23 July 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza | International Solidarity Movement Footage of the second water-cannon attack by the Israeli navy against the Civil Peace Service Gaza boat “Oliva” on Thursday, July 14, 2011. The camera used was lost in the sea when the crew evacuated the “Oliva,” recovered in a fishing net, and [...]
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World is Watching Again Israel | LIVE UPDATES | Guardian Journalist & Press Accompany Fishingboats in #Gaza
updating now live… keep reloading… Follow @harrietsherwood@harrietsherwood Getting close to 3 mile limit for fishing. Israeli gunboat speeding towards us 36 minutes ago via txtReplyRetweetFavorite Follow @harrietsherwood@harrietsherwood Israeli gunboat circling around. Siren sounding. Machine gun mounted at rear 34 minutes ago via txtReplyRetweetFavorite Follow @harrietsherwood@harrietsherwood 6 or 7 troops on bridge, all armed. We have [...]
Sailing on a bucket, surrounded by commandos
Haaretz writer returns to Israel after 26 days with Gaza-bound pro-Palestinian activists. By Amira Hass | Haaretz | July 20, 2011 Three missile ships and seven commando boats were sent to take over the tub known as the Dignite Al Karame yesterday, about 50 nautical miles from the shore. At least 150 soldiers were sent [...]
French ‘aid ship’ sails towards Gaza
Yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists expected to reach Gaza Strip on Tuesday after leaving Greek waters. Last Modified: 18 Jul 2011 11:00 – Middle East – Al Jazeera English Israel has vowed to prevent any attempt to reach Gaza by sea in defiance of its naval blockade [Reuters] A French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists [...]
French boat to Gaza sails to Egypt: Greek coastguard
Sat Jul 16, 5:35 pm ET – Yahoo! News ATHENS (AFP) – A French yacht carrying activists hoping to run the Israeli blockade on Gaza has sailed to Egypt after a troubled stay in Greece, the Greek coastguard said late on Saturday. The Dignite/Al Karama sailed to the Egyptian port of Alexandria from the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo, [...]
PRESS RELEASE | CPSGAZA: Civil Peace Service Gaza: CPS GAZA responds to Israeli naval attacks, death threats
For Immediate Release contact: Civil Peace Service Gaza +0595 567 120 When: 14 July 2011, 6:00 pm local time Where: Port of Gaza, Palestine Who: Alexandra Robinson, US human rights monitor for Civil Peace Service Gaza Khalil Shaheen, Director of the Economic and Social Rights Unit, PCHR Mahfouz Kabiriti, President of Palestine Association for Fishing [...]
PRESS RELEASE | SPSGAZA: CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship
For Immediate Release CPSGAZA | July 13, 2011 Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today.Civil Peace Service Gaza is an international third party non-violent initiative to monitor potential human rights violations in Gazan territorial waters. The initial attack happened at 12.05pm local time. There [...]
Solidarity at sea on board the Oliva
12 July 2011 | Electronic Intifada, Rana Baker | International Solidarity Movement Journalists and CPSGaza activists aboard the Oliva as it sets out on its first mission (Rana Baker) For years, Palestinian fishermen have been subject to routine attacks, shootings and arrests by the Israeli navy as they attempt to ply their trade in the [...]
EMERGENCY: US BOAT TO GAZA AND THOSE ON BOARD HELD HOSTAGE IN GREECE
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 15:43 Demand the release of The Audacity of Hope Contact: Ann Wright, 0030 694 165 7310 Regina Carey: 0030 694 203 6296 Athens, July 12, 2011, At 10 am today, the shore electricity was cut off to the Audacity of Hope, the US Boat to Gaza, leaving us [...]
#Flotilla2 | Audaciously Sailing On, With Hope!
By Hagit Borer | Palestine Chronicle | July 10, 2011 For 44 years now, the people in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 have been awaiting their freedom. In Gaza, people have been waiting for five years for a release from the largest world’s open air prison; for the resumption of at least [...]
#Flotilla2 | Gaza and a Liturgy for Justice by Ray McGovern from aboard the Audacity of Hope
by Ray McGovern, July 09, 2011 — Antiwar.com We passengers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza represent a cross-section of America. Yet, if there is an emblematic trait that sets us apart from “mainstream” America, it is a common, radical determination to take risks to bring Justice for the oppressed — in this case, the 1.6 [...]
Israel still callous on flotilla killing
PressTV Thu Jul 7, 2011 10:33AM Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says Tel Aviv will never apologize to Turkey for its 2010 attack on a Gaza-bound international aid flotilla that killed nine Turkish nationals and injured 50 others. “As far as we are concerned, there is no reason to [...]
#Flotilla2 | John Klusmire Capt. of The Audacity of Hope RELEASED From Jail – July 5 2011 – video
Captain John Klusmire who piloted The Audacity of Hope US Boat to Gaza was arrested for leaving port to escape a Greece police order. The boat traveled for 20-minutes in Greek waters before it was stopped by the Greece Coast Guard and 8-commandos carrying m-16 rifles. The Audacity of Hope was demanded to turn around [...]
French protest boat still headed toward Gaza
Published today (updated) 06/07/2011 11:10 The “Dignite al Karama”, pictured here in June 2011, is the only boat in a planned flotilla to have set sail for Gaza [AFP/Murielle Kasprzak, File] By Ella Ide ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A French motor yacht slipped out of Greek waters Tuesday in an attempt to break Israeli’s naval [...]
#Flotilla2 | French protest boat ‘quits Greece for Gaza’
July 5, 2011 | AFP PARIS — A small French pleasure craft with eight protesters on board left Greek waters overnight and set off for Gaza in an attempt to break an Israeli naval blockade, organisers said Tuesday. The “Dignite al Karama” is so far the only boat in a planned flotilla organised by pro-Palestinian [...]