Tag: Gaza
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What will Gaza’s Ark face from the Israeli navy as it challenges the blockade?
17th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The heavy bang is heard clearly, and I have to resist the impulse to climb over the breakwater to try to get a view of the attack in the haze. And a new round of bangs is heard. It can’t be far off…
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“We leave without expecting to return” – meeting the firefighters of Gaza
15th April 2014 | Paramedics in Gaza | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Yesterday I visited the Civil Defence Directorate, which provides the fire and rescue service in Gaza, as well as some emergency ambulances and marine rescue. These guys have a reputation as being fearless, as well as being the most vulnerable to attack during times…
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Avoiding accountability: Life in Ramleh prison hospital
11th April 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Corporate Watch has been investigating the companies involved in the Israeli prison system and interviewing ex-prisoners. This interview is part of a series of articles to be released over the coming months that we hope will serve as a resource for…
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Remember Tom
11th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine The International Solidarity Movement today remembers Tom Hurndall, an ISM volunteer who was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in Gaza. This terrible injury left Tom in a coma for nine months and he died January 13th 2004, at the age of 22.…
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“The reason is to wipe out Palestinian culture and history”: A Gaza carpet factory under siege
28th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Before we settle down for a glass of Turkish coffee among shelves filled with neatly stacked, woven carpets Mahmoud El Sawaf, 68 years old, shows me around the small factory. The tour goes pretty quickly. There ‘s only a mechanized loom and a manual one. The…
