Tag: United Nations

  • Gaza fishermen demonstrate at UN in protest of Israeli attacks on their livelihoods

    PNN | Fishing Under Fire 14 August 2009 Fishermen in the Gaza Strip are the frequent targets of Israeli forces. Israeli naval ships sometimes open fire, or board boats, arrest the fishermen, even confiscate nets and the boats themselves. Today in Gaza, Palestinian fishermen are demonstrating against the Israeli policies that are destroying their livelihood.…

  • UN: Israel must allow building supplies to Gaza

    Rizek Abdel Jawas | Associated Press 28 July 2009 U.N. agencies and two dozen international aid groups urged Israel on Tuesday to lift its blockade of Gaza or at least allow in construction materials to repair war-damaged schools. Out of Gaza’s 640 schools, 18 were flattened and 280 suffered some damage during Israel’s three-week offensive…

  • Palestinian arrested after testifying in Geneva

    Ali Waked | YNet News 22 July 2009 Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that a resident of the West Bank village of Naalin was arrested upon returning from Geneva, where he testified before a UN committee charged with investigating the IDF offensive in Gaza earlier this year. Mohammad Srur, who was injured during a protest in…