• Launching of the olive harvest campaign in the south of Palestine – “We will never give up!”

    By Mireille Despite Israeli forces closing of the main road, 50 Palestinians, internationals and Israelis gathered on Friday morning, October 17, on the lands of the villages of Umm Salamuna and Al Masara, to begin the villages’ olive harvest. After a long walk through the hills (the closing of the main roads obliged us to leave behind the van with all the material, the ladders, the buckets and the plastic sheets used to collect the olives),…

  • Israeli navy currently attacking Al-Mina, Rafah shore

    20:00, 20th October, 2008 – Rafah, Southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian fishermen are currently under attack by Israeli naval forces in Al-Mina, Rafah. The Israeli navy is firing at the beach and at fishermen in the water, damaging their nets and forcing them to retreat onto the land. Live ammunition is as well being fired at fishermen on the beach. Since October 2006 the Israeli navy have enforced a 6 mile fishing limit, despite the Oslo agreements…

  • Video of latest Israeli navy attack on Gazan fishermen

    Gazan territorial waters, 18th October 2008 At approximately 12:30, a Palestinian fishing vessel from the port in Gaza City, was trawling 6km off the coast of Deir Al Balah. An Israeli Dvora class gunboat (no. 831) approached the fishing boat, began circling it and opened fire. The incident lasted several minutes and was witnessed and documented by a human rights observer with the International Solidarity Movement – who was present on the Palestinian boat. A short…

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