Archive for the 'Gaza Region' Category

Telegraph: Gaza residents tell of sniper attacks on homes

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region

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Palestinians described yesterday how civilians were killed while hiding in their homes as Israeli ground troops stormed through northern Gaza suburbs this weekend searching for Hamas militants. More than 100 Palestinians...

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Non-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, Video


On Sunday, March 2nd, Palestinians...

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Palestinians 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, Commentary

By: Darryl Li

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February 16, 2008

In mid-January, when Israel further tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip, it hurriedly assured the world that a “humanitarian crisis” would not be allowed to occur. Case in point:...

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Haaretz: The Palestinians’ ultimate doomsday weapon: Non-violence

Monday, February 25th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region

By 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 Village

by 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 & sanctions

For 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 Region

February 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.

A delegation...

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IHT: Light through the wall

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region

By Fida Qishta
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli...

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IMC-Chicago: Hundreds Gather to Stand with Gaza and Protest Israeli War Machine

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Gaza Region

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chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81163/index.php...

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