Tag: siege
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April 24, 2024 From the Flotilla today: We have completed all technical and crewing requirements in order to launch the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza on Friday April 26, 2024. Our […]
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Format News and Press Release Posted 26 Apr 2024 Originally published 26 Apr 2024 Origin View original GENEVA (26 April 2024) – UN experts today demanded safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, […]
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Freedom Flotilla Coalition (@gazafreedomflotilla) Why the Flotilla? A video with Ismail of the Mavi Marmara Association and a view of the Freedom […]
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Students for Justice in Palestine — UW-Madison will present a panel of university students and community members who have family living in Gaza. They will be sharing the current lived […]
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Peace activists aim to sail through the military blockade of Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKAR APRIL 18, 2024 Hundreds of civilians from more than thirty countries will be sailing into the Israeli […]
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#BreakTheSiege and #EndTheBlockade Apr 14, 2024 İSTANBUL Retired U.S. Army Colonel & former U.S. diplomat Ann Wright introduces our upcoming Freedom Flotilla Coalition emergency mission to #BreakTheSiege and #EndTheBlockade of Gaza. […]
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zohar, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 4, 2024 Media Release The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) will sail in mid April with multiple vessels, carrying 5500 tons of humanitarian aid and […]
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How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today How two definitions of antisemitsm differ Masha Gessen, December 9, 2023 “In 1948, […]
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The three articles below, Bernie Sanders essay in the New York Times, the letter from Sanders’ former staffers urging a peaceful resolution to the war, and Norman Finkelstein’s response to […]
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Owner hopes playing with felines will offer therapy to those scarred from the strip’s devastating wars and other hardships Mehr Jan, American Muslim Today, Aug 21, 2023 Following the popularity […]
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Dear friends and supporters, The Freedom Flotilla vessel Handala, sailing against the blockade of Gaza, has been visiting English and Welsh ports this month. Supporters of human […]
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Palestinians attend a gathering outside UN offices to protest a decision by World Food Program to suspend aid of around 200,000 people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, […]
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Tom Hurndall, Youth Of Sumud Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, 11th April 2023 Tom Hurndall was 21-years-old when, twenty years ago today, he was shot in the head while trying […]
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A Conversation between Sara Roy and Salem Al Qudwa Thursday, January 12, 11 a.m. CT AFSC will host regular webinar conversations with Palestinian writers from our anthology Light in Gaza: […]
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Dear Friends of MRSCP, We hope you will consider contributing to our year-end fundraising drive to renovate and repair a family home located in the Tal al Sultan neighborhood of […]
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The Abu Rayya tragedy is a direct result of the blockade, as frequent power cuts have forced families in Gaza to use alternative fuel sources to fight the dark, often […]
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Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire book cover. (Photo: AFSC) American Friends Service Committee, Sep 27, 2022 11/17/22 update: WORT’s Gil Halsted talks with Yousef Aljamal and Asmaa Abu […]
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Sometimes there is a moment of hope. Please join me this Thursday at 4:30 pm CT to hear how we are redefining development housing in Gaza starting with 20 homes […]
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© MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images Amnesty International, October 25, 2022 The International Criminal Court (ICC) must investigate unlawful attacks committed during Israel’s August 2022 assault on the Gaza Strip as war crimes, Amnesty […]
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Video recorded October 3, 2022 In 1948, the tiny Gaza Strip was cut off from the rest of historic Palestine, absorbing a huge number of Palestinian refugees who were ethnically […]
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Israel applies an oppressive, separate, and unequal regime on Palestinians. There is only one word for this: Apartheid. Omar Baddar, Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), Oct 14, 2020 Omar […]
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135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”27″ display=”basic_slideshow”]More MECA photos from Gaza The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is partnering with the Middle East […]
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Daniel Levy, President of the U.S./Middle East Project Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, August 25, 2022 “The Situation in the Middle East Including the Palestinian Question” I […]
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United for Justice Across Palestine: Defund Israel’s Bombs, Blockade, and Bulldozers Featuring Walaa Sabah from We Are Not Numbers, Sahar Francis from Addameer, and Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti. Moderated by […]
