Tag: Gaza

  • Autopsy doctor admits to violating court order in Rachel Corrie autopsy

    Rachel Corrie Foundation 14 March 2010 For Immediate Release: Today 14 March 2010 the Haifa District Court saw the second full day of testimony 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 human rights defender from Olympia, Washington,…

  • Growing protests in the Gaza Strip against the imposition of the buffer zone

    12 March 2010 Deep dissatisfaction with the Israeli policy of preventing access to the 300 metre belt along the border have resulted in a rise in number of weekly protests in Gaza and a significant increase in the number of people participating in them. This measure has made 30 percent of the best agricultural land…

  • Call to action: Rachel Corrie trial in Israel

    Rachel Corrie Foundation 8 March 2010 Friends, As many of you know, a civil lawsuit in the case of our daughter Rachel Corrie is scheduled for trial in the Haifa District Court beginning March 10, 2010. A human rights observer and activist, Rachel, 23, tried nonviolently to offer protection for a Palestinian family whose home…

  • Protest of the Friends of the IDF dinner at the Waldorf, NYC

    5 March 2010 For immediate release: On March 9th 2010, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a registered 501-(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides support and services to members of Israel’s national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi,…

  • Picking pebbles to live somehow

    Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service 2 March 2010 They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals,…