Organisers of ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to reach Gaza say Israeli soldiers have boarded vessel. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 20 Oct 2012 09:39 A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza has “come under attack” shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman said. “The Estelle is now […]
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‘Round-ups’ at sea within 3NM zone become daily too: Ministry: Fishermen detained off Gaza coast
Maan News Agency | June 6, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested three fishermen off the coast of the Rafah beach near the Palestinian-Egyptian border, the local ministry of agriculture said Wednesday. The workers were on a fishing boat when Israeli navy forces detained them and took them to an unknown location, the […]
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Israeli navy detains Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast
Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 [ 18/12/2011 – 03:43 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat off the northwestern coast of Gaza city on Sunday and arrested two fishermen. Sources in the fishermen syndicates told the PIC reporter that […]
Continue readingBREAKING | Once more, en route to Gaza to break the blockade | #FREEDOMWAVES
Press Release: #FREEDOMWAVES | Topic FreedomWaves | Category Flotilla Nov 2, 2011 | Paul Murphy MEP Stopped by sabotage of the Irish boat and then the Greek imposed extension of the blockade of Gaza in the summer, I am setting sail again with the Irish Ship to Gaza. The aim remains the same as before […]
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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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The Brutal blockade of Gaza
Editorial- Arab News | June 15, 2011 Gaza reels under five years of Israeli siege as the world community stands and stares It has been five years since Israel imposed its oppressive and inhuman blockade on the Gaza Strip. Without doubt it has been easily one of the toughest and most trying periods in the […]
Continue readingIsraeli gunboat fires on fishermen in Gazan waters
01 June 2011 | International Solidarity Movement – Gaza Ramadan Zidan, 51, and his son Mohamed, 20 set sail from the harbor in Gaza at seven in the morning, they didn’t plan to go far, only to fish outside of the harbor. For an hour and half everything went well, it was a beautiful […]
Continue readingPink Floyd Singer Joins Cultural Boycott of Israel
Monday March 07, 2011 03:08 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News The former lead singer of the rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, is the latest artist to voice support for the boycott of Israel, in an effort to pressure the state to end its occupation of Palestinian land, and comply with international law and […]
Continue readingROGER WATERS; WHY I SUPPORT THE CULTURAL BOYCOTT
Posted by desertpeace at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 8:24 am. My conviction is born in the idea that all people deserve basic human rights. My position is not anti Semitic. This is not an attack on the people of Israel. This is, however, a plea to my colleagues in the music industry, […]
Continue readingPink Floyd singer joins cultural boycott of Israel – International Middle East Media Center
Monday March 07, 2011 03:08 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News The former lead singer of the rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, is the latest artist to voice support for the boycott of Israel, in an effort to pressure the state to end its occupation of Palestinian land, and comply with international law and […]
Continue reading‘Israel Navy chasing Gaza-bound Asia 1’
PressTV – Sun Jan 2, 2011 2:48PM Israeli Navy vessels Two warships with Israel’s Navy are reportedly chasing a vessel from Asia 1, an Asia-sourced Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters. The ship, named Salam, is allegedly carrying tons of medical and food supplies for the Tel Aviv-blockaded Gaza Strip as well as eight human […]
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