Press TV-Reporter 's File -The Fishermen of Gaza -04-08-2010:
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Showing posts with label Gaza Siege. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaza Siege. Show all posts
Friday, April 9, 2010
Monday, December 7, 2009
R&R Interviews Viva Palestina's Kevin Ovenden - Breaking the Gaza Siege
Rattansi & Ridley 6 1of4 5 DECEMBER 2009:
Viva Palestina is on a new mission to take aid to besieged Gaza.
"Rattansi & Ridley 6 1of4 5 DECEMBER 2009
Yvonne and Afshin talk to Viva Palestina's Kevin Ovenden about the breaking of the siege of Gaza;"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Viva Palestina is on a new mission to take aid to besieged Gaza.
"Rattansi & Ridley 6 1of4 5 DECEMBER 2009
Yvonne and Afshin talk to Viva Palestina's Kevin Ovenden about the breaking of the siege of Gaza;"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Making Shelters from Rubble
Gazans prepare for winter:
Making Shelters from Rubble," Syria TV, Syria
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Making Shelters from Rubble," Syria TV, Syria
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, September 11, 2009
A Palestinian story - Fatenah
Reporter's file/ A Palestinian story/ 09/ 10 /2009:
Report on the 30-minute animated film Fatenah, the story of a Palestinian woman who died of cancer as Israel (the occupying power obligated to provide medical aid for the people under its occupation) refused to allow her entry into Israeli hospitals.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Report on the 30-minute animated film Fatenah, the story of a Palestinian woman who died of cancer as Israel (the occupying power obligated to provide medical aid for the people under its occupation) refused to allow her entry into Israeli hospitals.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Shoes for Gaza
Shoes for Gaza:
"'Shoes for Gaza' a Facebook campaign started by an ANERA donor made it possible to purchase shoes on the local market in Gaza for preschoolers who need them. Visit www.anera.org/gaza for more information about Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"'Shoes for Gaza' a Facebook campaign started by an ANERA donor made it possible to purchase shoes on the local market in Gaza for preschoolers who need them. Visit www.anera.org/gaza for more information about Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Thursday, September 10, 2009
$5 Billion in Aid? Not One Penny Has Reached Gaza
Not One Penny Has Reached Gaza:
News Video by theGlobalReport
"It has been six months since the international community pledged nearly $5 billion in aid to the Palestinian people, chiefly for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after Israels devastating offensive there this year.
According to United Arab Emirates newspaper The National, none of this aid has reached Gaza and no reconstruction has started."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
News Video by theGlobalReport
"It has been six months since the international community pledged nearly $5 billion in aid to the Palestinian people, chiefly for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after Israels devastating offensive there this year.
According to United Arab Emirates newspaper The National, none of this aid has reached Gaza and no reconstruction has started."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Remember the children of Palestine/ Health & Education conditions worse in Gaza (2 Parts)
Remember the children of Palestine/ War effects on children/09/ 08 /2009 /Part1:
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Palestinian child dies due the siege on Gaza, death toll 352
Source: IMEMC
Date: September 09, 2009
A Palestinian child was announced dead on Wednesday after she was prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical care she needed.
Dinna Al Zakzok, seven years old, had Lymphatic gland tumor, he family had completed all needed documents to leave Gaza but still the Israeli military did not allow he to leave.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of patients who died in Gaza due to the Israeli siege have now reached 352.
Israel placed the Gaza Strip under total siege in June of 2006 leaving the 1.5 million Palestinians living there lacking medial, food, and fuel supplies.
Part 1
Health conditions are worse in Gaza
Part 2
The same as above goes for education in Gaza
OPT: Gaza schoolchildren lack basic equipment
Source: IRINNEWS.ORG
GAZA CITY, 9 September 2009 (IRIN) - Some 1,200 students at al-Karmel High School for boys in Gaza City returned to class on 25 August without history and English textbooks, or notebooks and pens - all unavailable on the local market.
