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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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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