Tag Archives: Gaza

Forty-six international human rights workers are now sailing to Gaza through international waters with one overriding goal: to break the Israeli siege that Israel has imposed on the civilian population of Gaza. Any action designed to harm civilians constitutes collective ...

To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here NICOSIA, CYPRUS (18 Aug. 2008) – In a letter today to the Free Gaza Movement, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that the group of international human rights activists attempting ...

By Lauren Booth Tuesday 12th August 2008 To view Free Gaza Movement Website click here Well here on baking, blissfully breezy Crete it has been a day of high expectation and yes, again, disappointment. I spent my first night on ...

By Eva Bartlett For previous article on the attempt to deliver medical supplies to Gaza click here To view original update click here After nearly one month of waiting at the Rafah crossing for Egyptian (Israeli) authorities to give permission ...

By Fida Qishta Fida Qishta interviews Mona El-Farra, of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip, regarding the pending arrival of the Free Gaza Movement who will be sailing to Gaza soon in efforts to break the siege. ...

To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 12th August, click here A planned siege-breaking voyage to Gaza has been delayed by inclement weather at the Island of Crete, an official said on Tuesday. Jamal Al-Khudari, chairman ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here For further information, contact: +6932 766496 for directions or Greta Berlin, +357 99 08 17 67 Nicosia/Lefkosia, Cyprus, August 9. The Free Gaza Movement announced yesterday that their ...

To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Background 2008 marks the 60-year anniversary of the Nakba, “the catastrophe”, when the overwhelming majority of Palestinians were forcibly evicted from their ancestral homeland to create the state of Israel. In ...

To visit the Free Gaza Movement website click here In another few days, I will sail on one of the Free Gaza movement boats from Cyprus to Gaza. The mission is to break the Israeli siege, an absolutely illegal siege ...

To view original reports, published by the BBC, click here Activists from the California-based Free Gaza Movement are planning to sail from Cyprus to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade of the territory. The BBC’s Rachid Sekkai will be ...