Severe damage to the school - caused during the 23-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip which ended on 18 January - has yet to be repaired. Al-Karmel’s principal, Majed Yasin, has had to cover scores of broken windows with plastic sheeting.
“The entire west side of the school was damaged adjacent to Abbas police station which was targeted on 27 December,” said Yasin. “We have yet to repair the US$65,000-worth of damage, since glass and other building materials are still unavailable.”
Educational institutions across Gaza are still reeling from the effects of the Israeli offensive, compounded by the more than two-year Israeli blockade (tightened after Hamas seized power in June 2007), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
At least 280 schools out of 641 in Gaza were damaged and 18 destroyed during the military operation. None have been rebuilt or repaired to date due to continued restrictions on the entry of construction materials, OCHA reported.
At the start of the new school year, all 387 government-run primary and secondary schools serving 240,000 students - and 33 private sector schools serving 17,000 students - lack essential education materials, according to the education ministry in Gaza.
Half of all students lack at least one textbook for their coursework this term, the ministry said.
“The war had, and continues to have, a severely negative impact on the entire education system,” Yousef Ibrahim, deputy education minister in Gaza, said. “About 15,000 students from government schools have been transferred to other schools for second shifts, significantly shortening class time.”
He said the damaged schools lacked toilets and water and electricity networks; their classrooms were overcrowded, and they also suffered from shortages of basic items such as desks, doors, chairs and ink for printing.
UNRWA schools affected
More than 80 percent of government-run schools and those run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) now have a second shift, according to Ibrahim.
The 221 primary and secondary schools run by UNRWA (in addition to government and privately run schools) are also struggling to accommodate 200,000 students this school year.
“We have only provided the minimum amount of stationery and textbooks to our students, since it is very difficult to bring in these materials and they are unavailable on the local market,” said UNRWA spokesperson Milina Shahin in Gaza.
UNRWA schools are also missing items such as lab equipment, calculators, desks, tables, chairs, and even crayons, said Shahin.
UNRWA planned to build 100 new schools this year, but has had to give up the idea due to a lack of building materials. Thirty-five UNRWA schools are still without windows as a result of the offensive, due to a lack of glass, Shahin said.
“There is no generator at al-Karmel High. The lack of electricity, often all day, is a real challenge for our teachers,” said al-Karmel principal Yasin.
Truckloads of stationery await clearance
Since the beginning of 2009, Israel has allowed 174 truckloads of educational materials to enter Gaza. Of these, only two were carrying stationery, in July and August, OCHA said.
According to the Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade) and local suppliers, there are nearly 120 truckloads of stationery awaiting clearance to enter.
Ghazi Hamad, head of borders and crossings under the Hamas-led government in Gaza, said some educational materials, such as notebooks and clothing, had entered Gaza via underground tunnels from Egypt, but this was only a token amount.
Teaching has also been affected by the Fatah-Hamas rift: Of the 11,000 teachers in Gaza, 7,000 are employed by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah (West Bank). Half of these did not return to teach this school year, according to deputy education minister Ibrahim.
“We had to replace them with less qualified teachers, while they chose to stay at home,” he said.
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Related News
Palestinian child dies due the siege on Gaza, death toll 352
Source: IMEMC
Date: September 09, 2009
A Palestinian child was announced dead on Wednesday after she was prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical care she needed.
Dinna Al Zakzok, seven years old, had Lymphatic gland tumor, he family had completed all needed documents to leave Gaza but still the Israeli military did not allow he to leave.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of patients who died in Gaza due to the Israeli siege have now reached 352.
Israel placed the Gaza Strip under total siege in June of 2006 leaving the 1.5 million Palestinians living there lacking medial, food, and fuel supplies.
Part 1
Health conditions are worse in Gaza
Part 2
The same as above goes for education in Gaza
OPT: Gaza schoolchildren lack basic equipment
Source: IRINNEWS.ORG
GAZA CITY, 9 September 2009 (IRIN) - Some 1,200 students at al-Karmel High School for boys in Gaza City returned to class on 25 August without history and English textbooks, or notebooks and pens - all unavailable on the local market.
