Tag: Gaza

  • 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 –…

  • Al-Jazeera: “Protests against Gaza beach killings”

    By Khaled Amayreh, Al-Jazeera, Sunday 11 June 2006 Credit: ISM Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli and international peace activists have protested against the killing of eight Palestinians while they picnicked on a Gaza beach. Wearing white T-shirts dyed in red to signify Friday’s killings, protesters lay on the ground at an Israeli checkpoint at Kalandia, 10km…