Category: Press Releases
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Join the 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign
Farm Against Apartheid With rapidly escalating levels of settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in its 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign. The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and burned by the…
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Free Gaza Movement: Israeli government recognizes “humanitarian” mission to break the siege of Gaza
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here NICOSIA, CYPRUS (18 Aug. 2008) – In a letter today to the Free Gaza Movement, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that the group of international human rights activists attempting to break the siege of Gaza were “humanitarian,” and stated that the Israeli government “assume[s]…
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Free Gaza Movement: The Latest from Free Gaza and Liberty, Crete Bulletin
By Lauren Booth Tuesday 12th August 2008 To view Free Gaza Movement Website click here Well here on baking, blissfully breezy Crete it has been a day of high expectation and yes, again, disappointment. I spent my first night on board last night, in water so calm it reminded me of Lake Geneva. Our group…