Tag: Gaza

  • Calls for independent investigation into military’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead

    B’Tselem 30 March 2009 Israeli human rights organizations say, in response to the Israeli Army’s speedy closing of internal investigation files about war crimes in Operation Cast Lead: The speedy closing of the investigation immediately raises suspicions that the very opening of this investigation was merely the army’s attempt to wipe its hands of all…

  • Free Gaza Movement: Hope Fleet to Gaza

    Free Gaza Movement 30 March 2009 The Free Gaza Movement will again challenge Israel’s illegal closure of the Gaza Strip and collective punishment of its civilian population by sailing the HOPE FLEET, a flotilla of passenger and cargo ships, to Gaza at the end of May 2009 – to be followed by freedom riders this…

  • Aftermath: ‘the only BMW shop in Gaza’

    Palestinian Center for Human Rights 29 March 2009 In this new series of personal testimonies, PCHR looks at the aftermath of Israel’s 22 day offensive on the Gaza Strip, and the ongoing impact it is having on the civilian population. Nasser Al ‘Amoudi, with his biker’s jacket and sunglasses, embodies the essence of a car…