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Israelis Kill at least 10, Injure Dozens in Assault on Gaza Ship Convoy Carrying Humanitarian Aid
Action Alert: Israeli military attacks Gaza Freedom Flotilla, deaths confirmed Israeli commandos surround convoy, fire live ammunition upon Mavi Marmara, with hundreds of aid workers and activists aboard. Raw video from the ship during the assault below. 10 PM CST: Solidarity activists aboard one of six relief vessels traveling to Gaza with humanitarian report that…
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FGM: We’re on the way to Gaza
Greta Berlin | Free Gaza Movement After tremendous pressure from the Greek Cypriots, reneging on their agreement with us, we were forced to take our MPs and activists to Famagusta yesterday, on the Turkish/Cypriot side of Cyprus. We spent all day going from one port to the next, surrounded by helicopters and police. Clearly our…
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Israel shells Gazan farmers, injuring six
International Solidarity Movement 28 May 2010 Yesterday, Thursday the 27 May ’10, three people were wounded in the Zeytoun neighborhood of Gaza City which was bombed by the Israeli Apache helicopters and six farmers from the same area were wounded by the tank artillery fire while farming near the border. This morning (Friday 28th), two…
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Israel’s Disinformation Campaign Against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Freedom Flotilla | Witness Gaza FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For over four years, Israel has subjected the civilian population of Gaza to an increasingly severe blockade, resulting in a man-made humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. Earlier this month, John Ging, the Director of Operations of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in…
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Tribute to the people of Gaza
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate 25th May, 2010 I never cease to be amazed at the power of the human spirit to survive. During my last visit to Gaza in October 2008 I was amazed and deeply moved by the power of the people I witnessed. In a triumph of hope over adversity and tremendous…
