be made to pay”
Gazan coastal waters, Gaza, 17:00 Wednesday 10th September 2008 – At high speed an Israeli gunboat rammed a Palestinian fishing vessel. The gunboat smashed through the upper hull, careened over the top of the fishing boat, and landed on the other side. Extensive damage was caused to the fishing boat. The hull was badly damaged,…
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Egyptian activists in Ismailia : “Police is still stopping us and we attend to stay there till tomorrow”
Egyptian Committee Against the Gaza Siege: At 8am this morning (10th September), a first group from the Egyptian Committee Against the Gaza Siege, mainly Labor Party’s members, left Cairo in 4 micro-buses with food and medicine to go and try to break the criminal siege of Gaza. Photos from www.newspalestina.blogspot.com When they arrived at Ismailia,…
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B’Tselem Report: Israel increased area of dozens of settlements east of the Separation Barrier by tens of thousands of dunams
To view original press release published by B’Tselem click here Today (11 September), Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem is publishing a report on Israel’s blocking of Palestinian access to land around settlements lying east of the Separation Barrier. The report reveals that state authorities and settlers have de-facto annexed rings of land amounting to tens…