Category: Press Releases

  • Gaza Freedom Marchers issue the ‘Cairo Declaration’ to end Israeli Apartheid

    1 January 2010 Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid. Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians marching to break Israel’s illegal siege. They were prevented from entering Gaza…

  • Candle-light vigil held in Manger Square, Bethlehem to commemorate Gaza

    Nathan Stokes | IMEMC 31 December 2009 Residents of the Bethlehem area, West Bank, gather to commemorate those lost in last years Gaza War and stand in solidarity with those still living under seige. At 4:30 this afternoon residents of Bethlehem and the surrounding towns gathered to commemorate the 1,500 Palestinians that lost their lives…

  • Gaza Freedom March activists refuse to be silent!

    Action for Peace 31 December 2009 The Italian delegation of Action for Peace at the Gaza Freedom March walked today in the streets of Cairo with all other delegations in solidarity with the Palestinian people, to call for an end of the siege on Gaza, the end of the Israeli occupation, the respect of international…