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Free Gaza Movement: Dignity docks in Lebanon
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Video by Al-Jazeera English (Lebanon, Tuesday 30 December) Today the Free Gaza ship “Dignity” carefully made its way to safe harbor in Tyre, Lebanon’s southern-most port city after receiving serious structural damage when Israeli warships rammed its bow and the port side, Waiting to greet the…
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Ninety people arrested in East Jerusalem as Israeli police look to prevent protests of solidarity with Gaza through intimidation
29th December 2008 – Occupied East Jerusalem At 6pm on the 29th December, another demonstration of solidarity with Gaza people took place in Jerusalem. The demonstration to support the people in Gaza took place at 6 o’clock, starting at Damascus Gate and continuing into the old city of Jerusalem. Around 150 people joined the demonstration…
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Ni’lin holds funeral for Arafat al Khawaja
29th December 2008 – Funeral for the 22 year old resident of Ni’lin village killed by Israeli army while protesting against Israeli massacres in Gaza. After the Israeli attacks against Gaza strip, Ni’lin village has been continuously protesting in solidarity with the people in Gaza. Photos courtesy of Activestills During the demonstration on the 28th…
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Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini visits Um Kamel and the Sheikh Jarah protest camp
29th December 2008 At around mid-day on the 29th December, in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, led a delegation of fifty people to express solidarity with Um Kamel al-Kurd. She also expressed her deep concern about the situation in Gaza to the people that were in the…
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Adalah-NY: New Yorkers march to demand end of massacres in Gaza and boycott of Israel
To view the Adalah-NY website click here New York, NY, December 29 – For the second day in a row, over a thousand New Yorkers marched through midtown Manhattan, chanting and carrying signs and Palestinian flags, to voice opposition and demand an end to Israel’s assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In the last…
