-
British student injured by Israeli army illegally firing tear gas canisters at protesters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: British student injured by Israeli soldiers illegally firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters An Nabi Saleh, West Bank 31 July 2010 A British student was injured yesterday (30 July 2010) when she was hit in the leg by a tear gas projectile fired directly at her, when Israeli soldiers violently repressed…
-
Israel bombs central Gaza City: seventeen injured
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israel bombs central Gaza City; seventeen injured Gaza City, Gaza Strip 31 July 2010 At around 11:30pm last night (Friday 30 July 2010), ‘The Arafat Compound’ Police College in central Gaza City was bombed by Israeli F-16s, in the area of ‘Al Montada’ injuring seventeen people, three of them seriously. Three children…
-
Desmond Tutu backs U.S food co-op boycott of Israeli products
30 July 2010 | Ha’aretz South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu issues statement of support for boycott announced by food co-op in Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia, Washington South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday that he supports the Olympia Food Co-op’s boycott of Israeli products. The Olympia Food Co-op, located…
-
Jubilation and a symbolic act of resistance to the siege: the Gaza boat race
30 July 2010 | ISM Gaza “I call to the whole world to treat us like everybody else, to break the blockade of the sea and of the whole Gaza Strip, so that people will be able to make a living from the sea again”, states the happy winner of the first Gaza boat race,…
-
More than 200 demonstrate against the buffer-zone near Gaza’s Nahal Oz crossing
29 July 2010 | ISM Gaza Five International Solidarity Movement volunteers participated in a demonstration against the bufferzone near Nahal Oz border crossing, east of Gaza City on Wednesday (July 28th). The march had a big turn out of over 200 people and was organised by the Popular Campaign for the Security in the Buffer…
