Tag: Fishermen
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‘This time we were not forced to swim naked in the sea’: Gaza fishermen left jobless after illegal arrest in Palestinian waters
1st June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Petra Stastna | Gaza, Occupied Palestine A young Palestinian fisherman was arrested together with his brother within Palestinian waters on 19 May 2013 by the Israeli navy and released the following day. Their boat and all equipment were confiscated by the Israelis, leaving them with no means to make a living.…
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Two Palestinian fishermen arrested in Gaza waters and their boat confiscated
28th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Mahmoud Mohammed Zayed, 25, and his brother Khaled, 24, are two young fishermen of Gaza. At about 9pm on Sunday, May 19th 2013, they were fishing on their small rowing boat in the waters north of the Gaza Strip, in front of…
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Adel Baker, a fisherman from Gaza, now fighting for his life in hospital
13th May 2013 | International Action for Palestine | Gaza, Occupied Palestine By Rosa Schiano On May 1st many countries celebrate the achievement of workers on Labor Day weekend. In Gaza too, workers celebrated labour day in a demonstration in the centre of Gaza City. Yet, for the Palestinian fishermen there was nothing to celebrate.…
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Fishermen arrested and boat confiscated
19 February 2013 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Besieged Gaza, Palestine The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy’s escalation of attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep concern for such escalation, which resulted in arresting two fishermen and confiscating their boat today. According to PCHR’s…
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International Day of Action for the Boycott of Israeli Agricultural Products in Gaza
Wednesday, 6th of February, 2013 | Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine Today´s press conference in support of Palestinian farmers and fishermen held in the port of Gaza City launched several days of activities leading up to the International Day of Action for the Boycott of Israeli Agricultural Products on Saturday 9th February. Speakers were from the…
