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On Saturday 4 October two international human rights observers accompanied a Gazan fishing boat in its daily work, important not only for the fishermen’s families but also for the Palestinian economy in general, especially in the besieged Gaza Strip. When ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Life on the Green Line
This is the story of a family living in the Al Farahin neighbourhood of Abassan Alkabeera in southern Gaza. Translated, filmed and edited by Fida Qishta Language edit by ISM Rafah The family’s home is situated extremely close to the ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Fishing under occupation
Report written by Donna Wallach, ISM volunteer in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 21st September, 2008. On Sunday 21st September, about 5 fishing boats trawled the coast from the Gaza City port. I was on ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Israeli navy use live ammunition and water cannon against Gazan fishermen
Gaza, 20th September 2008 – Members of ISM in the Gaza Strip accompanied Palestinian fishermen from the port of Gaza. When they were approximately four nautical miles offshore the fishing vessel was approached by an Israeli gunboat which proceeded to ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Report from fishing action in Gaza
Report by Donna Wallach – ISM and Free Gaza Movement volunteer reporting on fishing boat actions from Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine. Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine,19th September, 2008. On the morning of Friday 19th September and the 19th day ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Israeli navy continues to harass Gazan fishermen
Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 18th September 2008 – On Thursday 18th September, at least 7 Palestinian fishing boats left Gaza City port to trawl in Gazan Territorial waters. The Israeli Navy continued it’s daily attacks and harassments on Palestinian ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Tree planting in ‘buffer zone’
Fukharee, Gaza Strip, Palestine – On Monday, 15th September 2008, volunteers with ISM Rafah participated in an action with Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in symbolically planting trees in the buffer zone in Fukharee area, north of Rafah. The ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: ‘Ban the Israeli navy from Gazan territorial waters’
Gazan Territorial Fishing Waters, Gaza Strip. 17th September 2008. On Wednesday 17th September I, along with two other volunteers from ISM Rafah, went out with three different fishing boats from the Gaza City port to trawl for fish. We left ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Israeli violence continues despite ceasefire
Tonight (17th September), members of the ISM in the Gaza strip will be staying with a family in the Al Faraheen neighborhood of Abassan Al Kabeera, between Khan Younis and Deir El Balah in Southern Gaza. The family’s home is ...
Read More »EU MPs to join Gaza blockade runners
By Yaacov Katz To view original article, published in the Jerusalem Post on the 17th September, click here The Free Gaza group, which last month claimed to break the Israeli siege over Gaza after it sailed two ships into Gaza’s ...
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