Tag: Gaza

  • How ‘the busy one’ ekes out a living from the devastation of Gaza

    Peter Beaumont | The Guardian 31 May 2009 Mahmoud Mohammed Imad sits in front of his curtain made of rubbish. The opening to his shop in the Jabaliya refugee camp could be a work of art. A single black army boot hangs threaded through its eyes. It dangles among coils of plastic pipe, skeins of…

  • Israeli gunboats shoot at Gazan fishermen

    Ramattan 31 May 2009 Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire at Palestinian fishermen in the northern coast of the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, Palestinian security sources said. Sources reported that the Israeli navy targeted a number of Gazan fishermen and their boats near Al-Sudaniya neighborhood north of Gaza, no injuries or damages were reported. The…

  • Interview with an ex-political prisoner

    Palestinian Prisoners 31 May 2009 Hi. My name is Mansour Hammad. I live in Gaza. All my life I have lived in Gaza. But, I am originally from Na’alaya, in Majdal. I am a refugee in Gaza, and my grandparents came to Gaza when the Nakba, the Catastropher, occurred. In 1986 when I was 16…

  • Israeli forces attack and abduct Gazan fishermen

    ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 29 May 2009 The Israeli Navy continues its aggression towards the Palestinian fishermen. Since the declaration of the “ceasefire” at least 5 fishermen have been injured by gunfire in the sea while another 5 have been reportedly injured on shore by Israeli shelling. 40 abductions have been reported (at…

  • Palestinian students call for the BDS of Israel

    Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) 29 May 2009 “Gaza today has become the test of our indispensable morality and common humanity.” – Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee The Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) calls upon freedom-loving students all over the world to stand…