“I can only give false assurances to my children”
| Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – Wednesday, 01 May 2013 |
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Today, 1 May 2013, marks the International Labour Day, which commemorates peoples right to work, along with their protection of human rights in the work place. However, as the rest of the world celebrates this day, the situation of fishermen in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate. |
How is Gaza’s Ark not an aid project?
A number of Palestinian civil society organizations have said very clearly: they do not want to depend on humanitarian aid; they need their freedom to live in dignity. The economy of Gaza has been very prosperous in the past; it can be again in the future. To get there, the entire humanitarian “aid” in the world will be insufficient without the political will to end the blockade.
The economic contribution of a boat with 40 cubic meters of goods is necessarily symbolic: the important thing is the political gesture to assert the Palestinians’ right to freedom of movement and economic sovereignty. Our slogan is not so much against aid as it is also for (fair) trade, and more broadly, in favor of economic sovereignty.
Lift blockade on Palestine, India tells Israel
United Nations: India has voiced its strong concern on the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and urged Israel to completely lift the blockade on Palestine and implement the provisions of ceasefire agreement reached in November 2012.
Addressing the Security Council Open Debate yesterday on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Kumar Mukerji said that Israel has recently taken some measures to allow flow of essential goods into Gaza.
Israel’s War against Palestine on Fishing Rights
Global Research, April 29, 2013
Israel persecutes Palestinians many ways. Collective punishment is prohibited. Fourth Geneva’s Article 33 states:
“No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.”
“Pillage is prohibited.”
“Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.”
Resistance fends off Israeli soldiers north Gaza
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GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian resistance on Monday evening repelled an Israeli military incursion into the east of Beit Hanoun district in northern Gaza.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a force of foot soldiers infiltrated dozens of meters into Beit Hanoun, but resistance fighters fired a hail of mortar shells at them forcing them to draw back and leave the area.
Must-see photos: Activists remix “Visit Israel” ads on Irish bus shelters
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 04/24/2013 – 00:38
Radio interview: The Situation in Gaza – with Jim Manly
Canadian Boat to Gaza delegate Jim Manly, a former Member of Parliament and United Church minister, who travelled aboard the Estelle last October in order to break the blockade of Gaza, explains how he became interested in the situation in Gaza, the boarding of the Estelle, and solidarity with Gaza today.
Author: Doug Brown, Jim Manly
Copyright: Unusual Sorces 2013
Uploaded on: 24 April 2013
