Press TV – August 2, 2018 Israel has violated international law by seizing a Gaza-bound humanitarian ship in international waters and using excessive force to arrest its crew and passengers, the boat’s captain says. “We were arrested in international waters and we were closer to Egypt than Israel,” Herman Reksten, the captain of the Norwegian […]
MEMO | August 2, 2018 The city council of Glasgow, Scotland, has vowed not to sponsor any future military exhibitions in response to months of widespread protests against its decision to sponsor the Conference on Subsea Defence Technology. The city council also promised to “reconsider its guidelines” to ensure that they would reflect “Glasgow’s respect […]
For Palestinians and their supporters, a definition of anti-Semitism cannot be disconnected from the history and nature of Israel’s founding and ongoing policies. (MEE Op-ed) — The frenzied debate over the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of anti-Semitism – or more precisely, definition and illustrative examples – has centred on whether the document restricts criticism of […]
Israeli authorities began deporting several of the international solidarity activists who were aboard the Al-Awda ship of the Freedom Flotilla, Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege announced yesterday.
Gaza’s National Committee confirmed that the activists’ deportation comes two days after they were detained following an attack by Israeli naval forces on the ship in international waters.
Ma’an – August 1, 2018 BETHLEHEM – Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege announced on Wednesday that the Israeli authorities began deporting several of the international solidarity activists, who were aboard the Al Awda ship of the Freedom Flotilla. Gaza’s National Committee confirmed that the activists deportation back to their countries, comes two days […]
The violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. Reports suggest that some of the victims of the 31st July attack had sustained injuries —- one of them being the renowned Penang-born Palestinian activist, Dr.Ang Swee Chai. An eye-witness[Read More...]
(MEE) — Israel sentenced Palestinian writer and poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison on Tuesday after convicting her of “inciting violence” over a poem she posted on social media that prosecutors claimed urged violence against the occupation. Nazareth magistrates’ court in May found Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, guilty over the poem “Resist, My […]
Ma’an – July 31, 2018 Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege expressed its concern for the safety of international solidarity activists who were aboard the Al Awda Freedom Flotilla ship when it was attacked by Israel in international waters. The Freedom Flotilla members were detained by Israeli naval forces on Sunday and are still […]
When they left prison on Sunday Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman received a hard-earned heros’ welcome from Palestinians and others opposed to Israel’s occupation and colonization of Palestinian lands seized in 1948 and enlarged by the Israeli army in 1967.
The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza expressed its concern for the safety of the international solidarity activists who were on board the Gaza-bound Al-Awda (Return) boat which was boarded by the Israeli navy on Sunday.
