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Breaking the Gaza embargo and Israeli piracy

10 May 2011 | Huwaida Arraf, Noam Chomsky and Gabriel Schivone A year ago this month, Israel shocked the world when it attacked a humanitarian convoy on its way to Gaza in international waters, killing 9 civilians, injuring dozens more, and kidnapping hundreds. Today — as Hamas and Fatah negotiate internal unity and Egypt moves to permanently open Gaza’s southern border, consequences of the Arab Spring — the international solidarity movement musters an even greater flotilla…

May 11, 2011

Israeli army fires on Gaza demonstration at Erez Crossing

10 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The Israeli army fired on 50 Palestinian and international activists protesting the Israeli-enforced closure of the “buffer zone” at Erez Crossing in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip today. The demonstration, organized by the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative, was joined by activists from the International Solidarity Movement – Gaza Strip. Led by farmers and other Beit Hanoun community members, it was forced to withdraw by machine-gun fire after nearing the…

May 11, 2011

UN Special Rapporteur on torture to give expert opinion on the arrest of minors in Israeli military court

10 May 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The Special Rapporteur’s expert opinion will be filed to the Ofer Military Court by the defense next Monday in a pre-trial hearing in the case of 14 year-old Islam Dar Ayyoub who was taken from his bed at gun-point by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night and questioned unlawfully. 14 year-old Islam Dar Ayyoub was arrested on January 23 by a large group of soldiers who…

May 10, 2011