Severe damage to the school - caused during the 23-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip which ended on 18 January - has yet to be repaired. Al-Karmel’s principal, Majed Yasin, has had to cover scores of broken windows with plastic sheeting.
“The entire west side of the school was damaged adjacent to Abbas police station which was targeted on 27 December,” said Yasin. “We have yet to repair the US$65,000-worth of damage, since glass and other building materials are still unavailable.”
Educational institutions across Gaza are still reeling from the effects of the Israeli offensive, compounded by the more than two-year Israeli blockade (tightened after Hamas seized power in June 2007), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
At least 280 schools out of 641 in Gaza were damaged and 18 destroyed during the military operation. None have been rebuilt or repaired to date due to continued restrictions on the entry of construction materials, OCHA reported.
At the start of the new school year, all 387 government-run primary and secondary schools serving 240,000 students - and 33 private sector schools serving 17,000 students - lack essential education materials, according to the education ministry in Gaza.
Half of all students lack at least one textbook for their coursework this term, the ministry said.
“The war had, and continues to have, a severely negative impact on the entire education system,” Yousef Ibrahim, deputy education minister in Gaza, said. “About 15,000 students from government schools have been transferred to other schools for second shifts, significantly shortening class time.”
He said the damaged schools lacked toilets and water and electricity networks; their classrooms were overcrowded, and they also suffered from shortages of basic items such as desks, doors, chairs and ink for printing.
UNRWA schools affected
More than 80 percent of government-run schools and those run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) now have a second shift, according to Ibrahim.
The 221 primary and secondary schools run by UNRWA (in addition to government and privately run schools) are also struggling to accommodate 200,000 students this school year.
“We have only provided the minimum amount of stationery and textbooks to our students, since it is very difficult to bring in these materials and they are unavailable on the local market,” said UNRWA spokesperson Milina Shahin in Gaza.
UNRWA schools are also missing items such as lab equipment, calculators, desks, tables, chairs, and even crayons, said Shahin.
UNRWA planned to build 100 new schools this year, but has had to give up the idea due to a lack of building materials. Thirty-five UNRWA schools are still without windows as a result of the offensive, due to a lack of glass, Shahin said.
“There is no generator at al-Karmel High. The lack of electricity, often all day, is a real challenge for our teachers,” said al-Karmel principal Yasin.
Truckloads of stationery await clearance
Since the beginning of 2009, Israel has allowed 174 truckloads of educational materials to enter Gaza. Of these, only two were carrying stationery, in July and August, OCHA said.
According to the Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade) and local suppliers, there are nearly 120 truckloads of stationery awaiting clearance to enter.
Ghazi Hamad, head of borders and crossings under the Hamas-led government in Gaza, said some educational materials, such as notebooks and clothing, had entered Gaza via underground tunnels from Egypt, but this was only a token amount.
Teaching has also been affected by the Fatah-Hamas rift: Of the 11,000 teachers in Gaza, 7,000 are employed by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah (West Bank). Half of these did not return to teach this school year, according to deputy education minister Ibrahim.
“We had to replace them with less qualified teachers, while they chose to stay at home,” he said.
