Tag: Gaza
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Palestinians in Gaza march for return on Naksa Day
5 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Hundreds of Palestinian refugees rallied outside the Erez Crossing in Beit Hanoun today to demand the right to return to the homes from which they and their families were ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias and Israeli military forces beginning in 1947. They were joined by other Palestinians and…
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Four killed, 30 injured as Israeli troops attack Naksa protests in Ramallah and Golan Heights
05 June 2011 | Palestine News Network On Sunday four civilians were killed and 30 injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters marking Naksa across the West Bank, Gaza, and the Syrian border. Forty-four years ago, Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights during the six-day war, which later became…
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Israeli gunboat fires on fishermen in Gazan waters
1 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Ramadan Zidan, 51, and his son Mohamed, 20 set sail from the harbor in Gaza at seven in the morning, they didn’t plan to go far, only to fish outside of the harbor. For an hour and half everything went well, it was a beautiful morning and…
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Palestinians remember Freedom Flotilla martyrs in Gaza port
31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement – Gaza Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Mina, the port of Gaza City, to remember the nine Turkish activists killed by Israeli naval commandos during their attack on the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May 2010. The gatherings occurred over Monday, 30 May and Tuesday, 31 May. The Palestinian…
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Why June 5 matters
30 May 2011 | Palestine News Network – Joe Catron I gasped as the first bullet struck a young man standing a few paces ahead of me. Watching him crumple to the ground, I struggled for breath and fought my natural urge to run. “Allahu Akbar!”, the crowd roared around me. “Yalla, Shebab!” A half-dozen…