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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…

October 19, 2008

Tadamon!: Palestine – Apartheid Fares

By Aaron Lakoff, October 2008, Interview recorded in Biddu, Palestine To view original interview posted on Tadamon!, click here Photo: Aaron Lakoff. Mohammed Mansour, near Biddu, Palestine. Mohammed Mansour is a resident of Biddu, a village near Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine. A former organizer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), he now works as a service (taxi) driver to support his family. As someone who makes his living on the roads of the…

October 19, 2008

Haaretz: Hebron settlers assault Palestinians, activists harvesting olives

By Nadav Shragai To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 18th October, click here Witnesses and Reuters crew on Saturday said that Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinians and others helping them pick olives in the West Bank town of Hebron. The settlers reportedly punched and kicked two news photographers and a British woman helping Palestinians pick olives. The scuffle in the town of Hebron was the latest of a series of efforts by settlers…

October 18, 2008