Week 13 in Gaza > Refurbishment > Endorsement > Documentary
Our nautical brains trust devising the refurbishment plan.
by Michael Coleman
Well this week has been another productive week, though after the excitement of last week with the boat purchaseand the second product release it almost seems mundane. Even though this week saw the start of the refurbishment process, we received another significant endorsement and we finalised the arrangements for a full length documentary to be filmed about the project.
The week started with the winch being removed from our fishing vessel, the first step in our vessel being transformed from a fishing trawler into a cargo vessel.
Michael Coleman interviewed from Gaza
FM 96.9 Plains On Demand – New Zealand
Earthwise – Michael Coleman, Australian activist in Gaza
Click here to listen from source website.
- Programme
- Earthwise
- Episode title
- Michael Coleman, Australian activist in Gaza
- Description
- As their situation becomes ever more precarious, as they are oppressed more and more harshly, fishermen and farmers being shot as they try to make a living, the Palestinians of Gaza need solidarity with humanitarians on the outside.
- Duration
- 0 hour(s) 26 minute(s)
- Release date
- May 22 2013
- Download
- mp3 version
A video message by Dr Mona El Farra from besieged Gaza
20 May 2013
Dr. Mona El-Farra has recorded a short video as she has been trapped in Gaza due to the latest closure of the border, this time by the Egyptian authorities. Her national speaking tour of Australia is in jeopardy but we are hopeful she will be able to travel soon along with the thousands of other Palestinians who are waiting at the Rafah border crossing.
"This is the reality of being in the world's largest prison…"
Dr. Mona El-Farra is with the Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of Gaza's Ark based in Gaza.
Israel to “re-extend” Gaza fishing zone to 6 miles
21 May 2013
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Israeli government has decided to re-extend Gaza’s fishing zone to 6 miles, after reducing it in March following a rocket attack from the coastal territory, a statement from Israel’s army said Tuesday.
The decision was announced after a meeting between Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Moshe Yaalon, who then informed the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah.
Senior Egyptian and international officials were also informed about the decision, the statement added.
Ann Wright in Belfast to promote Gaza’s Ark
Ann Wright holding banner on the right
May 20, 2013
Ann Wright gave a presentation on Gaza's Ark in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Gerry and Sinead MacLochlainn and Phil McCollough of the Irish Boat to Gaza helped organize the event.
Irish Friends of Palestine send delegations to Gaza several times a year.
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Ann Wright is a retired Army Reserve colonel and a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves. She was also a diplomat in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She resigned from the Department of State on March 19, 2003, in opposition to the Iraq war. She is the co-author of “Dissent: Voices of Conscience” (http://www.voicesofconscience.com).
Shut In, Shut Down, Shut Up: Three Years after Mavi Marmara
By Greta Berlin
Three years ago, the Free Gaza movement was wrapping up final preparations for a flotilla of eight ships to head out to Gaza, determined to break Israel’s illegal siege on 1.5 million Palestinians shut into an open-air prison. Most of us were already in Cyprus or Turkey or Greece, as we were the primary organizers, having already sent eight voyages, five of them successful in 2008.
Why a flotilla of boats?
David Heap and Ehab Lotayef on Voice of Palestine
This week we talk with the two spokespersons for Gaza’s Ark here in Canada, David Heap and Ehab Lotayef, who update us on the project and what people here can do to help. We reached David in Italy where he is promoting the Ark project and then spoke with Ehab in Montreal.
Our final piece of music is by Lebanese singer Marcel Khalife, Walking Tall, and we dedicate it to the proud Gazan people who continue to walk tall and resist the Israeli occupation until they are able to live free and with dignity.
Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer:
Report: Week 12 in Gaza
by Michael Coleman
17 May 2013
This has been a productive week for Gaza’s Ark, we were excited to announce that we have finally purchased the fishing vessel that we will now converted into Gaza’s Ark, plus we had our second release of Palestinian products that will be exported aboard the Ark. While on the personal front I spent a night on the water doing some accompaniment work with Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza and also spent some time in the Jabalia Refugee Camp.
Breaking: We have purchased Gaza’s Ark
On the 65th commemoration of the Nakba, the struggle continues:
We have purchased Gaza’s Ark
With your help, we will sail towards justice
When Palestinians and other people of conscience mark Nakba (Catastrophe) Day on May 15, they insist that the world acknowledge the history of Palestinian dispossession since 1948. As world leaders have ignored Palestinian dispossession in general, they have also ignored the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza under the Israeli blockade. Gaza's Ark is a people-to-people campaign to force the injustices faced by Palestinians in Gaza back onto the world's agenda.
We are excited to announce today that we have bought the boat that will become Gaza's Ark!
Israel won’t pursue criminal charges despite damning Gaza report
The army's comments follow reports by Israeli rights group B'Tselem that the army had failed to investigate cases of civilian deaths sufficiently, particularly those where it found the military may have been in violation of international law.
"Because the military refuses to provide real information about incidents in which Palestinians who did not take part in the hostilities were harmed, B’Tselem is unable to investigate the lawfulness of each and every military strike during the operation," a report issued Thursday by the rights group read.
