Tag: Gaza
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FGM: Dignity arrives in Gaza
To view the Free Gaza Website click here Larnaca: The DIGNITY pulled into Gaza at 9:15 a.m. Gaza time after an uneventful trip from Cyprus. The 23 passengers and crew on board were tired but ecstatic that they’d arrived. The 11 members of various European parliaments, originally denied entrance through the Rafah border, had made…
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Maan: Third Free Gaza voyage successfully anchors in Gaza port
To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 8th November, click here The third Free Gaza ship, the SS Dignity, anchored in the Gaza harbor on Saturday morning after setting sail from Cyprus Friday evening. Aboard were several European Parliamentarians from England, Italy and Switzerland as well as several Arab leaders, Human…
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Ynet: European politicians sail to Gaza
Third sailing protest sets off from Cyprus towards Strip with 11 politicians from UK, Switzerland, Italy in tow. ‘We want to challenge failure of our gov’ts to uphold Geneva convention,’ says British MP To view original article, published by Ynet on the 7th November, click here Eleven European politicians set sail to Gaza from Cyprus…
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ISM Gaza Strip: Sowing lentils, reaping bullets, in Khouza’a, Gaza Strip
Khouza’a, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 6th November 2008: By Donna Wallach A number of Palestinian farmers went to their fields yesterday (6th November) to sow seeds for crops of wheat, lentils and rye to be harvested in the spring. Some internationals, volunteering with ISM Gaza, accompanied the farmers as they worked – the first time in…
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FGM: “The people of Gaza have plenty of food. They don’t need to go fishing”
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Larnaca. When members of the Free Gaza Movement sailed to Gaza in August, several accompanied fishermen aboard their small boats. Israeli gunboats regularly confine these boats inside a 6-mile Israeli-imposed limit. Although international law allows every Mediterranean sea territory fishing rights 12-20 miles offshore, Israel ignores…