Wheelchair bound Palestinian 24 days in Israeli detention center denied right to lawyer visits and medical check-ups

[ PIC 31/08/2014 – 02:25 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison authority has been holding disabled Palestinian detainee Shadi Daraghma, who is confined to a wheelchair, in al-Mascoubiya detention center for 24 uninterrupted days, denying him the right to lawyer visits and to urgent medical check-ups , the Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Sunday. […]

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Wheelchair-bound photographer takes on Gaza – video

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 | By Noora Faraj | Al Arabiya with Agencies Twenty three-year-old Moumen Qaragi roves the streets of Gaza covering stories as a freelance photographer — all while being confined to his wheelchair. Qaragi is a self-taught photographer who picked up skills when he was a teenager and went on to develop […]

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Army: Gaza-bound boats refused to turn back, re-route

Action 4 #Freedomwaves ALL NUMBER, CALL & DEMAND SAFE PASSAGE 2 Gaza Press Release #FREEDOMWAVES | Topic FreedomWaves | Category Flotilla | Pictures Maan News Agency | November 4, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces made contact with two ships attempting to sail to Gaza early Friday afternoon, but activists refused their call to turn […]

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AL slams seizure of Gaza-bound ship

  PressTV –  Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:56AM GMT Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (file photo) The secretary general of the Arab League has condemned Israel’s interception of a boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, calling it an act of piracy. “I strongly condemn the act of piracy on the high […]

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French ship bound for Gaza as first of flotilla

[ 05/07/2011 – 02:29 PM ] BRUSSEL, (PIC)– A French ship has set sail to Gaza as the first ship on Freedom Flotilla II, the European campaign to break the siege on Gaza has reported, while other flotilla ships remain detained at various Greek ports. The French ship “Dignity” departed from the French port of […]

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Iranian Foundation To Produce Documentary On Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla

TEHRAN, April 19 (Bernama) — Iran’s Farabi Cinematic Foundation plans to produce a documentary on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla under the title of “Bloody Harbuor”, reported Iran’s Mehr News Agency on Tuesday. Over the past 11 months, Iranian scholar Sediqeh Firuzi has been compiling information in Iran, Turkey and Cyprus for the documentary about the […]

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Int’l campaign calls on Ki-moon to secure arrival of Gaza-bound flotilla

[ 02/04/2011 – 04:23 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The international campaign to break the Gaza siege has called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to see that the Freedom Flotilla 2 lands safely in the Gaza Strip at its due date of arrival in May. The statement comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called […]

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European campaign slams Israeli efforts to thwart Gaza-bound flotilla

02/04/2011 – 07:41 AM BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza has condemned recent action by Israel to thwart Freedom Flotilla 2, saying that the attempt will only make organizers more determined to carry out the voyage. The European campaign based in Brussels expressed absolute confidence that the second freedom flotilla […]

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Egypt impounds cement bound for Gaza

PressTV –  Sat Apr 2, 2011 1:36AM The Egyptian military has confiscated a huge consignment of cement bound for the Gaza Strip that is under the Israeli blockade since 2007. A 15-member delegation from the Egyptian International Coalition for Lifting the Siege and Rebuilding Gaza, which was accompanying the shipment, said the move indicates the […]

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Israel Campaigns against Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla II Planned for May

Tuesday, 22 March 2011 11:10 Tania Kepler for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) Israel launched a public campaign Tuesday (22 March) against the international organizations planning the Freedom Flotilla II aid convoy, set to sail to Gaza in May of this year. Mavi Marmara, part of the original Freedom Flotilla to the Gaza Strip in […]

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Convicted in Shooting of Bound Palestinian, Israeli Soldier Temporarily Ineligible for Promotion

PNN – Palestine News Network – 27.01.11 – 13:00 Tel Aviv – PNN – Lieutenant Colonel Omri Burberg, the Israeli soldier convicted of shooting Ashraf Abu Rahma at close range while he was bound and blindfolded in the village of Ni’lin, avoided a prison term but was made temporarily ineligible for promotion by an Israeli […]

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Factions: Palestinians not bound by unauthorized negotiations

[ 26/01/2011 – 11:04 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian factions meeting in Gaza Tuesday agreed the people are not obliged to recognize the outcomes of unauthorized negotiations that compromised a shocking amount of Palestinian rights. Al-Jazeera TV revealed a 1,600-document file detailing concessions Palestinian negotiators made on nearly all of Jerusalem, the Aqsa Mosque […]

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Asia aid vessel unload shipment in El-Arish

[ 05/01/2011 – 10:17 AM ]   EL-ARISH, (PIC)– The Asia 1 aid convoy unloaded its shipment of medical and food supplies bound to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night in the Egyptian port of El-Arish. Osama Al-Sartani, the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent branch in northern Sinai, said that the medical supplies were […]

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Cairo Refrains from Issuing Visa for Iranian Members of Gaza-Bound Convoy

Fars News Agency :: News number: 8910100586 15:05 | 2010-12-31 World   Cairo Refrains from Issuing Visa for Iranian Members of Gaza-Bound Convoy TEHRAN (FNA)- Members of the Asian Aid Caravan to Gaza said that the Egyptian authorities granted visas to 120 activists but refused entry to several members, including seven Iranian MPs. Cairo denied […]

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Nakhala: New Gaza-bound aid convoy from Asia will expose Israel

[ 19/12/2010 – 10:44 AM ]   DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Chief Islamic Jihad Movement official Ziad Nakhala warmly welcomed a new convoy from Asia set to deliever humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and called on the Palestinians to support and promote such campaigns that “expose Israel”. “The convoy has declared its solidarity with the Palestinian […]

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