Category: Press Releases
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B’Tselem to Attorney General: Stop reckless use of rubber-coated steel bullets
To view original press release published by B’Tselem click here B’Tselem’s data indicate that security forces have adopted a practice of reckless firing of rubber-coated steel bullets in the West Bank, killing two Palestinians and injuring many more since the beginning of the year. Photo by B’Tselem Since the intifada began, 21 Palestinians have been…
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Free Gaza Movement: Israeli naval vessels firing on unarmed fishing boats and Human Rights Workers
For Immediate Release (OFF THE COAST OF GAZA) 1 September 2008 – Israeli Naval vessels are currently firing on unamrmed Palestinian fishing boats and international human rights workers off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The fishing boats are several miles off the coast of Gaza City, in Palestinian territorial waters. As of 11am (4am…
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Free Gaza Movement: Human Rights Workers to accompany Gaza fishermen on Monday
GAZA CITY (1 September 2008) – Human Rights Observers from the Free Gaza Movement and the International Solidarity Movement launch campaign to monitor Israeli naval aggression against Gazan fishermen. According to a recent article in The Guardian, “Under the Oslo accords, which in 1993 were supposed to herald the coming of an independent Palestinian state,…