Category: Reports

  • ISM Rafah: Israeli navy fire shells at Gazan fishermen

    On Sunday October 5th, two international human rights observers accompanied a Gazan fishing boat offshore of Jabalya. Soon an Israeli gunboat approached. The internationals, after a request from the Palestinian captain, made clear that there was an international presence on board. For a while the Israeli gunboat seemed to leave but then, suddenly, from a…

  • Israeli Naval Violence against Palestinian fishing boats continues

    On Saturday 4 October two international human rights observers accompanied a Gazan fishing boat in its daily work, important not only for the fishermen’s families but also for the Palestinian economy in general, especially in the besieged Gaza Strip. When the fishing boat was at about 8 nautical miles from the coast it was intercepted…

  • Olive Harvest Campaign 2008: Israeli forces prevent residents of Tell from harvesting their olives

    Israeli forces marked the beginning of the olive harvest season by forcing Palestinian farmers from their lands in Tell. After the recent rain in Palestine, the 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign was launched today, ten days earlier than planned. For more information on the campaign please click here On Sunday 5th October, approximately twenty farmers attempted…