PRESS RELEASE: 2014-08-12 11:02 Responding to the Israeli aggression and the  complicity of world governments   The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) met in Istanbul in the shadow of the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza. We have watched atrocities being committed against an already besieged population. In the two day meeting (August 10th and 11th), the FFC concluded that it is … [read more]

Source: The Lancet The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 4 August 2014 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61297-6Cite or Link Using DOI Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961297-6/fulltext   The Lancet is a general medical journal that publishes research, news, and opinion about all aspects of human … [read more]

by Kristin Solberg source: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961125-9/fulltext The Lancet, Volume 384, Issue 9941, Pages 389 - 390, 2 August 2014, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61125-9, Published Online: 31 July 2014 The conflict in Gaza has claimed hundreds of civilian lives and damaged or destroyed numerous health facilities. Kristin Solberg, who was in Gaza … [read more]

Source: http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/adri-nieuwhof/candy-israeli-soldiers-cancer-gazas-civilians In an especially grotesque piece of propaganda, an Israeli weapons manufacturer has boasted of distributing candy to soldiers attacking Gaza. Israel Aerospace Industries, the company in question, is a leading supplier of drones to the Israeli military. Such drones are, of course, not … [read more]

By: Raed Al Nims Source: http://www.palestinercs.org/en/sdetails.php?sid=47 PRCS’ volunteer Mohamad Ahmad Al Abadleh (28) did not know he was about to live a nightmare when a distress call came in to the PRCS’ EMS Center where he works about Israeli shelling in Al Karara, an area to the East of Khan Younis. Mohamad joined PRCS as a volunteer four years ago in order to help fellow … [read more]

Join the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Movement today. Demand Sanctions on Israel Now. by BDS Movement Palestinian trade unions are calling on our brothers and sisters in the trade union movement internationally to stop handling goods imported from or exported to Israel. The trade union movement has a proud history of direct action against Apartheid in South Africa, the Congress of South … [read more]

By Raed Al Nims Source: http://www.palestinercs.org/en/sdetails.php?sid=46 PRCS’ Emergency Medial Technician (EMT) A’aed Al Bura’i (27) received a call at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday the 26th of July, indicating several civilian casualties in Al Masreen Street to the East of Beit Hanoun. When the call came in through their ambulance radio, A’aed and two of his colleagues were parked … [read more]

Source: http://www.palestinercs.org/en/details.php?nid=1010 (Al-Bireh - 25 7 2014) The PRCS condemns the targeting of Israeli occupation forces of two of its EMS teams. One of its ambulances was targeted in the afternoon (Friday- 257)in Beit Hanoun leading to the death of EMT volunteer Aaed Borei, 27 years old, and the wounding of three EMTs causing them moderate injuries. The PRCS equally … [read more]

by Raed el Nems source: http://www.palestinercs.org/en/sdetails.php?sid=45 “Kindly send an ambulance to the Mu’amar family home in Al Jneineh neighborhood”.   The phone call dropped like a bombshell on PRCS’ EMT Saleh Mu’amar (31) who works at PRCS’ Emergency Medical Services Center in Rafah. The call came at 4:00 a.m. following a day that had left a heavy toll of … [read more]

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition Condemns Israeli Attacks on Gaza, Ongoing Blockade, and International Complicity The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (with participation from England, France, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, USA, Canada and Australia) condemns the ongoing Israeli military assault on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, denounces the failure of the international … [read more]

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition Condemns Israeli Attacks on Gaza, Ongoing Blockade, and International Complicity The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (with participation from England, France, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, USA, Canada and Australia) condemns the ongoing Israeli military assault on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, denounces the failure of the international … [read more]

For Immediate Release Israel’s army fired five ‘warning’ missiles at El-Wafa geriatric hospital in Gaza City, Gaza. A New Zealand activist and other International volunteers now staying in the hospital in solidarity, have said they, "can hear missiles falling close by". "In attacking el-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, Israel is targeting the most vulnerable patients imaginable - people … [read more]