By Reverend Carolyn Boyd * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz | Sept 8, 2011 “What if we stopped the three billion dollars in aid we give to Israel annually and used the savings to create a national jobs-deficit reduction programme?… This is the time to reallocate financial resources to American families and communities and to [...]
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Erdogan: “We Will Protect Our Ships En Route To Gaza”
Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Thursday September 08, 2011 23:25 by Alaa Ashkar – IMEMC & Agencies Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdgan, stated Thursday that Ankara intends to protect and support all Turkish ships, loaded with humanitarian aid, bound to the besieged Gaza Strip. Turkish PM Receb Tayyip Erdogan – sonara.net “Turkey will be [...]
Erdogan: Turkish forces to escort aid to Gaza
Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Defying Israel’s blockade, PM Erdogan says Turkey will send aid shipments to Gaza under the protection of naval forces. Last Modified: 08 Sep 2011 23:58 – Al Jazeera In May 2010, Israeli commandos raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, killing nine Turks and igniting a diplomatic row [EPA] Turkey’s naval forces would escort [...]
Turkish warships will escort aid vessels to Gaza
08 September 2011, Thursday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH REUTERS,Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year’s Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally. Raising the stakes in Turkey’s [...]
TRC to modernize water pipeline network in Gaza
Related to: Gaza | No Water | No Sewerage [ 08/09/2011 - 08:26 AM ] ANKARA, (PIC)– The Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) announced plans to overhaul the water pipeline network in the Gaza Strip, which suffers acute shortage in potable and irrigation water due to the ongoing five-year Israeli blockade. The organization said in a [...]
Gaza: USAID freeze came after agreement was reached
[ 14/08/2011 - 10:06 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Tahir al-Nono, spokesman for the government in Gaza, expressed shock after the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) declared freezing operations in the Gaza Strip after an auditing agreement had already been reached with the organizations it funds. An official from USAID told media outlets that [...]
UNRWA closes Jenin offices
[ 13/08/2011 - 08:47 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The UN Relief and Works agency for Palestine refugees has announced the closure of offices in Jenin and its refugee camp as of Friday after receiving threats to its staff. UNRWA said in a statement that the closure would continue until the Palestinian Authority and local parties [...]
Announcement | It’s time to end this siege for good.
Viva Palestina | Aug 13, 2011 Viva Palestina is returning to Gaza with our sixth major international aid mission to bring an end to the illegal siege. Much has changed for the Palestinian people and the wider region in the 11 months since our last convoy. Dictatorship has fallen in Egypt. Palestine has moved up [...]
Turkey supports construction of new university hospital in Gaza
Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:48 | MEMO The new hospital, to be named the Palestinian-Turkish Friendship Hospital. The Islamic University in Gaza (IUG) held a ceremony yesterday to lay the foundation stone of a new university hospital in the liberated area formerly occupied by the Israeli Netzarim settlement south of Gaza city. The new hospital, [...]
Jewish “extremists” enter Al-Aqsa with police support
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 12:45| MEMO Israel’s restriction on religious activity in this revered place of worship runs contrary to its claim that it allows freedom of worship in the areas it controls. Groups of Jews described by Palestinian sources as “extremists” have been entering the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem since [...]
The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission to Gaza: Breaking the Illegal Siege
The Blockade Runners Part II Global Research| by Julie Lévesque | August 7, 2011- 2011-08-06 The following text recounts how the Gaza siege was almost broken by a lone humanitarian ship. What the Spirit of Rachel Corrie achieved, its crew and passengers, constitutes an outstanding act of courage and determination, taking the Israeli Navy totally by surprise. [...]
The crisis of medicines reached a grave level
04-08-2011,13:45 Al Qassam website- Gaza- senior health official warned that the crisis of medicines and medical consumables have reached a dangerous level threatening the lives of patients in Gaza hospitals and became much worse than the situation that preceded the Israeli war. Information director at the Palestinian health ministry Ashraf Al-Qudra told a news conference [...]
Miles of Smiles 5 to land in Strip marking Eid al-Fitr, announcing protest at high sea
[ 03/08/2011 - 12:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A humanitarian aid convoy, dubbed Miles of Smiles 5, is set to land in the Gaza Strip on Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. In addition, organizers say participants are preparing a ‘’sea demonstration’’ in international waters protesting [...]
Gaza: Funds raised to aid famine-stricken Somalians
[ 03/08/2011 - 12:38 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Arab Medical Union in Gaza has been campaigning to raise funds to aid famine-stricken Somalians as the country sees the worst drought in sixty years. ‘’The campaign is aimed at showing the physical cohesion between the besieged Gaza and Somalia, and that the Palestinians have the [...]
Miles of Smiles to send 3 more aid convoys to Gaza
[ 02/08/2011 - 11:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Issam Yousef, the general coordinator of Miles of Smiles 4, said that three new aid convoys would be sent to the Gaza Strip within the coming three months including one later this month. Yousef, who was speaking Monday evening at a meeting between Gazan premier Ismail [...]