15 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The Palmer Report, recently released by the United Nations, was a moral travesty. It asserted that the naval blockade of Gaza was somehow separate from the land siege of Gaza. The Palmer ...
Read More »Gaza fishermen swamped by Israeli gunboats and water cannon
24 July 2011 | The Guardian, Harriet Sherwood Hani al-Asi, a fisherman since the age of 11 and a father with 12 mouths to feed, had just begun throwing his lines into the Mediterranean when an Israeli gunboat sped towards ...
Read More »IDF shoots live ammunition at ISM activists at sea
24 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Saturday the ISM crew for CPS Gaza rode out on the trawler that rescued us during the second attack on the Oliva on Thursday, July 14th. As I mentioned before, the ...
Read More »Human rights workers continues to face Israeli aggression in Gazan waters
20 July 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza The Israeli navy attacked Civil Peace Service Gaza volunteers along with international press and Palestinian fishermen today. One of the Israeli ships targeted the boats with high pressure water cannons. Meanwhile, a ...
Read More »Gaza fishermen defy naval blockade
20 July 2011 | Al Jazeera Emboldened by the ‘Freedom Flotilla’s’ attempt to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea, some Gazan fishermen have been trying to sail beyond the three nautical mile limit imposed by Israel. The Oslo Accords ...
Read More »A plea to cease attack met with threats of violence at sea
14 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Following yesterday’s assault by the Israeli navy upon a trawler observing Israeli aggression in the three mile fishing radius along the Gaza coast, today warships again targeted two US observers and their ...
Read More »CPS: Israeli ship attacks international solidarity boat crew off Gaza coast
14 July 2011 | Hama Waqum, Civil Peace Service Gaza I am writing this exactly twelve hours after I was attacked by an Israeli warship, off the Gaza coast. As a member of the Civil Peace Service, I board the ...
Read More »CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship
13 July 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza For Immediate Release Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today. Civil Peace Service Gaza is an international third party non-violent initiative to monitor potential ...
Read More »EI: Solidarity at sea on board the Oliva
12 July 2011 | Rana Baker, Electronic Intifada For years, Palestinian fishermen have been subject to routine attacks, shootings and arrests by the Israeli navy as they attempt to ply their trade in the seas off the coast of Gaza. ...
Read More »Two fishing boats shot off Gaza coast
21 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement At around 9am on June 21, two fishing boats were attacked by the Israeli Navy, with bullets piercing both engines, rendering them unusable. The first boat was shot at in the motor, at ...
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