International Solidarity Movement Nonviolence. Justice. Freedom. New York, NY, November 13, 2008 – Eight groups representing tens of thousands of people in the US, Palestine and Israel have called on the Marriott Marquis hotel in Manhattan to cancel the November 17th dinner for the Brooklyn-based Hebron ...
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Al-Kurd family evicted from their home in East Jerusalem – Eight international solidarity activists arrested from protest camp
Israeli police have evicted the Al-Kurd family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, and arrested 8 international solidarity activists that were staying on the property. The evicted Al-Kurd family have been staging a 3 1/2 month popular campaign ...
Read More »FGM: Dignity arrives in Gaza
To view the Free Gaza Website click here Larnaca: The DIGNITY pulled into Gaza at 9:15 a.m. Gaza time after an uneventful trip from Cyprus. The 23 passengers and crew on board were tired but ecstatic that they’d arrived. The ...
Read More »Addameer Update: Military judge rejects appeal on continued detention of Salwa Salah and Sara Siureh
Letter of appeal sent out by Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association Dear Friends, I am writing to inform you that on November 2, 2008 the Military Judge at Ofer Military Court rejected the appeal by Addameer Attorney Mahmoud ...
Read More »B’Tselem: Judge Advocate General informs the High Court that he will not amend the indictment in the shooting of a bound Palestinian in Ni’lin
To view original article published by B’Tselem click here Video by Reuters On 4 November 2008, the judge advocate general, Brig. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit, informed the High Court of Justice that, despite the court’s suggestion that the prosecution consider filing ...
Read More »FGM: “The people of Gaza have plenty of food. They don’t need to go fishing”
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Larnaca. When members of the Free Gaza Movement sailed to Gaza in August, several accompanied fishermen aboard their small boats. Israeli gunboats regularly confine these boats inside a 6-mile Israeli-imposed limit. ...
Read More »FGM: Free Gaza Movement to set sail
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Larnaca: Tomorrow at 5:00 pm, the DIGNITY leaves for the third time for the shores of Gaza. This time, eleven past and current members of parliaments of Europe are on board, ...
Read More »FGM: Free Gaza returns the Dignity on Friday Nov. 7 with 13 MPs
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here On Friday, November 7, the DIGNITY leaves at 5:00 pm from Larnaca to Gaza. This time, thirteen European Parliamentarians (from England, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Wales, Switzerland, and Scotland) are on board. ...
Read More »Israeli navy spray chemical substance at Gazan fishermen
The Israeli navy continuously attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza throughout yesterday (4th November), using live ammunition and a high-powered water cannon containing a noxious chemical substance. International Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanying several fishing boats off the coast of ...
Read More »Five people injured as Ni’lin maintains its resistance to the construction of the apartheid wall
November 2, 2008 On the 2nd November, a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall began in Ni’lin at 1.30 in the afternoon. 50 Palestinians gathered with 6 internationals by the municipality and marched towards the construction site in hopes of intervening ...
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