Tag: Gaza

  • FGM: Israel threatens to shoot unarmed civilians aboard mercy ship

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Israeli navy today threatened to kill unarmed civilians aboard a mercy ship on its way to deliver medical supplies and doctors to besieged Gaza. The Free Gaza Movement ship, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, left Cyprus Wednesday morning carrying doctors, journalists, human rights workers, and parliamentarians. The ship also carried over a ton…

  • Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: A Call from Gaza

    Global calls for BDS of Israel grow With the death toll in Gaza growing hourly, silence is complicity. It is imperative for concerned citizens to demand that their governments take immediate action in order to stop Israeli genocide in Gaza.   Write your representative today and demand: That Israeli war criminals be brought before the…

  • Voices from Tel al Huwa, Gaza City

    As a result of the ongoing shelling in the Tel al Huwa neigbourhood of Gaza City, many families are attempting to find shelter in the Al Quds hospital. Australian Human Rights Activist Sharon Lock has described the events as Israeli snipers opened fire on families seeking refuge in Al-Quds hospital, in Tel al Huwa: One…

  • Women and children in Ni’lin protest against Israel’s war crimes

    15th January 2009 On 15th of January women and children in Ni’lin protested against Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinian people. They were accompanied by international and Israeli human rights activists. The demonstration with approximately 100 participants took place inside the town and was good in expressing the mood of the village. The demonstration started…

  • Israeli snipers shooting at families seeking refuge in Al-Quds hospital

    Israeli snipers are shooting at families who are attempting to seek refuge in Al-Quds hospital, Gaza City. Palestinian and international volunteers are now on the streets outside the hospital to try and get the families inside the hospital. Australian Human Rights Activist Sharon Lock is assisting medical teams at the hospital, Israeli snipers are shooting…