Tag: Gaza

  • Gaza fishermen demonstrate at UN in protest of Israeli attacks on their livelihoods

    PNN | Fishing Under Fire 14 August 2009 Fishermen in the Gaza Strip are the frequent targets of Israeli forces. Israeli naval ships sometimes open fire, or board boats, arrest the fishermen, even confiscate nets and the boats themselves. Today in Gaza, Palestinian fishermen are demonstrating against the Israeli policies that are destroying their livelihood.…

  • Morality’s chief of staff

    Gideon Levy | Ha’aretz 16 August 2009 Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi is a moral and ethical paragon who stands atop an organization that is no less moral or ethical. Last week, he broke his silence and proved his acute sensitivity to matters of conscience: “We have not one gram of tolerance,” the chief of staff…

  • Rights group: Israel killed unarmed Palestinians

    Jen Thomas | Associated Press 13 August 2009 A new report by Human Rights Watch charged Thursday that Israeli soldiers killed eleven unarmed Palestinian civilians who were carrying white flags in shooting incidents during Israel’s offensive in Gaza earlier this year. The report says the civilians included five women and four children. The group urged…

  • Piecing the injured back together

    Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service 10 August 2009 Following consultation with him and with the specialist in prosthetics and orthotics rehabilitation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), many will begin the long road to treatment. “It was the second day of the war,” says Omar Al-Ghrub (24), referring to the three…

  • University of JHB Prof lodges charges against War Criminal David Benjamin

    Today, University of Johannesburg academic, Professor Farid Esack and Palestine Solidarity Committee members formally laid charges at the Johannesburg Central Police station against war criminal Lieutenant-Colonel David Benjamin. This follows an application lodged on Monday by the Palestine Solidarity Alliance and others with the assistance of well-known international law professors John Dugard and Max du…