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Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Real Deal/ George Galloway interviews Ghada Karmi
The Real Deal/ Khalid Mashal's visit to Cairo /09 /06/ 2009:
George Galloway Interviews Ghada Karmi on current issues concerning Palestine
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
George Galloway Interviews Ghada Karmi on current issues concerning Palestine
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, September 7, 2009
GRITtv with Laura Flanders » Gaza Under Siege
GRITtv with Laura Flanders » Gaza Under Siege:
"Filmmakers Lily Keber and Jordan Flaherty set out to see for themselves what happened in Gaza after the Israeli invasion in January of this year. Nine months later, rebuilding has barely begun and the Israeli blockade continues. In Gaza Under Siege they speak to the people of Gaza about what they need to rebuild their towns and cities."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Filmmakers Lily Keber and Jordan Flaherty set out to see for themselves what happened in Gaza after the Israeli invasion in January of this year. Nine months later, rebuilding has barely begun and the Israeli blockade continues. In Gaza Under Siege they speak to the people of Gaza about what they need to rebuild their towns and cities."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Sunday, September 6, 2009
UN calls for immediate opening of Gaza crossings
UN urges Israel ease Gaza siege for water crisis:
"Press TV, Gaza"
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Gaza water crisis prompts UN call for immediate opening of crossings
Source: UN News Center
3 September 2009 – The top United Nations humanitarian official in the occupied Palestinian territory today joined aid agencies in calling for the immediate opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow the entry of spare parts and materials critical to restoring the area’s water and sanitation services.
“The deterioration and breakdown of water and sanitation facilities in Gaza is compounding an already severe and protracted denial of human dignity in the Gaza Strip,” Maxwell Gaylard said in a joint statement issued today with the NGO Association for International Development Agencies (AIDA).
“At the heart of this crisis is a steep decline in standards of living for the people of Gaza, characterized by erosion of livelihoods, destruction and degradation of basic infrastructure, and a marked downturn in the delivery and quality of vital services in health, water and sanitation,” added Mr. Gaylard, the Deputy UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Humanitarian Coordinator.
Israel’s closure of Gaza’s crossing points, imposed since June 2007, has meant that equipment and supplies needed for the construction, maintenance and operation of water and sanitation facilities have not been able to enter the area, leading to the deterioration of these services.
Currently, some 10,000 people do not have access to the water network, while another 60 per cent of Gaza’s population of 1.5 million do not have continuous access to water.
In addition, some 50 to 80 million litres of untreated and partially treated waste-water have been discharged daily into the Mediterranean Sea since January 2008, due to damage to sewage treatment facilities, lack of treatment capacity because of postponed plant upgrade projects, and a critical shortage of fuel and electricity necessary to operate them.
Mr. Gaylard and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on the Israeli Government to take immediate steps to ensure the entry into Gaza of the necessary construction and repair materials to respond to the water and sanitation crisis.
“Without addressing both the immediate basic needs of the population and facilitating the longer-term development and management of the degraded water and sanitation sector, public health and the wider environment will remain at significant risk,” said the Humanitarian Coordinator.
“Pollution does not recognise borders or barriers, and communities throughout the region are threatened by the deficiencies of Gaza’s water and sanitation system,” he added.
Also read:
New UN report spotlights humanitarian crisis triggered by blockade of Gaza
UN, aid agencies call for opening of Gaza crossings to allow rebuilding of schools
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Press TV, Gaza"
Related News:
Gaza water crisis prompts UN call for immediate opening of crossings
Source: UN News Center
3 September 2009 – The top United Nations humanitarian official in the occupied Palestinian territory today joined aid agencies in calling for the immediate opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow the entry of spare parts and materials critical to restoring the area’s water and sanitation services.
“The deterioration and breakdown of water and sanitation facilities in Gaza is compounding an already severe and protracted denial of human dignity in the Gaza Strip,” Maxwell Gaylard said in a joint statement issued today with the NGO Association for International Development Agencies (AIDA).
“At the heart of this crisis is a steep decline in standards of living for the people of Gaza, characterized by erosion of livelihoods, destruction and degradation of basic infrastructure, and a marked downturn in the delivery and quality of vital services in health, water and sanitation,” added Mr. Gaylard, the Deputy UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Humanitarian Coordinator.
Israel’s closure of Gaza’s crossing points, imposed since June 2007, has meant that equipment and supplies needed for the construction, maintenance and operation of water and sanitation facilities have not been able to enter the area, leading to the deterioration of these services.
Currently, some 10,000 people do not have access to the water network, while another 60 per cent of Gaza’s population of 1.5 million do not have continuous access to water.
