Tag: Free Gaza Movement
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FGM: We’re on the way to Gaza
Greta Berlin | Free Gaza Movement After tremendous pressure from the Greek Cypriots, reneging on their agreement with us, we were forced to take our MPs and activists to Famagusta yesterday, on the Turkish/Cypriot side of Cyprus. We spent all day going from one port to the next, surrounded by helicopters and police. Clearly our…
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Israel’s Disinformation Campaign Against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Freedom Flotilla | Witness Gaza FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For over four years, Israel has subjected the civilian population of Gaza to an increasingly severe blockade, resulting in a man-made humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. Earlier this month, John Ging, the Director of Operations of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in…
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Tribute to the people of Gaza
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate 25th May, 2010 I never cease to be amazed at the power of the human spirit to survive. During my last visit to Gaza in October 2008 I was amazed and deeply moved by the power of the people I witnessed. In a triumph of hope over adversity and tremendous…
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IPSC: Freedom Flotilla of Aid expected to reach Gaza within 48 hours despite threats from Israeli Navy
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27th May 2010 The Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, which includes 11 Irish people, expects to arrive at its destination within 48 hours despite Israel’s vow to block the mission from delivering much-needed aid to the beleaguered coastal strip. A forum of seven senior Israeli ministers who met on…
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FGM: We will resist Israel’s attempts to stop us
Free Gaza Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As Israel continues to insist it will stop the seven-ship international Freedom Flotilla, two more ships departed from Greece to Gaza today. A 2000 ton cargo ship and fifty-person passenger ship owned by the European Campaign Against the Siege of Gaza, and Swedish/Greek Ship to Gaza campaigns left Athens…