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Free Gaza Movement is at sea again on the 8 mile limit off Gaza Harbour

For Immediate Release SS Free Gaza, with six Palestinian fishermen’s boats, is 8-miles off the coast of Gaza, being circled by three Israeli Dabur naval vessels. No shots have been fired. The fishing boats are continuing to exercise their right to fish and have not turned round, but the Free Gaza has just now turned round (10.15 a.m.). The Oslo Accords allow Palestinian Gazans a 20-mile limit off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Currently the…

August 25, 2008

Free Gaza Movement: On Monday morning, Human Rights Workers go to sea to fish

To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here For Immediate Release Gaza City, Gaza (24 August 2008) – Two days after the SS FREE GAZA and the SS LIBERTY arrived to a jubilant welcome in Gaza, 20 to 25 of the human rights workers will go to sea with the fishermen in a show of support for their struggle to keep their industry productive. According to a recent article in The Guardian, “in the 1990s,…

August 24, 2008

Ynet: We hit a nerve, says leader of Gaza sail

Prof. Jeff Halper, only Israeli who took part in peace sail to Gaza, says idea came from realization that Israel, world governments sluggish about lifting blockade on Strip; adds restrictions on Gaza symptomatic of more than security needs By Anat Shalev To view original article, published on the 24th August, click here Prof. Jeff Halper, a former anthropology lecturer at the Ben Gurion University and the head of the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions, was the…

August 24, 2008