Tag: John Ging
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Israel’s Disinformation Campaign Against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Freedom Flotilla | Witness Gaza FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For over four years, Israel has subjected the civilian population of Gaza to an increasingly severe blockade, resulting in a man-made humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. Earlier this month, John Ging, the Director of Operations of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in…
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NLG Members in Gaza Document Executions of Civilians, Blocking of Humanitarian Aid, and Destruction of Civil Property
National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release—February 5, 2009 Contact: Paige Cram, NLG Communications Coordinator, 212-679-5100, ext.15 Gaza—On its second day in Gaza, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) delegation witnessed the rubble of the American International School in Gaza. An Israeli aerial attack killed the watch guard on duty and completely demolished the school at 2am…
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Stop the bombing of Gaza! Prevent a humanitarian crisis!
UPDATE: Since this Action Alert was posted, the shelling of Gaza has continued almost non-stop. Eight days [now 17 days] and thousands of shells later, the assault on Gaza continues. Israel has vowed that it will continue to intensify the attack. Eighteen people are dead, including at two children, and many more are injured. Amnesty…