Tag: Gaza

  • FGM: Free Gaza Movement to set sail

    To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here Larnaca: Tomorrow at 5:00 pm, the DIGNITY leaves for the third time for the shores of Gaza. This time, eleven past and current members of parliaments of Europe are on board, with Al Jazeera International and The Independent journalists. These dignitaries were among the 53 Parliamentarians…

  • FGM: Free Gaza returns the Dignity on Friday Nov. 7 with 13 MPs

    To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here On Friday, November 7, the DIGNITY leaves at 5:00 pm from Larnaca to Gaza. This time, thirteen European Parliamentarians (from England, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Wales, Switzerland, and Scotland) are on board. After two successful voyages, one in August and one last week, members of the Free…

  • ISM Gaza: Gazan fisherman injured during Israeli water cannon attack

    On Friday 31st October, 2008, seven trawling vessels from the port of Gaza City were accompanied by ten international human rights observers. Activists from the International Solidarity Movement were joined by volunteers from the Free Gaza Movement who reached Gaza on October 29th on the MV Dignity. The fishing fleet left port at about 07:30.…

  • Israeli navy spray chemical substance at Gazan fishermen

    The Israeli navy continuously attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza throughout yesterday (4th November), using live ammunition and a high-powered water cannon containing a noxious chemical substance. International Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanying several fishing boats off the coast of Gaza approximately 8 nautical miles from shore reported that the Israeli navy constantly shot live…

  • ISM Gaza reports from the Olive Harvest Campaign 2008 in the ‘buffer zone’

    This is a compilation of reports of Olive Harvest in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, 11th, 13th, 16th & 30th October. Video by Fida Qishta. ISM Gaza Strip volunteers living in the Gaza Strip have been assisting farmers living in the Buffer Zone areas of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya with their olive harvest during…