Tag: Cast Lead

  • Il Manifesto: The angel factories

    By Vittorio Arrigoni Translated from Il Manifesto To view original article, published by Il Manifesto on the 30th December 2008, click here Jabilia, Bet Hanun, Rafah, Gaza City are the legs of the journey in my personal map of hell. Whatever the press releases from the summit of the Israeli military may say, recited parrot-style…

  • Vittorio Arrigoni writes from Gaza

    By Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza Translated from Il Manifesto To view original article, published by Il Manifesto on the 29th December, click here 6:05 PM, Marna house, Gaza city An acrid smell of sulphur fills the air while the sky is shaken by earth-shattering rumbles. My ears are now deaf to the explosions while my…

  • Interview with Ewa Jasiewicz in Gaza

    11p.m – 28th December 2008: Interview with Ewa Jasiewisz, activist with the Free Gaza Movement, in Gaza, Bayt Lahiya

  • Interview with Jenny Linnel in Gaza

    Rafah, 29th December 2008: Interview with Jenny Linnel, volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement in Gaza

  • Israeli helicopters and navy continue to fire on Gaza’s port

    The shelling of Gaza’s port continued on the evening of December 30th, as Israeli Apache helicopters began firing rockets on the area and Naval vessels continued their ongoing shelling. Eva Bartlett, a Canadian human rights worker, heard and witnessed the attack from a building 150 meters away. She reports that the first explosion began at…