Tag: Erez Crossing
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Two fishermen arrested by Israeli navy and their boat confiscated
17th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine During the night of Friday, June 7, 2013 there was an escalation of attacks by the Israeli navy against the fishermen of Gaza. The Committee of the fishermen of the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees had reported attacks along the coast of…
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Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem
16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked the 46th anniversary of theNaksa (setback) — Israel’s 1967 occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Syria’sGolan Heights,…
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Gaza: Harvesting barley at Erez crossing amidst gun fire
By Hama Waqum 19 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Ten Palestinian volunteers harvested wheat in Gaza’s northern no-go zone on Wednesday, May 16, only 350 meters from where the Israeli Apartheid wall encircles the Gaza Strip. Two weeks ago the barley was cut and gathered and on Wednesday, volunteers loaded the harvest onto…
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Mahmoud, 19 years old, killed at Erez during Land Day between dreams and hopes: The words of his family
by Rosa Schiano 11 April 2012 | il Blog di Oliva On Friday 30th March, during the “Land Day,” Gaza joined the Global March in order to remember the confiscation of Palestinian lands by Israel which were protested against on the 30th March 1976. 6 Palestinians were killed and hundreds were injured. In Gaza this…
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They shoot the youth don’t they?
by Johnny Bravo 4 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On March 30, 1976, the Palestinian people declared a general strike and demonstrated against the Israeli confiscation of thousands of acres of land in the Galilee. The Israeli’s responded with violence, killing six unarmed Palestinian demonstrators and injuring hundreds. Every year Land Day is…
