• Settler shoots farmer’s dog in front of him in Susiya

    On Tuesday August 27th at 7.30 pm, Palestinian shepherd Khaled, and his son were walking their sheep and goats back to their tent camp in Susiya when a settler stopped his car in front of them and shot their sheep dog in the mouth before driving off again. A white Toyota stopped in front of…

  • OHCHR: UN rights expert welcomes landing of relief vessels in Gaza

    To view original report published by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) click here 25 August 2008 The landing of two wooden boats carrying 46 human rights activists in Gaza this past weekend is an important symbolic victory, says Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…

  • Sailing into Gaza

    By Huwaida Arraf • August 25, 2008 On Saturday, after 32 hours on the high seas, I sailed into the port of Gaza City with 45 other citizens from around the world in defiance of Israel’s blockade. We traveled from Cyprus with humanitarian provisions for Palestinians living under siege. My family in Michigan was worried…

  • Al Jazeera: Inside story- Gaza blockade

    Interview with Huwaida Arraf and Ranaan Gissin (Former advisor to Ariel Sharon) regarding the Free Gaza Movement and the siege on Gaza broadcast by Al Jazeera English.

  • The Guardian: Israel ‘almost doubles number of homes being built in settlements’

    By Rory McCarthy To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 26th August, click here Israel has nearly doubled the number of homes under construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank this year, according to a report published today. The report, by Peace Now, an Israeli organisation, said the housing ministry had…