PCHR: 30 Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in 3 months

[ PIC 15/06/2013 - 11:02 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Nearly 30 Israeli violations were carried out by the Israeli naval forces against Palestinian fishermen along the Gaza sea within 3 months, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported. The PCHR report has documented the Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory carried […]

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Must See Video | Reality of life for fishermen in Gaza – 6 miles of sea

6th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gal·la | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Zakaria Baker, head of the committee for fishermen in Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) explains the reality for fishermen in Gaza, following Israel re-extending the permitted sailing area for Palestinians from three to six nautical miles. Despite this ‘allowance’, Palestinian fishermen have […]

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No More Tunnels Please: Gaza Held Hostage to Egypt’s Turmoil ~ by Ramzy Baroud

It is time that the Muslim Brotherhood government of Morsi do some serious soul-searching and understand that Palestinians will continue to dig tunnels to survive if Cairo doesn’t reach an agreement with the Gaza government that would allow for commercial exchange and humanitarian relief, writes Ramzy Baroud. Middle East Online | May 30, 2013 Air […]

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Israel to “re-extend” Gaza fishing zone to 6 miles and still violates the Bertini Agreement

Maan News Agency | May 21, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Israeli government has decided to re-extend Gaza’s fishing zone to 6 miles, after reducing it in March following a rocket attack from the coastal territory, a statement from Israel’s army said Tuesday. The decision was announced after a meeting between Israeli premier Benjamin […]

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OIC report says end of blockade on Gaza more important than aid

Middle East Monitor | May 2, 2013 The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has stressed that humanitarian solidarity with the people of Gaza and lifting the Israeli blockade imposed on them since 2006 is much more important than the aid provided by supporters. The second largest international organisation after the UN said in a monthly […]

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The lost footnotes of COGAT’s latest report

Gaza Gateway | Gisha | April 25, 2013 This month, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) published a report in English summarizing its activities over the course of 2012. The section on Gaza is comprehensive, thorough and informative, but it tells only part of the story. Gisha brings you the imagined, missing […]

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Khudari: Gaza harbor project to be tabled with Erdogan

[ PIC 24/04/2013 - 09:25 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– MP Jamal Al-Khudari has said that the visit to Gaza by Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be an opportunity to discuss with him the project of upgrading the Gaza harbor. He told Quds Press on Wednesday that Arab and Islamic parties had promised to upgrade […]

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After Bibi’s Apology, Reflect on the Idiocy of Attacking the Gaza Flotilla ~ by Uri Avnery

Antiwar.com | by Uri Avnery, March 30, 2013 So, finally our Prime Minister has apologized to Turkey for “operational mistakes” that “might have” led to the death of nine Turks during the attack on MV Mavi Marmara, the ship which tried to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza. It took him two years and ten […]

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Israel & Turkey in disagreement over compensation of Marmara victims

Al Qassam Website | March 28, 2013 Al Qassam website – A Hebrew newspaper revealed that the Israeli authorities and Turkey are in disagreement over the compensation the Jewish state is to pay to the families of the Turkish victims who were killed during the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound ship Marmara in May 2010.Yediot […]

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#GazaArk | Gaza’s Ark: Trade, not aid ~ by Eva Bartlett

Rabble | Eva Bartlett | March 27, 2013 “An ark is literally a large floating vessel designed to keep its passengers and cargo safe,” say the group preparing ‘Gaza’s Ark’. But their ark, they say, is “a vessel that embodies hope that the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip can soon live in peace without the […]

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Rights groups: Israel must ease new Gaza restrictions

Maan News Agency | March 24, 2013 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Two Israeli rights groups demanded on Sunday that Israel lift fishing restrictions imposed on Gaza after militants fired two rockets across the border, slamming them as “collective punishment.” Israel on Thursday halved the area in which Palestinian fishermen are permitted to work, closed the Kerem […]

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Israel opens fire on Gaza fishermen

Note occpal | Full list of Israeli violations since cease-fire A Palestinian fisherman rides a boat near the port of Gaza City on 22 March 2013. (Photo: AFP – Mohammed Abed) Al Akhbar English , March 23, 2013 Israeli forces opened fire on fishermen off Gaza’s coast Saturday, two days after the Jewish state announced […]

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Zoabi to Netanyahu: Apologize for blockading Gaza

[ PIC 23/03/2013 - 11:22 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hanin Zoabi, the Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, has said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology to Turkey over the deadly attack on Mavi Marmara ship was not enough. She said in press statement that apology was not enough as long as “we are talking […]

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Hamas appeals to Egypt after Israel halves fishing zone

Maan News Agency | By Dan Williams | March 22, 2013 GAZA CITY (Reuters) — Hamas complained to Egypt on Friday after Israel suspended part of a Cairo-brokered truce agreement by halving Palestinian access to fishing waters in response to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. Thursday’s salvo at the Israeli border town of […]

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VIDEO | Footage smuggled from the Estelle refutes Israel’s claims that attack on civilian boats was peaceful

Posted March 2, 2013 Last week, video footage smuggled by the passengers of the Swedish Ship to Gaza, the Estelle, was digitally restored and released.  The video shows how Israeli masked commandos violently attacked and tasered peaceful civilian activists including members of parliament. Smuggled footage and interviews as shown on Swedish TV4 (with English subtitles). […]

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Barhoum: No negotiations with Israel on blockade

[ PIC 16/02/2013 - 03:58 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, has denied that his movement was engaged in direct or indirect talks with Israel over ending its six-year blockade of the Gaza Strip. Barhoum said, in a press release published on his Facebook page on Saturday, that what the Israeli media […]

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Hamas delegation visits Cairo to discuss Gaza truce, lifting naval and land blockade

Maan News Agency | Dec 30, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A legal delegation from Gaza’s ministry of justice visited Cairo on Saturday to discuss the Egyptian-mediated truce agreement between Hamas and Israel last month, as well as other bilateral issues, Palestinian sources told Ma’an. The delegation included 13 judges and counselors who took part […]

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South Africa launches investigation into the attack on the Mavi Marmara

[ PIC 25/12/2012 - 07:57 PM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation announced that the Republic of South Africa has launched an investigation into the case of the Mavi Marmara ship, attacked by Israeli forces in 2010. The investigation is to be launched at the request submitted in 2011 by lawyers of journalist […]

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#Flotilla | Freedom Flotilla participants refuse Israeli compensation for personal belongings

Middle East Monitor | Dec 20, 2012 Sheikh Salah suggested that the luggage is being held by the authorities so that details of the murderous attack cannot be revealed by access to his diary. Participants in the 2010 Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israeli have rejected an offer of compensation for their personal belongings. Israeli commandos […]

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VIDEO | Gaza Fishermen After the Ceasefire

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#Gaza | Excess Death | 25 year old Muhammad Abu Sableh killed in Rafah tunnel collapse

Maan News Agency | Dec 4, 2012   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A man was killed late Monday when a smuggling tunnel collapsed underneath the Egypt-Gaza border, medics said. The body of Muhammad Abu Sableh, 25, was recovered from a tunnel near the city of Rafah, medical sources told Ma’an. Noman Qudaih, 38, was killed […]

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PCHR Statement On Ongoing Attacks Against Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza

Thursday November 29, 2012 22:24 by Palestinian Centre For Human Rights – PCHR – Gaza The Continued Attacks against Palestinian Fishermen Prove False Israeli Claims of Permitting Fishermen to Fish up to 6 Nautical Miles. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, which continue in […]

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