Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate 25th May, 2010 I never cease to be amazed at the power of the human spirit to survive. During my last visit to Gaza in October 2008 I was amazed and deeply moved by the ...
Read More »Nobel peace laureate jailed in Israel for Gaza activism
Jonathan Lis | Ha’aretz 6 July 2009 A Nobel Peace Prize winner and a former U.S. congresswoman are among eight people to be released today and expelled after having sailed on a protest ship heading to Gaza from Cyprus, the ...
Read More »Al Jazeera interview with Mairead Maguire
Free Gaza Movement 5 July 2009 The Israeli prison guards are denying the right for Mairead to access her medicine. Continue to email and call Mark Regev and Shlomo Dror and express your outrage over the treatment of the FreeGaza21 ...
Read More »Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire speaks from Israeli jail cell after arrest on boat delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza
Democracy Now 2 July 2009 Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire speaks to us from her jail cell in Israel. She was taken into custody along with twenty others, including former US Congress member Cynthia McKinney, when the Israeli military ...
Read More »Israeli navy arrests passengers on Free Gaza Movement boat
Free Gaza Movement Updates from the Free Gaza Movement The Free Gaza Movement is reporting that the passengers have been transferred to a prison in Ramle for illegal immigrants and will be tried for “entering Israel illegally”. Adam Qvist and ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement: ‘We do not seek a confrontation.’
Free Gaza Movement “ALL WE WANT IS TO REACH GAZA. WE DO NOT SEEK A CONFRONTATION.” Activists aboard Gaza justice boat demand they be allowed to visit their friends & family in besieged Gaza, and deliver their cargo of medical ...
Read More »Free Gaza Boat “Spirit of Humanity” departs Cyprus
Free Gaza Movement UPDATE, June 30 03:03: We just spoke again with our people aboard the Spirit of Humanity. The Israeli Navy is continuing to try and intimidate the ship, and is actively jamming its radar, GPS, and navigation systems ...
Read More »You cannot sink our boats
Free Gaza Movement 1 May 2009 In most of the world, May 1st is a day of international labor solidarity. It is a day of joy as workers picnic together with their families and celebrate the achievements of one of ...
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