In addition, some 50 to 80 million litres of untreated and partially treated waste-water have been discharged daily into the Mediterranean Sea since January 2008, due to damage to sewage treatment facilities, lack of treatment capacity because of postponed plant upgrade projects, and a critical shortage of fuel and electricity necessary to operate them.
Mr. Gaylard and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on the Israeli Government to take immediate steps to ensure the entry into Gaza of the necessary construction and repair materials to respond to the water and sanitation crisis.
“Without addressing both the immediate basic needs of the population and facilitating the longer-term development and management of the degraded water and sanitation sector, public health and the wider environment will remain at significant risk,” said the Humanitarian Coordinator.
“Pollution does not recognise borders or barriers, and communities throughout the region are threatened by the deficiencies of Gaza’s water and sanitation system,” he added.
Also read:
New UN report spotlights humanitarian crisis triggered by blockade of Gaza
UN, aid agencies call for opening of Gaza crossings to allow rebuilding of schools
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Difficult Ramadan in Gaza - 04 Sept 09
Difficult Ramadan in Gaza - 04 Sept 09:
"For the last eight months, Abu Hassan and his family have been living in a refugee camp after their home was destroyed during Israel's war on Gaza.
Since the war ended in early January, life has been a daily struggle for many families like Abu Hassan's - their situation now made even worse during the month of Ramadan.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin visited one such camp where even the simple act of breaking fast has become a daunting task for hundreds of refugees."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"For the last eight months, Abu Hassan and his family have been living in a refugee camp after their home was destroyed during Israel's war on Gaza.
Since the war ended in early January, life has been a daily struggle for many families like Abu Hassan's - their situation now made even worse during the month of Ramadan.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin visited one such camp where even the simple act of breaking fast has become a daunting task for hundreds of refugees."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, September 4, 2009
A Visit to "Prison Gaza Strip" - talk by Khoury Petersen-Smith (3 Parts)
SHOW 292 PART 1:
"Visit to 'Prison Gaza Strip'" talk by Khoury Petersen-Smith about his 24 hour visit to the Gaza on the Viva-Palestina-US trip led by George Galloway. The trip was delayed purposely in Egypt by Mubarak's regime.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Visit to 'Prison Gaza Strip'" talk by Khoury Petersen-Smith about his 24 hour visit to the Gaza on the Viva-Palestina-US trip led by George Galloway. The trip was delayed purposely in Egypt by Mubarak's regime.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Gaza we are Coming - 23 August 09 (4 Parts)
Gaza we are Coming - 23 August 09 - Part 1:
"Gaza, We Are Coming, is a special documentary that charts the history of the project to break the blockade of Gaza by sea."
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Gaza, We Are Coming, is a special documentary that charts the history of the project to break the blockade of Gaza by sea."
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Israeli navy hits Gaza fishing boat Aug 31, 2009
Israeli navy hits Gaza boat:
"http://www.euronews.net/ Israeli navy strikes Palestinian fishing boat, setting it ablaze and leaving one person wounded."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"http://www.euronews.net/ Israeli navy strikes Palestinian fishing boat, setting it ablaze and leaving one person wounded."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, August 17, 2009
Gaza Reality - Gaza Kites Festival
Gaza Kites Festival:
"www.anera.org continues 'Gaza Reality' series. A close-up look at life in Gaza today. ANERA delivers donated medicine and medical supplies, shoes for children, fortified milk and biscuits for pre-schoolers and much more to help people struggling to survive in Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"www.anera.org continues 'Gaza Reality' series. A close-up look at life in Gaza today. ANERA delivers donated medicine and medical supplies, shoes for children, fortified milk and biscuits for pre-schoolers and much more to help people struggling to survive in Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, August 1, 2009
10 Y.O. Gaza child: What did I do to them?
Lamont Carolina, Member of the Viva Palestina U.S. Convoy and Staff member of Councilman Charles Barron recorded these videos in Gaza. Visit his YouTube Channel to see the many videos of the Viva Palestina U.S. lamontcarolina
"These little girls explain finding their families dead after Israeli bombs destroyed their home."
