Tag: Gaza

  • British Filmmaker’s Death in Gaza Continues to Resound

    By Sarah Lyall Published in the New York Times LONDON, June 23 — Three years ago, in an incident that resonates now with the recent killing of seven members of a Palestinian family on a Gaza beach, a documentary filmmaker was shot to death in Gaza. Then as now, the victims’ families blamed the Israeli…

  • HRW: “Israeli artillery fire was to blame” in Gaza Beach Massacre

    UPDATED, 18th June: A follow-up report from HRW and an investigation by the Guardian, that cast further doubt on the Israeli military’s “investigation” of itself, can both be found at the end of this report. Human Rights Watch report: “Israel: Investigate Gaza Beach Killings” Artillery Strike Probably Killed Palestinian Family (Gaza City, June 13, 2006)…

  • Israeli Demonstrations Against Gaza Massacres Continue

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIC, Jerusalem: Demonstration today at 18:00 in front of the Ministry of Defense in protest of the continuation of murder in Gaza. Today the Israeli Occupation Forces continued bombing Gaza and this time intentionally murdered children and medical workers who came to treat the wounded. War criminals Olmert, Peretz, and Khalutz are…

  • Amnesty International: “Israel must end unlawful killings of Palestinians and stop reckless shelling”

    Public Statement, 12 June 2006 Amnesty International is calling on Israel to end immediately its reckless shelling and air strikes against the Gaza Strip, which have killed and injured scores of unarmed Palestinians, including several women and children, in recent months. In the latest such attack on the afternoon of 9 June 2006, seven members…

  • The Price to Pay

    By Bahia Amra Ramallah, 11-06-06 For a few hours at least, the heart rending images of 12-year-old Huda Ghalia sobbing uncontrollably over the limp body of her father drew the world’s eyes towards the daily tragedy of life in Gaza under continued Israeli occupation. Huda’s entire family, including her father, mother, and five siblings –…