Tag: Gaza
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PNGO and human rights organizations calls for immediately ending suffering of civilians due to electricity outages
29th November 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights| Occupied Palestine The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) and human rights organizations in the Gaza Strip express their deep concern for the deteriorating humanitarian conditions of the population of the Gaza Strip due to the continued tightened closure imposed by Israel on 1.8 million people and its…
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BDS workshop draws dozens of farmers and agricultural officials in Gaza
28th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Maria del Mar Fernandez and Mohammed Abedullah | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday, 25th November 2013, a conference on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid, colonization and occupation was held in Gaza City by the Arab Center for Agricultural Development (ACAD) and Norwegian People’s Aid…
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“I’m very happy now beside my family,” newly freed prisoner says at Gaza rally
26th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday morning, relatives and friends of Palestinian detainees, as well as Palestinian and solidarity activists, rallied at the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office to demonstrate their support of the Palestinian prisoners. The rally started with the chanting of slogan…
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Palestinians hold solidarity vigil to remember prisoners in Israeli jails
25th November 2013 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Palestinians held a demonstration at the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City today in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. The demonstration has been held every week since 1995 to remember the prisoners…
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Israeli gunfire wounds a Palestinian and injures a child in a resulting accident
25th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On the afternoon of Friday, 22th November 2013, Mohammed Adel Afana, age 22, was injured by Israeli gunfire east of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Adel Afana had gone there with friends. Each Friday, many Palestinians go to the…
