Irish and Canadian boats in international waters on their way to challenge illegal siege policy. Palestinian activists call for end to international complicity in Israel’s crimes. Support actions taking place throughout the West Bank and inside Israel [Ramallah] Two civilian boats, the Canadian Tahrir (Liberation), and the Irish Saoirse (Freedom), carrying 27 people from nine countries, are currently in international waters making their way to the belea ...

Almost three years after the Israeli Operation Cast Lead killed over 1,400 Palestinians, the situation for most Gazans remains dire, with unemployment, shortages of medical supplies and much else essential to secure minimum living standards.     The sixth aid convoy organised by Viva Palestina is aiming to enter Gaza in time to commemorate the onslaught on the people of Gaza represented by Operation Cast Lead.     It i ...

by Mona Damluji, October 3, 2011, www.uruknet.de A Child’s View from Gaza. 917 Washington Street, Oakland, CA. Currently on view.   A Child’s View from Gaza, a traveling exhibit of the artwork of Palestinian children living in the Gaza Strip, opened in downtown Oakland, California this week as scheduled, despite the fact that the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland (MOCHA) canceled their agreement to house the project this Fall. After the new ...