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BBC: Diary – Challenging Gaza blockade
To view original reports, published by the BBC, click here Activists from the California-based Free Gaza Movement are planning to sail from Cyprus to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade of the territory. The BBC’s Rachid Sekkai will be on board and sends his first diary entry. About 45 people are here in the port of Larnaca in Cyprus, preparing to sail south to Gaza. The group includes Americans, Palestinians and Israelis among the 15…
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Ynet: Regiment commander to be dismissed over Naalin incident
Crime and punishment: Chief military prosecutor decides to dismiss armored corps lieutenant colonel after IDF soldier filmed shooting handcuffed Palestinian; commander, shooter to face criminal charges By Hanan Greenberg To view original article, published by Ynet on the 6th August, click here First report: Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Omri will be dismissed from his post in the wake of an incident where an IDF soldier fired a rubber bullet at a handcuffed Palestinian, Ynet has found.…
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AATW: 23 arrested in protest outside army officer’s home following Ni’lin killings
Press release from Anarchists Against the Wall 23 demonstrators were violently arrested in front of the house of Colonel Aviv Reshef, who is the army commander of the regiment stationed in the Ni’ilin region. The demonstrators were arrested while protesting the murder of two minors in Ni’ilin last week. The two – Ahmed Mousa, 10 years old, and Youssef Amireh, 17 years old, were shot by the Israeli border police. The demonstrators, who were standing on…
