Police claim Neta Golan, who sailed into Gaza on activists’ boat, will be charged with violating order prohibiting Israelis from entering Gaza. Meanwhile Lebanese boat prepares to sail for Strip on Jan. 3 By Tova Dadon To view original article, ...
Read More »Neta Golan arrested by Israeli police after attempting to leave Gaza
Neta Golan, an Israeli citizen and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), has been arrested by Israeli police while attempting to leave Gaza through the Erez border crossing. Neta Golan, 38, arrived Gaza on the 20th December, along with ...
Read More »ISM Gaza Strip: Drone rockets strike Gazan people
20th December 2008 After welcoming the 5th Free Gaza boat this morning, ISM activists based in the Gaza Strip went to see the site of an Israeli rocket attack that had occurred just as the boat arrived, at about 8.30am. ...
Read More »The Observer: Israeli blockade ‘forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food’
UN fears irreversible damage is being done in Gaza as new statistics reveal the level of deprivation By Peter Beaumont To view original article, published by The Observer on the 21st December, click here Impoverished Palestinians on the Gaza Strip ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement: Dignity pulls into Gaza Port despite Israeli threats
Vittorio Arrigoni, one of the ISM volunteers kidnapped from Palestinian waters by the Israeli navy has returned to Gaza on-board the ‘Dignity’. Vittorio was deported by Israel, after engaging in a hunger-strike for the return of the Palestinian fishing trawlers ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement: We do not ask permission from Israel
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here December 18, 2008 The Free Gaza Movement is sending the Dignity on its fifth mission to Gaza with envoys on board from civil society organizations in Qatar. The boat also carries ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement: Dignity ship leaves Gaza with Palestinian students
(GAZA PORT, GAZA – 11 December 2008) – The Free Gaza Ship “Dignity,” departed from Gaza International Port at 22:10 hours, Thursday 11 December. Aboard the ship were eleven Palestinian students who had been denied exit by Israel to attend ...
Read More »The Daily Star: Israeli court frees Jewish settler filmed shooting Palestinians
By AFP To view original article, published by The Daily Star on the 11th December, click here OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An Occupied Jerusalem court Wednesday freed a Jewish settler who shot at Palestinians from point-blank range in the Occupied West Bank ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement: “We’re back!” – Fourth successful voyage breaks through siege of Gaza
(GAZA, 9 December 2008) – The Free Gaza Movement ship “Dignity” successfully broke through the Israeli blockade for the fourth time since August, arriving in Gaza Port at 2:45pm, Tuesday 9 December. The ship carried one ton of medical supplies ...
Read More »Ynet: Police seize boat ahead of Gaza sail
Arab Knesset members, left-wing activists planning to sail south from Jaffa in bid to ‘break the blockade’, transfer humanitarian equipment to Strip stopped by Israel Police; vessel transferred to Tel Aviv marina. ‘This is a coward move; all we wanted ...
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