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National Nurses United, August 09, 2022 National Nurses United (NNU) mourns the loss of life over the weekend in the besieged Gaza Strip area of Palestine due to Israeli airstrikes […]
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The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy August 11, 2022 Good Morning, As you might have seen or heard, Israel launched yet another assault on the besieged Gaza strip, with […]
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Pain and sorrow is an endless story for Palestinians in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/A7sXc8PHxq — Sarah Hassan (@Sarah_Hassan94) August 8, 2022
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As salaamu alaykum. The Gaza Is Palestine campaign, led by us and Adalah Justice Project, is an effort to build upon the historic global movement that took on new life […]
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B’Tselem, 08 May 2022 For 11 days, Israel relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip, one of the most crowded places on earth, killing 232 Palestinians. Almost a quarter of those killed […]
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We Are Not Numbers, February 25, 2022 Enjoy our tour in the historical sites in Gaza city. Meet Abo Hanfi A-Sawwaf, Abu-Zuhair, Om-Anwar Al-Kassab; and see Omary Mosque, Al-Thahab (Gold) […]
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Palestinian residents stranded in an inundated house following torrential rains that hit Gaza City on January 16, 2022. (Photo: Mohammed Dahman/APA Images) TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 16, 2022 No […]
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Screening & discussion Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 1:00 PM CST With severe medicine shortages and an overstretched health care system in Gaza, children in need of medical treatments can only […]
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Dear friends and supporters, We have some major news! Finally, after 10 years, the Israeli government has settled our compensation claim for its seizure of our boat and its cargo. […]
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Join the US Boats to Gaza webinar with documentary filmmaker Fida Qishta, who has just returned from several months in Gaza. Fida will speak about the current conditions in Gaza […]
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The Peoples’ Inquiry, sponsored by Adalah Justice Project and MPower Change, is an opportunity for the U.S. public to hear the accounts of Palestinians from Gaza on the massacres carried […]
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Egypt should reverse this unproductive & ultimately harmful decision. Isolating Gaza won’t lead to lasting peace. I sent a letter w/ 52 of my colleagues urging @SecBlinken to work w/ […]
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SumOfUs, June 28, 2021 Last month, during the eleven-day assault by Israeli military on the Gaza Strip, 256 Palestinians, including 66 children, died. And last week, thousands of right-wing nationalists […]
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Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan tells Haaretz why he welcomes a new Israeli government, even one led by a right-winger like Naftali Bennett who has renounced the two-state solution Wisconsin Democratic […]
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Palestinian factions threaten to target capital Tel Aviv in response Smoke rises from buildings as Israeli fighter jets continue to pound a Palestinian building called "Hanady" at Al-Rimal neighbourhood in […]
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Eyewitness Palestine Join us for a Virtual Delegation to the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip with We Are Not Numbers, Palestinian youth telling the human stories behind the […]
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Deterioration of Living Condition For 4860 Fishermen and Workers in Associated Professions Ref: 45/2021 Date: 26 April 2021 Time: 10:30 GMT On Monday, 26 April 2021, Israeli authorities closed Gaza […]
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Wisconsin Democrat Rep. Mark Pocan tells Americans for Peace Now that Israeli policies funded by U.S. tax dollars form an obstacle to realizing the two-state solution Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) […]
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Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agree to ‘respect and accept’ upcoming polls at Cairo talks A girl looks on through the window of a vehicle while waiting at the Rafah […]
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Last month, Gaza experienced an 84% increase in COVID-19 cases. You know what would help Palestine & Israel? If @SecPompeo immediately released humanitarian aid & medical assistance for the people […]
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Announcing the First-Ever Nationwide Virtual Gaza 5K+Digital Festival Art Auction! Everyone’s mental health is being tested as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but we won’t all suffer the same. […]
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Ref: 85/2020, 02 September 2020 Three siblings from al-Nuseirat refugee camp, Central Gaza Strip, died after fire broke out in their house caused by a lit candle used for light […]
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Warning of Gaza Power Plant Shutdown Ref: 75/2020, 17 August 2020 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its deep concern over the repercussions of the Gaza Power Plant […]
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Celine Jaber, Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), August 16, 2020 Dear friends, A month ago, I checked my inbox, and my stomach sank. An older woman from Gaza […]