• ISM Gaza Strip: Sowing lentils, reaping bullets, in Khouza’a, Gaza Strip

    Khouza’a, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 6th November 2008: By Donna Wallach A number of Palestinian farmers went to their fields yesterday (6th November) to sow seeds for crops of wheat, lentils and rye to be harvested in the spring. Some internationals, volunteering with ISM Gaza, accompanied the farmers as they worked – the first time in…

  • 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. Although international law allows every Mediterranean sea territory fishing rights 12-20 miles offshore, Israel ignores…

  • 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, with Al Jazeera International and The Independent journalists. These dignitaries were among the 53 Parliamentarians…

  • 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. After two successful voyages, one in August and one last week, members of the Free…

  • The Independent: Britain to crack down on exports from Israeli settlements

    By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem To view original article, published on the 3rd November, click here Britain is taking the lead in pressing the EU to curb imports from Israeli producers in the occupied West Bank as a practical step towards halting the steady increase in the construction of Jewish settlements. An internal EU note…