Brave little girls without families:
"From Gaza City"
Brave little girl from Gaza:
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"These little girls explain finding their families dead after Israeli bombs destroyed their home."
Brave little girls without families:
"From Gaza City"
Brave little girl from Gaza:
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Focus on Gaza - Gaza's economic crisis - 1 May 09
Focus on Gaza - Gaza's economic crisis - 1 May 09 - Part 1:
"The Israeli siege is strangling Gaza's economy, and many of the businesses that were managing to scrape by were destroyed by the recent war. A look into the economic consequeces of Israel's blockade and the war on Gaza."
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"The Israeli siege is strangling Gaza's economy, and many of the businesses that were managing to scrape by were destroyed by the recent war. A look into the economic consequeces of Israel's blockade and the war on Gaza."
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Unemployment soars in Gaza - 01 May 09
Unemployment soars in Gaza - 01 May 09:
"Across the Gaza Strip, over 700 factories and businesses were destroyed by the Israeli offensive, increasing the unemployment level to a staggering 80 per cent.
Businesses in Gaza, not destroyed by Israel's war, are struggling to remain open. Two years of blockades and air strikes have crippled the industry there.
Al Jazeera's Casey Kauffman reports from Gaza on one man's fight to keep his business operating against the odds."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Across the Gaza Strip, over 700 factories and businesses were destroyed by the Israeli offensive, increasing the unemployment level to a staggering 80 per cent.
Businesses in Gaza, not destroyed by Israel's war, are struggling to remain open. Two years of blockades and air strikes have crippled the industry there.
Al Jazeera's Casey Kauffman reports from Gaza on one man's fight to keep his business operating against the odds."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Free Gaza Movement JUNE 2009 THE HOPE FLEET
The Free Gaza Movement JUNE 2009 THE HOPE FLEET:
"Video by www.freegaza.org
the song 'News' by Anis Hamadeh www.anis-online.de
The Free Gaza Movement is a human rights group that in August 2008 sent the first international boats to land in the port of Gaza in 41 years.
We want to break the siege of Gaza.
We want to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip"
For Immediate Release: You cannot sink our boats
Friday, 01 May 2009 13:03
Written by Free Gaza Movement
In most of the world, May 1st is a day of international labor solidarity. It is a day of joy as workers picnic together with their families and celebrate the achievements of one of the most phenomenal movements of the 20th century.
It is fitting, then, that the Free Gaza Movement chooses May 1 to announce the launching of the HOPE FLEET TO GAZA. We are leaving on June 1 as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, a people who have been massacred, terrorized and suffocated by the Israeli military.
We sail again to break Israel's blockade of 1.5 million civilians, 80% unemployed because of Israel's draconian siege. "I believe the Israeli government policies are against international law, against human rights, against the dignity of the Palestinian people," said Mairead Maguire whose efforts for a peaceful solution to the violence in Northern Ireland earned her the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. "And I feel grateful to be able to go again on one of these boats to visit the people of Gaza."
The Free Gaza Movement will use the Free Gaza as the lead vessel in the flotilla. In August 2008, it was the first boat to dock in the Gaza port in 41 years. The movement intends to donate it to the fishermen who labor every day to make a living under the gunboats of Israel.
The Dignity will carry Mairead as well as two other high-profile passengers, 84-year-old Hedy Epstein, a holocaust survivor and Cynthia McKinney, former Georgia Congresswoman and candidate for U.S. President under the Green Party. McKinney was on the Dignity when it was rammed three times by the Israeli navy on December 30, 2008 when they tried to sink the small sturdy yacht.
"We cannot let Israel's threats and aggression deter us. To do so would give in to violence and concede that might is stronger than right. To do so would turn our backs on our brothers and sisters in Gaza who have been waiting far too long for the international community to stand up to this injustice," said Huwaida Arraf, one of the delegation leaders on the Hope Fleet.
