Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Excerpts from an interview with Yasser Abbas in Ramallah – 18 December 2008 – by Marian Houk – Part 3
Other excerpts:
Part 4: Separation of Powers in Ramallah
Part 2: Fatah and Hamas – what’s the problem?
Part 1: Fatah and Hamas – and the Abbas family house in Gaza
Question (Marian Houk): Let me start by asking [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Egypt, Gaza, Global Economy, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Qatar
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Almost a week after they were confronted by Israeli naval vessels and towed to the Israeli port of Ashdod, the Free Gaza Movement indicates that its activists captured at sea on board a boat flying a Greek flag and sailing from Cyprus to Gaza were “accused of entering Israel illegally”, but that all charges were [...]
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Filed under: Cyprus, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Marian Houk
The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that “The Cypriot Embassy in Tel Aviv issued a statement following the incident, saying ‘The Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Israel would like to inform that the “Spirit of Humanity” boat, sponsored by the Free Gaza Movement, that attempted in the early hours today to reach Gaza was [...]
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Filed under: Ambassadors and other diplomats, Boundaries & Borders, Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
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 the [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Law of the Sea Convention, 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 Open [...]
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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
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 release that [...]
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Filed under: Cyprus, Gaza, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Sanctions
Posted on June 26th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The Free Gaza movement has been warned not to try to sail to Gaza — its latest expedition of two ships was supposed to leave Cyprus yesterday but did not, after Cypriot authorities required additional detailed inspections — but the international activists say they “will not back down from Israel’s threats and intimidation”
According to their [...]
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Filed under: Cyprus, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions, UN Peacekeeping, USA
Posted on April 25th, 2009 by Marian Houk
ABC news reported a couple of days ago that “The surviving Somali pirate suspect from the attack on the U.S. flagged merchant ship Maersk Alabama sobbed in a Manhattan courtroom today where a judge determined that he will be tried as an adult. There is still some confusion over the actual age of Abdulwali Muse, [...]
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Filed under: International Law, International Tribunals, Law of the Sea Convention, Somalia, USA
Posted on April 14th, 2009 by Marian Houk
“As they bobbed in the ocean near the USS Bainbridge, a Navy destroyer sent to rescue Phillips, the teenage pirates were experiencing withdrawal after days without khat, a mildly narcotic leaf chewed in for its stimulant effects” — from a report in the Washington Post, here.
Then, three hijackers were killed, and, the Washington Post said, [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, International Law, Law of the Sea Convention, Somalia
