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ISM Gaza: Israel continues to breach ceasefire agreement with attacks on fishermen

On Wednesday 8th October, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) accompanied Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza. In the morning, while sailing about 7 nautical miles from shore, Israeli gunboats approached the Palestinian fishing boats. After request from Palestinian captain, one of the internationals talked on VHF radio. Despite that fact, Israeli gunboats continued to harass the fishing boats and at some point fired shots (something which also constitutes a breach of the ceasefire agreement).…

October 9, 2008

Amnesty International UK: Hurnall case – Israeli military forces still kill civilians with ‘near-total impunity’

To view original article, published by Amnesty International UK on the 7th October, click here Ahead of a new television drama based on the controversial killing in 2004 in Gaza of British national Tom Hurndall (‘The Shooting Of Thomas Hurndall’, Channel Four Television, Monday 13 October), Amnesty International has renewed its call for justice for Mr Hurndall’s family. The human rights organisation has described a situation where Israeli military forces kill civilians in Gaza with ‘near-total…

October 7, 2008

Farmers from Salim village discover theft and damage to their olive groves

On Monday 6 October approximately 15 families went to their lands near Elon More settlement only to discover many of the trees have yielded little harvest and the olives had been stolen by settlers. The village had been given 3 days from the Israeli District Co-ordination Office (DCO) where protection for farmers would be provided in the area around the settlement which is a designated ‘Area C’ despite the land belonging to the village. The gate…

October 6, 2008