Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The IDF announced this afternoon that “an Israeli Navy force intercepted, boarded, and took control of the cargo boat ‘Arion’ [renamed by the Free Gaza movement for this voyage the "Spirit of Humanity"] which was bearing the flag of Greece and was illegally attempting to enter the Gaza Strip/Gazan Coastal Waters” Yes, the formal Israeli [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The Free Gaza expedition that left Cyprus by sea Monday morning must now be near Gaza’s maritime space, which has been under a formal Israeli naval blockade since the start of its ground offensive in Gaza on 3-4 January. Or maybe not — can the careful wording of some of the Israeli communications suggest that [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Though the Israeli government has refused, so far, to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Commission’s Fact-finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, a group of seven Israeli human rights organizations has presented a collective report of their own detailed findings which, they said, “should be investigated”. The Fact-finding Mission, led by Justice Richard Goldstone of [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The latest messages from the Free Gaza expedition, received about an hour ago, in the middle of the night (about 2 am local time) in the middle of the trip (halfway from Cyprus to Gaza) and in the middle of the Mediterranean (middle) Sea: “Israeli Navy surrounding SPIRIT and threatening to open fire. ‘You Cannot [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Cyprus, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Nabhan says he thinks not. He attended a workshop last week in Ramallah on this issue, and he later explained that he came to the conclusion that it is impossible to carry out investigative journalism in Palestine — not just because of the political division between the two main Palestinian factions (Fatah and Hamas), and [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Marian Houk
I once drove through the Ar-Ram checkpoint with two flat tires, just praying that the soldiers wouldn’t be more difficult than usual, so I could get to a garage to put in enough air to get to a place where I could have the tire repaired. That time, my tires were probably deliberately punctured in [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Uncategorized
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Today I went back to Shoafat Refugee Camp — the only Palestinian refugee camp inside Jerusalem, and inside Israel (excluding the West Bank and Gaza). It is still part of the “Greater Jerusalem” area that was unilaterally declared by Israel after its conquest in the June 1967 war. But it is one of the places [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Human Rights, International Court of Justice - ICJ, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The Free Gaza movement announced this morning that one of two boats that were supposed to constitute their eighth expedition from Cyrus to Gaza actually did leave Cyprus this morning, after days of negotiations and hesitation. Israel has said they will not allow this ship to pass. The Free Gaza movement said in a press [...]
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Filed under: Cyprus, Gaza, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Sanctions
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The ICRC is not alone in saying, as they do in a new report, that Gaza’s 1.5 million people are trapped in despair. During the 22-day IDF military operation, there was no safe place for civilians in the Gaza Strip, the report says. The small coastal strip is cut off from the outside world. Now, [...]
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Filed under: Donors, Egypt, Gaza, International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 28th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, led by Justice Richard Goldstone of South Africa, has issued a call to “all interested persons and organizations to submit relevant information and documentation that will assist in the implementation of the Mission’s mandate”. The Goldstone mission, an International Independent Fact Finding Mission established by [...]
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