Veröffentlicht: 2. June 2010
Cyprus – 1 June, 2010
The UN Security Council Calls for Impartial, Credible Investigation of Israeli Boat Raid. The raid in international waters, on the aid convoy headed to Gaza left at least 16 civilians dead. After an emergency session wrapped up in the early hours this morning, the council agreed to language...
Veröffentlicht: 30. May 2010
Israel is intensifying its crackdown on Palestinian Civil Society. As a result, Addameer (the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association) has submitted an urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders on behalf of Ameer Makhoul.
Mr. Makhoul is a Palestinian citizen of Israel. He was arrested at his home in Haifa on May 6th and detained by Israel since then at an interrogation centre.
The appeal seeks immediate intervention by the UN body and argues that Mr Makhoul’s arrest and detention and a recent order...
Veröffentlicht: 30. May 2010
From Viva Palestina's Crew Member Kevin Ovenden
At 08.50 am today we are awaiting the arrival of the European parliamentarians, who begin to shuttle from Northern Cyprus to our staging ground in international waters to the south of the island where they will board the lead ship. The decision by the Greek Cypriot government not only not to...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
Interior Ministry seeking IDF approval to let American professor just into West Bank; rights group: Decision characteristic of totalitarian regime. By Amira Hass
Professor Noam Chomsky, an American linguist and left-wing activist, was denied entry into Israel and the West Bank on Sunday.
No reason was initially given for the decision, but the Interior Ministry later said immigration officials at the Allenby Bridge border crossing from Jordan...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
Israeli iconoclast Meron Benvenisti says negotiations for a Palestinian state are an illusion that perpetuates the status quo
by
* Ian Black, Middle East editor, in Jerusalem
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 28 April 2010 12.46 BST
Meron Benvenisti has been talking, writing and arguing about the Israel-Palestinian conflict for much of the last 40 years. Now aged 76 he is as forceful, articulate and...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
For the return of the Palestinian refugees and the establishment of a democratic secular state in historic Palestine
We, the undersigned, support the call of the preparatory committee of the 2nd Haifa conference for the return of the Palestinian refugees and for the establishment of a democratic secular state in historic Palestine.
Stop ethnic cleansing. For the return of the Palestinian refugees...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
London – 14 May 2010 – At 22:45 local time tonight, the MV Rachel Corrie, a 1200-ton cargo ship, part of the eight-vessel Freedom Flotilla, set sail from Ireland on its way to the Mediterranean Sea. There, ships from Turkey and Greece will join her, then sail to Gaza.
This past week reports from Israel have indicated that the Israeli authorities will not allow the Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza with its cargo of much-needed reconstruction material, medical equipment, and school supplies. According to Israeli news sources, clear orders have been issued to prevent...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
Israeli war hero accused of suppressing testimony that could reveal what really happened to Gaza activist By Ben Lynfield, Friday, 7 May 2010
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/general-tried-to-cover-up-truth-about-death-of-rachel-corrie-1965623.html
Seven years after the American activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, evidence has emerged which appears to implicate...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
New Weapons Committe, PRESS RELEASE - 2010 May 11th
Source&tables: http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=65920&s2=13
Toxic and carcinogenic metals, able to produce genetic mutations, have been found in the tissues of people wounded in Gaza during Israeli military operations of 2006 and 2009. The research has been carried out on wounds...
Veröffentlicht: 18. May 2010
Press release 13/05/2010
According to several Israeli and Palestinian media, Israel will not hesitate to use violence to prevent the solidarity convoy Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza. Ship to Gaza - Sweden has asked for a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Carl Bildt, and see how Sweden and the EU intend to...