Tag: Gaza

  • Samouni family responds to Goldstone backtrack on Israeli war crimes

    6 April 2011 | Ken O’Keefe During Operation Cast Lead Israel committed massive war crimes for all the world to see. Among these crimes the use of White Phosphorus in densely populated areas, use of Depleted Uranium, bombing civilian targets of all sorts without military necessity, destroying civilian infrastructure with no military justification and the…

  • Gaza: Israeli shelling leaves Palestinian worker dead

    05 April 2011 | Palestine News Network One man was killed when tanks bombarded a group of Palestinian workers as they collected construction materials near the northern Gaza Strip’s border with Israel. Palestinian medics announced that Mohamed Shalha, 21, was killed when tank shells landed near him. Shalha and another worker were injured earlier on…

  • PCHR highlights key issues relating to report of UN fact-finding mission on Gaza conflict (the ‘Goldstone Report’)

    4 April 2011 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights In light of the media debate and confusion triggered by Justice Richard Goldstone’s 1 April opinion piece in the Washington Post, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) wishes to highlight a few key issues regarding the current status of the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report, and…

  • Three killed in Israeli air strike on southern Gaza

    02 April 2011 | Ma’an News Agency Israeli war planes struck the southern Gaza Strip overnight Friday killing three Palestinians and seriously injuring a fourth, medics said. Gaza medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said the deceased were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Khan Younis, adding that their bodies were charred from the intensity…

  • Call for action: April 17th Palestinian Prisoners Day

    International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) Gaza calls for a global day of action to draw attention to Palestinian political prisoners who are illegally detained in Israel. April 17th marks the Palestinian Prisoners Day, a day in commemoration of the 5834 Palestinians who are currently (as of February 1st, 2011) held in…