21st November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The lack of electricity in the Gaza Strip is also creating an environmental crisis. Wastewater treatment facilities have stopped due to the lack of fuel. In the ...
Read More »Israeli forces capture two Palestinian fishermen and seize their boat off Gaza
21st November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Sunday, 17th November 2013, two Palestinian fishermen were captured by Israeli naval forces, who also confiscated their boat, in Gaza waters. Ammar Asad al-Sultan, age 19, ...
Read More »Gazan farmers and fisherfolk call for food sovereignty and an end to Israeli attacks
20th November 2013 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 20th November 2013, hundreds of farmers and fisherfolk gathered outside the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East (UNSCO) in Gaza City to demand that ...
Read More »Video: Gaza mother remembers Israeli airstrike that decimated her family a year ago
20th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la López | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 19th November 2012, shortly before the end of Israel’s “Operation Pillar of Defense” military offensive against the Gaza Strip, an Israeli missile struck the Hijazi family’s house as they ...
Read More »Photos: Gaza families and supporters rally for Palestinians detained by Israel
19th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday morning, families and supporters of Palestinian detainees held a weekly sit-in in the courtyard of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office. The ...
Read More »Gaza boy remembers Israeli drone strike that maimed him and killed his cousin
18th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine An hour before dusk, an armed drones flies low over the rooftops, taking its time, seeking. A few miles away, someone sits, perhaps a young man, perhaps a ...
Read More »“Gaza Book”: Exhibition of photos by Gaza children
18th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Maria del Mar Fernandez | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We attended a photography exhibition last Wednesday in besieged Gaza City. There were many, many pictures, some of which we photographed. I wish were as ...
Read More »Photos of Israeli tear gas canisters fired at Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza ‘buffer zone’
17th November 2013 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 2nd November 2013 Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians demonstrating in the Gaza buffer zone East of Gaza City, by the Nahal Oz checkpoint. A ...
Read More »Palestinian farmer injured by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip
16th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Wednesday, 13th November, gunfire by Israeli occupation forces injured a Palestinian farmer near al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the center of Gaza strip. Mneifi Abu Abdullah, age ...
Read More »Gaza farmers succeed in tending to olive harvest — with international support
16th November 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine During the recent olive harvest, which lasted from the end of September through October, dozens of Palestinian volunteers joined farmers in their groves near the tense barriers of the Gaza ...
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