Tag: Buffer Zone
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Farming under siege: Working the land in Gaza
5th July 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Corporate Watch researchers visited the Gaza Strip during November and December 2013 and carried out interviews with farmers in Beit Hanoun, Al Zaytoun, Khaza’a, Al Maghazi and Rafah, as well as with representatives from Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Palestine Crops…
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VIDEO: Land Day, Gaza Strip
27th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Land Day, 2014, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Beit Hanoun, Gaza marched toward the separation barrier in the “no-go zone.” Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters to break up the peaceful demonstration. Two people were overcome by the…
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Threats of lethal Israeli violence stop a weekly demonstration in the Gaza Strip
5th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The regular Friday demonstration at the “buffer zone” east of Jabaliya was stopped by Palestinian police and security forces. The Israel had send a message via Egypt to the Palestinian authorities in Gaza that it would not tolerate any demonstrations and that it intended…
