Tag: Gaza
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With my life and soul I will free you Palestine-Demonstrators in Gaza
Internatonal Solidarity Movement 1 March 2010 Thirty activists from the Local Initiative Beit Hannoun and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) participated in the weekly demonstration asking for Palestinian land to be returned to its rightful owners. The activists gathered at the site of the University College for Agriculture which now lies in rubble following air…
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Guardian: Rachel Corrie’s family bring civil suit over death in Gaza
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 23 February 2010 The family of the American activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago, is to bring a civil suit over her death against the Israeli defence ministry. The case, which begins on 10 March in Haifa, northern Israel, is…
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Israeli army fire on Gazan farmers and international observers
ISM Gaza Gazan farmers whose land lies in Israeli defined buffer zone accompanied by international observers have been held down in their field by live gunfire. The Israeli army shot live ammunition for a quarter of an hour after finding the unarmed group fertilizing wheat crops. The international observers loudly informed the soldiers they were…
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International activists to accompany Gazan farmers
9 February 2010 For Immediate Release: On Tuesday the 9th February 2010, ISM Gaza volunteers will be accompanying farmers from the village of Khuza’a near Khan Younis to their land near the border with Israel where soldiers fired at the farmers recently on several occasions. Several farmers have been shot by Israeli forces while farming…
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Israeli forces fire upon a demonstration in Gaza
ISM Gaza 8 February 2010 The Israeli army fired four shots and shouted abuse at the group of about 40 Palestinians and internationals who, on Monday 8th February ’10, walked within 50 meters of the Erez border crossing, waving Palestinian flags and chanting demands for justice and an end to the Occupation. Similar demonstrations have…