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ei: Israeli gunboats kidnap Gaza fisherman, peaceworkers
By Eva Bartlett To view original article, published by The Electronic Intifada on the 21st November, click here On the evening of Tuesday 18 November Khalid al-Habeel sat surrounded by his wife, family, and other concerned fishermen. Until the early hours of the following day, they had no idea what charges were being laid against…
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IMEMC: Israeli soldiers abduct the head of the Popular Committee in Bil’in
To view original article, published by the IMEMC on the 21st November, click here The “Friends of Freedom and Justice” committee in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported on Thursday that Israeli troops abducted Iyad Burnat, head of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in. Burnat was kidnapped by…
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Democracy Now!: U.S. activist detained in Israeli jail condemns blockade of Gaza
To listen to the interview by Democracy Now! with ISM activist Darlene Wallach click here Israel’s tightened blockade of a million and a half Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is now entering its third week. On Monday the Israeli Navy seized 15 Palestinian fishermen and three international activists off the coast of Gaza. The fishermen…
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BBC: Gaza activists ‘on hunger strike’
To view original article, published by the BBC on the 21st November, click here Three International Solidarity Movement activists detained with 15 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza by the Israeli navy say they have gone on hunger strike. Briton Andrew Muncie, Vittorio Arrigoni from Italy, and American Darlene Wallach are being held in a prison near…
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Human Rights Observers start hunger strike in Israel
Massiyahu Prison, Lida, Israel (20 November, 2008) – Three Human Rights Observers (HRO) with the International Solidarity Movement began a hunger strike today in protest over the illegal confiscation of Paestinian fishing boats by Israel. The three HROs, Darlene Wallach of the U.S., Vittorio Arrigoni of Italy, and Andrew Muncie of Scotland, were forcibly abducted…
