21st October 2010
The Viva Palestina convoy of almost 150 vehicles, 370 people from 30 different countries and $5 million of aid has entered Gaza.
Amidst scenes of jubilation from thousands of Palestinians there to greet the convoy, Kevin Ovenden, the convoy director, expressed his joy at being in Gaza once again. "We have driven more than 3,000 miles to bring this essential aid and to break this illegal siege of Gaza. We have been ...
Tania Kepler, Alternative Information Centre, October 17, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized a construction bid for 240 new housing units in East Jerusalem settlements on Thursday (14 October), according to Israel’s Ynet News.
The homes will be constructed in the settlements of Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot. The areas, widely considered to be Jerusalem suburbs by Israelis, were established on land annexed by ...
by the Alternative Information Center
Some 8,000 people marched through Tel Aviv to the Ministry of Defense on 16 October 2010, in protest against the racist laws being promoted by the Israeli government and the Israeli security forces' population transfer exercises.
A long list of organizations, movements, and political parties participated in the demonstration, including the Hadash Party, Hithabrut-Tarabut, and the Negev Coexistence ...
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, the U.S. Boat to Gaza will sail this Spring..., by Salem-News.com (Oct-19-2010 15:12)
(NEW YORK) - US BOAT TO GAZA has released an update report on their plan to send a U.S.-flagged ship as part of the next Freedom Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
Representatives from the US BOAT TO GAZA have just returned from Geneva where an important meeting took place with representatives from Switzerland, ...
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is holding an International conference entitled “The Ongoing Nakba”. The conference will highlight the different mechanisms which Israel deploys in maintaining the ongoing expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians.
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is holding an International
conference entitled “The Ongoing Nakba”. The conference will highlight the different mechanisms which Israel deploys in ...
Legal, Political, and Grassroots Action to End Israeli Impunity, Press Statement, 11 October 2010
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in the home of the Geneva Conventions to welcome the Swiss Boat Initiative into the Coalition, as well as to discuss the various levels of our ongoing efforts to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. The Geneva Conventions, a body of law agreed upon by the world community to protect human life and dignity, continues to ...
