20th November 2013 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On 20th November 2013, hundreds of farmers and fisherfolk gathered outside the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East (UNSCO) in Gaza City to demand that ...
Read More »Palestinian farmer injured by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip
16th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Wednesday, 13th November, gunfire by Israeli occupation forces injured a Palestinian farmer near al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the center of Gaza strip. Mneifi Abu Abdullah, age ...
Read More »Gaza farmers succeed in tending to olive harvest — with international support
16th November 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine During the recent olive harvest, which lasted from the end of September through October, dozens of Palestinian volunteers joined farmers in their groves near the tense barriers of the Gaza ...
Read More »Israeli navy captures two Gaza fishermen, including one injured by gunfire
13th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On the morning of Sunday, 10th November, brothers Saddam Abu Warda (age 23) and Mahmoud Abu Warda (age 18) were captured by the Israeli navy in Palestinian ...
Read More »Dozens injured and hundreds of arrests in intense Hebron clashes
23rd September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine On Sunday 22nd September, heavy clashes took place across Hebron, leading to the injury and arrest of numerous Palestinians as well as the death of an Israeli soldier. ...
Read More »Israel exploits Egypt turmoil to increase attacks on Gaza farmers
18th September 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Farming in the Gaza Strip’s “buffer zone” is hazardous under the best circumstances. Israeli troops routinely shoot live ammunition at Palestinian farmers in the free-fire area, which stretches hundreds of meters ...
Read More »Gaza fishers and farmers: nowhere to go
13th September 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Kevin Neish | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We had a meeting with some leaders in the Gaza commercial fishing industry, to hear their stories and see if or how we can assist them. Gaza Strip ...
Read More »Awad, 19, wounded by Israeli fire while gathering firewood
31st July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2013, a 19 year old, Rafat Awad Abdel Aty was injured while working in an area called “Jamarik” near Beit Hanoun in ...
Read More »Live ammunition shot at Youth Against Settlement house in Hebron
26th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Last night at 10 pm, a live ammunition bullet was fired at the headquarters of the human rights organisation Youth Against Settlements (YAS) in Hebron. The spokesperson ...
Read More »UPDATED: 22-year-old man shot with live ammunition and 10-year-old boy shot with rubber coated steel bullet in Nabi Saleh
17th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine Update 21th July: Mahmoud Tamimi was released from hospital and needs to stay at home to complete his recovery. Update 19th July: Mahmoud Tamimi is still ...
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