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Ynet: Left-wing groups call for IDF probe into Naalin shooting

Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti says Defense Minister Barak, soldiers responsible for critical injury of mentally ill Palestinian in West Bank village should be tried by International Criminal Court in Hague. Rights groups urge attorney general, judge advocate general to launch investigation into incident By Ali Waked To view original article, published by Ynet on the 1st September, click here Left-wing organizations have called for a military investigation into the critical injury of a mentally ill Palestinian…

September 1, 2008

Free Gaza Movement: Israeli naval vessels firing on unarmed fishing boats and Human Rights Workers

For Immediate Release (OFF THE COAST OF GAZA) 1 September 2008 – Israeli Naval vessels are currently firing on unamrmed Palestinian fishing boats and international human rights workers off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The fishing boats are several miles off the coast of Gaza City, in Palestinian territorial waters. As of 11am (4am EST) no one had been injured, but live ammunition is still being fired in the direction of the civilian boats. The…

September 1, 2008

Free Gaza Movement: Human Rights Workers to accompany Gaza fishermen on Monday

GAZA CITY (1 September 2008) – Human Rights Observers from the Free Gaza Movement and the International Solidarity Movement launch campaign to monitor Israeli naval aggression against Gazan fishermen. According to a recent article in The Guardian, “Under the Oslo accords, which in 1993 were supposed to herald the coming of an independent Palestinian state, Gazan fishermen were to be allowed 20 nautical miles out to sea, where they could catch sardine as they migrated from…

September 1, 2008