More than 1,000 leftists and pro-Palestinian activists are expected to take part in the flotilla, which sources say will include more than 20 vessels of various sizes. By Amos Harel, http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-pressing-un-to-halt-new-gaza-aid-flotilla-1.353914
Security officials and the Foreign Ministry have started preparing feverishly for the expected arrival of another Gaza flotilla in late May. More than 1,000 leftists and ...
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
Ramallah, 17 April 2011* – Every year, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the continuing incarceration and ill-treatment of Palestinians who have been detained, sometimes without charge or trial, for their resistance to the Israeli occupation and its illegal policies and practices.
Although the total number of political prisoners ...
by Inge Neefs, ISM Gaza
On Thursday afternoon April 7th, Israeli forces have escalated attacks on the Gaza Strip: the murderous offensive has killed 18 people so far, the majority of them being civilians. Among the massacred are a mother, her daughter, two children, two elder men and four members of Al Qassam Brigades. More than sixty people have been injured so far, some are still fighting for their lives. Since Thursday afternoon the Gaza Strip is ...
PRC Workshop delivered by Nasim Ahmed
PRC Workshop delivered by Nasim Ahmed; "The invisible Prison Wall around Palestinian Refugees from Iraq" I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me to deliver this paper. When I was first asked to speak at this conference I was slightly ruffled about presenting a paper about refugees in a conference about prisoners. My perplexity was short lived because as anyone who has followed the plight of ...
7.5.2011, Fobrtal, Germanys
The annual Conference of Palestinians in Europe is scheduled for the 7th of May in the City of Fobrtal in Germany. The conference is the 9th in a series of annual Palestinian conferences in Europe. It is organized by General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference, Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), and Palestinian Assembly in Germany.
The conference this year titled; “Return Generation ...
http://wlcentral.org/node/1442 2011-03-08
Mossad kidnaps Gaza’s chief power plant engineer, Dirar Abu Seesi, while in Ukraine. Now en route from Petah Tikva torture center to Shikma Prison.
On February 18, Gaza’s chief power plant engineer, Dirar Abu Seesi, was kidnapped by theMossad, while he was traveling in the Ukraine. Abu Seesi is now in Shikma Prison outside Ashkelon after being transferred from the Shabak torture center in Petah ...
