Tag: Gaza

  • Interviews with Gazan fishermen

    22 May 2009 Interview with Sami Al Najar, who lost his hand in an Israeli attack on his boat. Interview with Ebraheem Al Najar, father of fisherman who was killed by Israeli forces.

  • International human rights workers to accompany Palestinian farmers in Gazan ‘buffer zone’

    For Immediate Release: Sunday, 24 May 2009: Five international human rights workers from the ISM-Gaza Strip will be accompanying 10 farmers from Khoza’a as they harvest crops several hundred metres from the Green Line. In the morning, human rights workers will join Palestinian farmers in Khoza’a village, located east of Khan Younis in the southern…

  • Israel destroying Gaza’s farmlands

    Eva Bartlett | Electronic Intifada 22 May 2009 On the morning of 4 May 2009, Israeli troops set fire to Palestinian crops along Gaza’s eastern border with Israel. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that 200,000 square meters of crops were destroyed, including wheat and barley ready for harvest, as well as vegetables,…

  • UN moves on Gaza probe despite Israeli objections

    Voice of America 20 May 2009 A U.N. human rights expert says he will proceed with a mission to the Gaza Strip to investigate possible war crimes during the recent Israel-Hamas conflict despite Israeli objections. The U.N.’s Richard Goldstone says Israel has not responded to his request to enter the country and cross into Gaza…

  • Hopes and dreams on the Gaza coast

    Ayman Mohyeldin | Al Jazeera 20 May 2009 Every day, as the sun sets on the coast of Gaza, people make their way to the coffee shop-lined beaches and the pot-holed streets that run parallel to its coastline. On the terrace of the famed Al Deira Hotel, patrons jostle for position, sipping sweet Arabic coffee…