9th April 2013 | Gaza Strip by N. Gazan fishermen rarely are able to come back to port with their boat once unable to escape the IDF on Gaza’s coast. Based on that fact, the following portrays an anomaly. Yet the other specifics we were told by the fishermen involved in the following incident were … Continue reading »
9th April 2013 | Gaza Strip by Adie Mormech “Our prisoners are dying.” said Gaza student Khaled Shehab from the Islamic University. “We won’t wait till the death of another prisoner to move in solidarity with all the detainees.” Khaled was joining the thousands attending the growing number of demonstrations in the Gaza Strip right … Continue reading »
Sunday 3rd of March at 11 am in the Gaza port we, the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees, Palestinian Fishermen and International Action for Palestine, invite you to a demonstration at sea. Fishermen from all over the Gaza Strip will take their boats and form a flotilla demonstration at the Gaza port. They will demand their rights to … Continue reading »
28 February 2013 | Gaza City Joe Catron Every Monday morning, families of Palestinians detained by Israel gather in the courtyard of the International Committee of the Red Cross’s Gaza Strip headquarters. An organizer said in 2011 that the event, which began after the redeployment of Israeli forces following the Oslo accords in 1994, “could enter the … Continue reading »
24th February 2013 | Gaza Strip Photos by Joe Catron Thousands marched and rallied in Gaza this morning to protest the death of Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian detainee in Israel’s Megiddo prison, yesterday. Jaradat, 30 years old and from the Hebron area town of Sair, was arrested last week from his home on suspicion of … Continue reading »
22nd February 2013 | Gaza Strip Text courtesy of Stories from Gaza Photos courtesy of Desde Palestina Unemployment in Gaza is overwhelming so finding work is a huge challenge. Those with any kind of income are amongst the lucky ones. However, for some workers carving out a basic living, their attempts to feed their families … Continue reading »
On Saturday 9th of February in the Zaytoun district on the outskirts of Gaza City, hundreds of local farmers and fishermen were joined by the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and activists from International Action for Palestine as they participated in the International Day of Action for the Boycott of Israeli Agricultural Products. They marched … Continue reading »
