Tag: Gaza

  • Festival of Victory and Triumph: Families in Gaza welcome return of prisoners

    Festival of Victory and Triumph: Families in Gaza welcome return of prisoners

    by Radhika S. 18 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City’s Qatiba Square yesterday morning, swelling to over 200,000 as news arrived that the prisoners had safely crossed the border from Egypt into Rafah.  ISM volunteers waited for hours with local families eager to catch a glimpse of…

  • Honeymoon in Gaza

    16 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza I had just finished off a plate of homemade bread knaffe yesterday with a family in the south of Gaza, when we got the call: farmers in Beit Hanoun, a village in the north of the Gaza Strip, requested that ISM volunteers accompany them to pick olives…

  • There is no east: Olive harvest in Gaza

    There is no east: Olive harvest in Gaza

    15 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Gaza doesn’t have very much farmland left.  The expanding no go zone imposed by Israeli bullets and bulldozers constantly erode the amount of land left for Palestinians to farm in Gaza.  Mohamed Ashure Shimbari lives on the edge of the no-go zone.  If you look east from…

  • In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike

    In Photos: Palestinians unite to support prisoner hunger strike

    12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank and Gaza On Tuesday the 27th of September, an open-ended hunger strike was initiated until the fulfillment of 9 demands by Palestinian prisoners, which include the right to family visits, end to the use of isolation as a punishment against detainees, and profiteering of Israeli prisons from…

  • Internationals in Gaza join hunger strike for Palestinian prisoner rights

    11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza For Immediate Release: Three foreign nationals residing in Gaza have entered their fifth day of an open-ended hunger strike and protest encampment in front of the ICRC. The internationals are available for interview. Vera Macht, Germany, stated: “The situation of Palestinian prisoners is truly heartbreaking. Parents are…