Tag: Gaza
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Israeli soldiers to testify behind screen in Corrie Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Extraordinary state secrecy motion is granted Haifa, Israel – The Haifa District Court on Thursday granted a government request to allow soldiers to testify behind a screen in the lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in…
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Trial in killing of American activist Rachel Corrie resumes in Israeli court
5 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Haifa, Israel – The Haifa District Court will resume hearings on Thursday, October 7 in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Rachel Corrie, an American student activist and human rights defender from Olympia, Washington,…
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Three protests in Gaza: Israeli sniper shoots Palestinian man, leaving him in critical condition
A 20-year-old Palestinian man, Sliman Abu Hanza, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the abdomen with a ‘dum dum’ bullet at a demonstration in Al-Faraheen, Khan Younis, on Sunday. The injury was inflicted during one of three non-violent demonstrations which took place on Sunday; in Beit Hanoun, Maghazi and Faraheen…
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Gaza deaths protest comes under heavy live fire from Israeli snipers
15 September 2010 | ISM Gaza Over 100 rounds of live ammunition were fired at peaceful protesters in a Tuesday demonstration in the Gaza strip. The protest at the Erez border area near Beit Hanoun yesterday included Palestinian activists from the Local Initiative group, local residents and 4 members of the International Solidarity Movement who…
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Israel shells Gaza again: 3 farm workers killed including a 91 year old and his grandson
13 September 2010 | ISM Gaza When 91 year old Ibrahim Abu Sayed left his home near Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, yesterday morning, in order to check on his land and his animals which graze next to the remains of his former home, he took with him his 17-year-old grandson Hossam and the young…
