Archive for the 'Gaza Region' Category
Street fighting and home invasions in Hebron
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Gaza Region, Bethlehem Region03-05-08
Three days ago the city of Hebron awoke to the sound of shooting and shouting. The Army cleared the checkpoint area with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and then occupied a house overhead to watch and shoot at the boys who threw stones. A few minutes later the army and the border police arrived with four or five jeeps....
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Telegraph: Gaza residents tell of sniper attacks on homes
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza RegionNon-violent march through Ramallah streets ends reading the names of the fallen in Gaza at the Muqata
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Gaza Region, VideoPalestinians are shot as they take to the streets in response to Gaza massacres
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Gaza Region(Edited from Ma’an News and Human Rights Observers’ reports)
Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in towns across the West Bank after Israeli troops cracked down on demonstrations against the Israeli mass killings in Gaza.
Bethlehem
Today, students marched to the Israeli separation wall near Rachael’s...
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Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region, Disengagement, CommentaryHaaretz: The Palestinians’ ultimate doomsday weapon: Non-violence
Monday, February 25th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza RegionBy Bradley Burston
The Palestinians have kept their ultimate doomsday weapon under tight wraps for 40 years. Israel knew about it. Israelis senior commanders could only pray that the Palestinians would never take it out and put it to actual use. Every Israeli soldier who served in Gaza knew about it, and also knew the hollowness...
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IMEMC: Dozens of protests held worldwide calling for an end to Gaza siege
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Ramallah Region, Gaza Region, Bil'in Villageby Saed Bannoura
In partnership with Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), Friends of freedom and Justice-Bilin, and Gaza On My Mind, dozens of groups worldwide held protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday February 23rd.
Participating nations include France, UK, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden,...
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THE SIEGE HAS BEEN BROKEN: MEPs IN GAZA STRIP IN SOLIDARITY WITH CIVIL POPULATION
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Gaza Region, Boycott & sanctionsFor Immediate Release
Jerusalem, 7th February 2008
A delegation composed of 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political groups (see the list of participants below) and led by Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, broke the Israeli siege and travelled to the Gaza Strip on 5th February...
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PYN, Paz Ahora, and ISM attempt to break the blockade by sending a 50,000 Euro medical convoy into Gaza.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Gaza RegionFebruary 6, 2008
For Immediate Release
[RAMALLAH] The Palestinian Youth Network (PYN), together with the Spanish Paz Ahora Association, and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Spain will deliver 50,000 euros worth of medicine to United Nations-operated clinics in Gaza’s eight refugee camps.
