Tag: Union of Agricultural Work Committees
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VIDEO: Land Day, Gaza Strip
27th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Land Day, 2014, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Beit Hanoun, Gaza marched toward the separation barrier in the “no-go zone.” Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters to break up the peaceful demonstration. Two people were overcome by the…
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Local Israel boycott part of Gaza’s “resistance mentality”
8th March 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Agricultural organizations in the Gaza Strip are working with academic and other civil society groups to prepare for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Local events, as part of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, will run from Sunday, 9 March through Thursday, 13 March in the besieged coastal enclave. “On…
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A specter is hunting Israel: the specter of the BDS movement
6th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine While Israeli ministers are discussing the usage of lawyers and the Mossad to fight boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS), in the besieged Gaza Strip, like in 250 other cities around the world, activists, students and representatives of organizations are preparing for the tenth annual Israeli…
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Israel’s attacks on Palestinian fishermen in Gaza flout international conventions
7th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Saturday, 4th January, the Israeli navby shot at five fishermen and their boat, a hasaka, three nautical miles from the shore of Gaza, well within the highly-restricted part of Palestine waters in which the occupation forces officially allow them to fish.…
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BDS workshop draws dozens of farmers and agricultural officials in Gaza
28th November 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Maria del Mar Fernandez and Mohammed Abedullah | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Monday, 25th November 2013, a conference on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid, colonization and occupation was held in Gaza City by the Arab Center for Agricultural Development (ACAD) and Norwegian People’s Aid…