by Nathan Stuckey 20 December 2011 Every Tuesday there is a demonstration against the occupation and the Israeli imposed no go zone that surrounds Gaza, stealing much of Gaza’s best farmland. Today, it was unseasonably warm, it felt almost like ...
Read More »Israeli navy harasses Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast
by Rosa Schiano 21 December 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza The Oliva sailed from Gaza Seaport at 8:15 am. The Palestinian captain and two international observers from CPS staff were on boardAt 8:45 am Oliva reached four hasakas in ...
Read More »Drones in the shower, F-16s on the street: On leaving Gaza
by Radhika Sainath 20 December 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade I made the long journey out of Gaza last week. I must say, though I will miss the dozens of people who invited me into their homes, shared ...
Read More »Narratives under siege: Overcrowded living
14 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights Muhammed Salman Abu Rashad, 45, Amna Abu Rashad, 31, and their nine children live in the Jabalia refugee camp, one of the most densely populated areas on earth. The family represent ...
Read More »Planting the seeds of resistance and steadfastness in the no go zone
by Nathan Stuckey 13 December 2011 We set off from in front of the Beit Hanoun Agricultural College under the flags of half a dozen countries, but listening to the music of Palestine. Every Tuesday, for three years, we set ...
Read More »Nedal, 14 years old, collected metal to support his family – they shot him from behind
by Rosa Schiano 13 December 2011 | il blog di Oliva This morning at the Eretz border in Beit Hanoun, Israeli soldiers shot a 14-year-old boy, Nedal Khaleel Hamdan. We went to the hospital to meet him. We found him sitting ...
Read More »New report documents children under fire in Gaza
13 December 2011 | AlertNet Twenty-eight cases of children being shot at by the border fence between Israel and the Gaza strip whilst gathering building materials like gravel, or working by the fence, have been documented by Defence for Children ...
Read More »Commemorating the anniversary of the First Intifada in the no go zone
by Nathan Stuckey 6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Twenty four years ago, on December 9, 2011 a revolution began. The revolution began in Gaza, it was the First Intifada. After twenty years of Israeli occupation Palestinian resistance ...
Read More »Israeli navy harasses Palestinian fishermen, international observers off Gaza coast
3 December 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza On Saturday, 3 December 2011, the Israeli navy harassed Palestinian fishermen and international observers three miles off the coast of Gaza. Between 10:00 and 11:00 am, two warships repeatedly charged a group ...
Read More »A day with fugitives in Gaza’s fishing waters
by Lydia de Leeuw 2 December 2011 | A Second Glance It’s 6.30am when Ahmad’s fishing boat leaves the Gaza City fishing port. Together with his three nephews and a friend, he will stay at sea for 48 hours, trying ...
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