Two Gazan fishing boats with international human rights workers on board were repeatedly attacked by 2 Israeli gunboats while they were trying to exercise Palestinian people’s right to fish in the Palestinian waters. One of the Israeli gunboats was using ...
Read More »Maan: Free Gaza II initiative comes from Yemini activists
To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 14th September, click here Gaza – Ma’an – A boat from Yemin with a crew of from around the Arab world will set sail in the wake of the ...
Read More »Israeli navy to Gazan fishermen: “When the internationals leave Gaza, you will all be made to pay”
Gazan coastal waters, Gaza, 17:00 Wednesday 10th September 2008 – At high speed an Israeli gunboat rammed a Palestinian fishing vessel. The gunboat smashed through the upper hull, careened over the top of the fishing boat, and landed on the ...
Read More »The Guardian: A blockade of young minds
My dream is to become a bone specialist. But the Israeli government won’t let me leave to pursue my studies abroad By Abdalaziz Okasha To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 11th September, click here This was ...
Read More »Egyptian activists in Ismailia : “Police is still stopping us and we attend to stay there till tomorrow”
Egyptian Committee Against the Gaza Siege: At 8am this morning (10th September), a first group from the Egyptian Committee Against the Gaza Siege, mainly Labor Party’s members, left Cairo in 4 micro-buses with food and medicine to go and try ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Israeli navy vessels again open fire on Gazan fishermen
On Monday 8th September at least ten fishing vessels left Gaza City port and traveled out into the Mediterranean Sea up to 10 miles offshore. ISM volunteers were onboard three of the boats. They were equipped with video cameras to ...
Read More »Ynet: Blair sister-in-law – “Gaza world’s largest concentration camp”
British left-wing activist Lauren Booth remains stuck in Strip after journey to ‘break’ Israeli naval blockade, equates situation to Holocaust, Darfur By Noa Raz To view original article, published by Ynet on the 11th September, click here To view the ...
Read More »J-Post: ‘Israel is dividing Gazan, W. Bank populations’
By Dan Izenberg To view original article, published in the Jerusalem Post on the 11th September, click here In the past year, Israel has stepped up its policy of separating the Gaza Strip from the West Bank and forcing Palestinians ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Fishing in Gaza
Saturday 6th September, it was just 09:30 and we were only 4 miles out to sea, having barely left Gaza’s coastline behind, when the gunboat’s heavy machine gun opened up, spraying the wake around our hull with bullets. There was ...
Read More »ISM re-establish presence in the Gaza Strip
The International Solidarity Movement would like to announce the re-establishment of a presence in the Gaza Strip. International solidarity activists will be based in Rafah in efforts to show support for non-violent direct action against the Israeli occupation. As activists ...
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