Tag: Erez Crossing

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Mahmoud, 19 years old, killed at Erez during Land Day between dreams and hopes: The words of his family

    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…