Veröffentlicht: 29. December 2009
The Jerusalem Post, 28 December 2009
Hedy Epstein, the 85-year old Holocaust survivor and peace activist from St. Louis, MO, announced Monday that she was beginning a hunger strike in response to the Egyptian government's refusal to allow the Gaza Freedom March participants into the Strip.
Epstein is part of a delegation...
Veröffentlicht: 26. December 2009
99 feminist peace organizations, from 25 countries, among them 20 Israeli and Palestinian organizations, sent a letter this morning (Tuesday, December 22, 2009) to the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and to the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, demanding that they not restrict the
99 feminist peace organizations, from 25 countries, among them 20 Israeli and Palestinian organizations, sent a letter this morning (Tuesday, December 22, 2009) to the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and to the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, demanding that they not restrict the...
Veröffentlicht: 26. December 2009
Press Release, Government of Egypt changes policy to allow humanitarian group Viva Palestina to enter Gaza December 27, 2009
December 23, 2009
Gaza Freedom March congratulates the Government of Egypt on its change of policy to allow international missions into Gaza during December with the decision to allow the Viva Palestina convoy to go into Gaza on December 27, 2009.
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Veröffentlicht: 23. December 2009
CAIRO - Cairo on Monday rejected a request by international activists to organise a march to the Gaza Strip via Egypt to mark one year since an Israeli attack on the enclave.
CAIRO - Cairo on Monday rejected a request by international activists to organise a march to the Gaza Strip via Egypt to mark one year since an Israeli attack on the enclave.
"Some international organisations have requested permission for a solidarity march -- the Gaza Freedom March...
Veröffentlicht: 23. December 2009
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, December 20th, 2009
Israeli security first summoned Juma’ for interrogation at midnight of December 15. Hours later, they brought him back to his home. Juma’ was handcuffed while soldiers searched his house for two hours as his wife and three young children looked on helplessly. The parting words of the soldiers were...
Veröffentlicht: 21. December 2009
20.December 2009
This week marks one year since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip: a year since phosphorus bombs, dime bombs and other weapons of death and destruction were unleashed on a defenseless civilian population. A year since the people of the world demanded that Israel end its attack on Gaza....
Veröffentlicht: 21. December 2009
by Gaza Freedom March www.gazafreedommarch.org
*Telephone Press Conference Call December 23rd, 11 AM EST USA*
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 43 COUNTRIES TO MARCH TO ISRAELI BORDER
One Year After Invasion Of Gaza 1,300 People to Participate in
March as Part of Global Effort to Lift Devastating Blockade
For TV/WEB...
Veröffentlicht: 17. December 2009
Professor Norman Finkelstein, accused Israeli of perpetrating war crimes in the Gaza strip through the ongoing siege and January war.
Professor Norman Finkelstein, accused Israeli of perpetrating war
crimes in the Gaza strip through the ongoing siege and January war. His accusation came within an International Conference titled, "UNRWA and Future of Palestinian Refugees", organized in London. Finkelstein started his speech by...
Veröffentlicht: 16. December 2009
The Jewish Chronicle reports:
Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni canceled a visit to Britain this weekend over fears pro-Palestinian lawyers would seek to have her arrested.
The Jewish Chronicle reports:
Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni canceled a visit to Britain this weekend over fears pro-Palestinian lawyers would seek to have her arrested.
Ms Livni had been due to speak at Sunday’s JNF Vision 2010 conference in Hendon, north-...
Veröffentlicht: 12. December 2009
By Christian Fraser BBC News, Cairo http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8405020.stm
There are thought to be hundreds of tunnels along the border Egypt has begun constructing a huge metal wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it attempts to cut smuggling tunnels, the BBC has learned.
When it is finished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long and will extend...