Tag: Gaza

  • Israeli forces incinerate Gazan fishing boat

    ISM Gaza 3 September 2009 In November 2008 Abu Adham’s fishing boat was seized by the Israeli Navy and all the fishermen were abducted and transferred to Israel. The fishermen and boat were subsequently released without charge. In June 2009 the Israeli Navy attacked the boat, riddling it with machine gun fire, causing extensive damage,…

  • Israelis destroy boats, and lives

    Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service 3 September 2009 Until Monday, Omar and Khaled Al-Habil were the owners of a 20m fishing trawler staffed by five or six fishermen at a time, but employing around 18 in cycles. But that morning the vessel came under heavy Israeli navy machine-gun fire, and then shelling. The trawler…

  • In a rotten state

    Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service 29 August 2009 Abu Abed can’t make a profit, and although 54 years old, he still has not married. “I can’t pay my rent, I can’t afford a wedding.” His shop, roughly 3m by 4m, costs him more than 3,500 dollars a year in rent alone. His wares are…