Tag: Gaza

  • A call from Gazans to the world: “Keep trying to break the siege”

    In a press conference at the port of Gaza city yesterday government officials, fishing associations, non-governmental organisations and civil society groups reiterated their support for the attempts by international activists to break the Israeli siege of Gaza by sea. Yesterday (July 14th 2010) many people amassed at the Gazan port to urge on the latest…

  • US to Gaza announces plan to join the next Freedom Flotilla

    U.S. Boat to Gaza FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2010 This is an important moment in history. In the aftermath of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre and increased world-wide scrutiny of Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the Israeli government has mounted a huge public relations campaign spreading the lie that by letting a few more items…

  • Aljazeera: Gaza farmers risk being shot

    Aljazeera English As a Libyan backed aid ship sails for the Gaza Strip, another group of international activists has been defying the blockade, but this time on the land. Foreigners acting as human shields have been helping farmers in Gaza harvest their crops. About 30 per cent of Gaza’s arable land is on the border…

  • ‘We Are The Accusers, Not The Accused’ : EDO Decomissioners victorious in court

    Chloe Marsh | Palestine Monitor 3 July 2010 On 16th January 2009 seven U.K. peace activists broke into the premises of EDO MBM, suppliers of weapons components and in the words of one of them, Elijah Smith ’set out to smash it up to the best of our abilities’. It was an entirely accountable action…

  • Response to the Israeli Cabinet’s Decision to Ease the Siege on Gaza

    Bianca Zammit | ISM Gaza 28 June 2010 On June 17th 2010, the Israeli Cabinet decided to take steps to ease the Israeli-imposed siege on Gaza by allowing more items to enter. These items include mayonnaise, ketchup, chocolate, sweets and children’s toys, all of which have been prohibted from entering Gaza for the last 3…