ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 4 June 2009 Gazan territorial waters – At around 9 am, six Palestinian fishermen were abducted by the Israeli Navy whilst fishing in Palestinian territorial waters. The fishermen are reported as being; Adham Al ...
Read More »Infant dies as Israel prevents him from leaving Gaza Strip to undergo medical treatment in East Jerusalem
Al Mezan 5 June 2009 Infant Dies as Israel Prevents Him from Leaving Gaza Strip to Undergo Medical Treatment in East Jerusalem, Al Mezan Calls for Immediate Lifting of the Siege on Gaza At around 7.30am on 3 June 2009, ...
Read More »UN: Israel exclusion zone eats up 30% of Gaza’s arable land
Ma’an News Agency Israel’s military “buffer zone” along the eastern and northern edge of the Gaza Strip eats up 30% of the territory’s arable land, the United Nations said this week. Fieldworkers with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization ...
Read More »An open letter to President Obama from the Free Gaza Movement
Free Gaza Movement 3 June 2009 Dear President Obama, Tomorrow you travel to Egypt to give one of the most important speeches of your presidency. With the words you deliver you have said that you want to “reset” U.S. relations ...
Read More »Health Day for Gazan fishermen
ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 3 June 2009 The Palestinian International Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, has organized a day of free medical treatment for the Gazan fishermen at the offices of the Tawfiq Cooperative of Fishermen ...
Read More »Soldier who killed UK peace activist deemed ineligible for parole
Hanan Greenberg | YNet News 2 June 2009 Israel Defense Forces soldier Taysir Hayb, who was convicted of the manslaughter of British peace activist Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003, will remain in jail despite having served two-thirds of his ...
Read More »Open letter from Gaza to the government and people of Spain
30 May 2009 We write to you as Palestinians from Gaza to express our dismay at the proposal of the Spanish parliament to restrict the universal jurisdiction of Spain, particularly with regard to breaches of international humanitarian law. The proposal ...
Read More »Spanish organizations oppose a resolution that could end Spain’s universal jurisdiction
In support of Universal Jurisdiction The social organizations, solidarity groups, development NGOs and human rights associations, as well as persons of the academic and legal sphere, listed below: WE EXPRESS our opposition to the approval by the Spanish Congress of ...
Read More »Spain signals end to war crimes, genocide hunting
Ben Harding | Reuters 20 May 2009 Spanish judges who tried to extradite ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and investigate Bush administration officials over Guantanamo will likely be barred from doing so again after a parliamentary vote on Tuesday. Under pressure ...
Read More »Spain to limit judges’ jurisdiction; includes probe against Israelis
The Jerusalem Post 20 May 2009 Spain’s congress on Tuesday reportedly passed a resolution to limit the jurisdiction of investigative judges. The move follows pressure from foreign governments such as the US, China and Israel, which has strongly criticized Judge ...
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