Tag: Gaza
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ISM Rafah: Israeli navy continues to harass Gazan fishermen
Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 18th September 2008 – On Thursday 18th September, at least 7 Palestinian fishing boats left Gaza City port to trawl in Gazan Territorial waters. The Israeli Navy continued it’s daily attacks and harassments on Palestinian fishermen and their boats. Today the Navy boat with the water cannon was not seen,…
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ISM Rafah: Tree planting in ‘buffer zone’
Fukharee, Gaza Strip, Palestine – On Monday, 15th September 2008, volunteers with ISM Rafah participated in an action with Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in symbolically planting trees in the buffer zone in Fukharee area, north of Rafah. The buffer zone is the agricultural area, established by Israeli Occupation Forces, about 300 meters wide…
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ISM Rafah: ‘Ban the Israeli navy from Gazan territorial waters’
Gazan Territorial Fishing Waters, Gaza Strip. 17th September 2008. On Wednesday 17th September I, along with two other volunteers from ISM Rafah, went out with three different fishing boats from the Gaza City port to trawl for fish. We left the port at about 8:30am. I was on a boat with fishermen I already knew.…