Tag: Gaza

  • EU MPs to join Gaza blockade runners

    By Yaacov Katz To view original article, published in the Jerusalem Post on the 17th September, click here The Free Gaza group, which last month claimed to break the Israeli siege over Gaza after it sailed two ships into Gaza’s harbor, plans to dispatch another ship from Cyprus later this month filled with doctors and…

  • ISM Rafah: Italian activist injured by Israeli navy off Gaza coast

    Two Gazan fishing boats with international human rights workers on board were repeatedly attacked by 2 Israeli gunboats while they were trying to exercise Palestinian people’s right to fish in the Palestinian waters. One of the Israeli gunboats was using a water cannon to throw water with high pressure while the other one was randomly…

  • Maan: Free Gaza II initiative comes from Yemini activists

    To view original article, published by Maan News Agency on the 14th September, click here Gaza – Ma’an – A boat from Yemin with a crew of from around the Arab world will set sail in the wake of the Free Gaza ships and work to widen the cracks in Israel’s siege on Gaza. Palestinian…

  • Israeli navy to Gazan fishermen: “When the internationals leave Gaza, you will all be made to pay”

    Gazan coastal waters, Gaza, 17:00 Wednesday 10th September 2008 – At high speed an Israeli gunboat rammed a Palestinian fishing vessel. The gunboat smashed through the upper hull, careened over the top of the fishing boat, and landed on the other side. Extensive damage was caused to the fishing boat. The hull was badly damaged,…

  • The Guardian: A blockade of young minds

    My dream is to become a bone specialist. But the Israeli government won’t let me leave to pursue my studies abroad By Abdalaziz Okasha To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 11th September, click here This was supposed to be my first year of medical school. Instead, I am stuck here in…