17 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation The driver of the bulldozer that crushed to death Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Gaza, in March 2003, and the military commander in charge of the unit on the ground that day, are scheduled ...
Read More »International aid convoy to Gaza due to sail Sunday
15 October 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign LONDON – October 15 – A ship loaded with vehicles and aid for Gaza is due to leave Syria for Egypt this Sunday, carrying members of Palestine Solidarity CampaignUK. The ship will pass ...
Read More »Corrie family appeals decision allowing soldiers to testify behind screen
10 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation For Immediate Release Lawyers for the family of Rachel Corrie filed an appeal with the Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday, challenging a decision to allow soldiers to testify behind a screen in the ...
Read More »Gaza Olive harvest begins in the Beit Hanoun buffer zone while strawberry picker in Beit Lahiya is shot by Israeli Snipers
“This tree is blessed for us and our grandfathers and ancestors have taken care of this tree for generations. I grew up with an olive tree in our back yard and it represents the peaceful life we had always lived ...
Read More »Israeli soldiers to testify behind screen in Corrie Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Extraordinary state secrecy motion is granted Haifa, Israel – The Haifa District Court on Thursday granted a government request to allow soldiers to testify behind a screen in the lawsuit ...
Read More »Trial in killing of American activist Rachel Corrie resumes in Israeli court
5 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Haifa, Israel – The Haifa District Court will resume hearings on Thursday, October 7 in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in ...
Read More »Three protests in Gaza: Israeli sniper shoots Palestinian man, leaving him in critical condition
A 20-year-old Palestinian man, Sliman Abu Hanza, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the abdomen with a ‘dum dum’ bullet at a demonstration in Al-Faraheen, Khan Younis, on Sunday. The injury was inflicted during one ...
Read More »Gaza deaths protest comes under heavy live fire from Israeli snipers
15 September 2010 | ISM Gaza Over 100 rounds of live ammunition were fired at peaceful protesters in a Tuesday demonstration in the Gaza strip. The protest at the Erez border area near Beit Hanoun yesterday included Palestinian activists from ...
Read More »Israel shells Gaza again: 3 farm workers killed including a 91 year old and his grandson
13 September 2010 | ISM Gaza When 91 year old Ibrahim Abu Sayed left his home near Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, yesterday morning, in order to check on his land and his animals which graze next to the remains ...
Read More »Israel bombs Gaza on the eve of Eid ul-Fitr – the second attack since peace talks resumed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 September 2010 Gaza City, GAZA STRIP The Israeli military carried out air strikes on three regions of the Gaza Strip late last night, as inhabitants were preparing to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the ...
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