Our boats are a part of a larger flotilla making its way to Gaza loaded with humanitarian aid and building supplies such as generators and electronic equipment for hospital emergency machines. The people of Gaza need cement and lumber and PVC to rebuild their shattered infrastructure, and Israel refuses to allow anything into the small enclave except for food and some medicine.
"The Palestinians don't want hand-outs from the international community. They want their lives back. They want their human and civil rights. They have a great labor force wanting to rebuild their communities. They are perfectly capable of that if their borders, including the sea border, were open," states Lubna Masarwa, another delegation leader of this flotilla and a passenger on board the rammed Dignity.
Contact: Ramzi Kysia, Cyprus: +357 99 08 17 67, rrkysia@yahoo.com
Greta Berlin, France, +33 60 73 74 512, Iristulip@gmail.com
Angela Godfrey Goldstein, Jerusalem: +972 547 366 393, angela@icahd.org
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Video by www.freegaza.org
the song 'News' by Anis Hamadeh www.anis-online.de
The Free Gaza Movement is a human rights group that in August 2008 sent the first international boats to land in the port of Gaza in 41 years.
We want to break the siege of Gaza.
We want to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip"
For Immediate Release: You cannot sink our boats
Friday, 01 May 2009 13:03
Written by Free Gaza Movement
In most of the world, May 1st is a day of international labor solidarity. It is a day of joy as workers picnic together with their families and celebrate the achievements of one of the most phenomenal movements of the 20th century.
It is fitting, then, that the Free Gaza Movement chooses May 1 to announce the launching of the HOPE FLEET TO GAZA. We are leaving on June 1 as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, a people who have been massacred, terrorized and suffocated by the Israeli military.
We sail again to break Israel's blockade of 1.5 million civilians, 80% unemployed because of Israel's draconian siege. "I believe the Israeli government policies are against international law, against human rights, against the dignity of the Palestinian people," said Mairead Maguire whose efforts for a peaceful solution to the violence in Northern Ireland earned her the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. "And I feel grateful to be able to go again on one of these boats to visit the people of Gaza."
The Free Gaza Movement will use the Free Gaza as the lead vessel in the flotilla. In August 2008, it was the first boat to dock in the Gaza port in 41 years. The movement intends to donate it to the fishermen who labor every day to make a living under the gunboats of Israel.
The Dignity will carry Mairead as well as two other high-profile passengers, 84-year-old Hedy Epstein, a holocaust survivor and Cynthia McKinney, former Georgia Congresswoman and candidate for U.S. President under the Green Party. McKinney was on the Dignity when it was rammed three times by the Israeli navy on December 30, 2008 when they tried to sink the small sturdy yacht.
"We cannot let Israel's threats and aggression deter us. To do so would give in to violence and concede that might is stronger than right. To do so would turn our backs on our brothers and sisters in Gaza who have been waiting far too long for the international community to stand up to this injustice," said Huwaida Arraf, one of the delegation leaders on the Hope Fleet.
Our boats are a part of a larger flotilla making its way to Gaza loaded with humanitarian aid and building supplies such as generators and electronic equipment for hospital emergency machines. The people of Gaza need cement and lumber and PVC to rebuild their shattered infrastructure, and Israel refuses to allow anything into the small enclave except for food and some medicine.
"The Palestinians don't want hand-outs from the international community. They want their lives back. They want their human and civil rights. They have a great labor force wanting to rebuild their communities. They are perfectly capable of that if their borders, including the sea border, were open," states Lubna Masarwa, another delegation leader of this flotilla and a passenger on board the rammed Dignity.
Contact: Ramzi Kysia, Cyprus: +357 99 08 17 67, rrkysia@yahoo.com
Greta Berlin, France, +33 60 73 74 512, Iristulip@gmail.com
Angela Godfrey Goldstein, Jerusalem: +972 547 366 393, angela@icahd.org
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