For the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30/5/2010 For more than a hundred years, our Palestinian people suffer from the robbery of their national and human rights. The majority of Palestinians are refugees dispersed all around the world. Gaza, which stands strong in its resistance to the occupation, is subjected to intense … [read more]

Amira Hass The year 2009 was the quietest for Israelis from the security point of view and the most violent for the Palestinians from the point of view of attacks by settlers in the West Bank." Just as he was saying this - as an example of one of the absurdities that characterize the political situation - Palestinian Agriculture Minister Ismail Daiq received a phone call from the Jenin district … [read more]

For the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30/5/2010 Call for participation in the preparation*   For more than a hundred years, our Palestinian people suffer from the robbery of their national and human rights. The majority of Palestinians are refugees dispersed all around the world. Gaza, which stands strong in its … [read more]

The use of white phosphorus and other weapons containing toxic metals have triggered a startling increase in birth defects in Gaza By Mariam Hamed Special to Palestine Note, February 16, 2010 In Gaza's hospitals, one might see peculiar, near-alien looking objects in the maternity ward.  Is this child human, or is it from another planet, escaped from some Hollywood movie? The … [read more]

The use of white phosphorus and other weapons containing toxic metals have triggered a startling increase in birth defects in Gaza By Mariam Hamed   Special to Palestine Note, February 16, 2010  In Gaza's hospitals, one might see peculiar, near-alien looking objects in the maternity ward.  Is this child human, or is it from another planet, escaped from some … [read more]

UK, February 19, 2010 (The Palestine Telegraph; by Ramy Abdu) - British Middle East policy in the human rights arena has long been suspect. Evidence of this is plentiful: its complicity with the United States in misleading the public to go along with the war on Iraq, our support for ongoing drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Britain's obvious silence on Israel's collective … [read more]

Participants of Freedom to Palestine Convoy gathered at the IHH head office, Istanbul. IHH President presented certificates of gratitude to the participants and signaled another aid convoy by sea. He reiterated foundation’s determination of organizing convoys unt  The people who took part in last month’s Freedom to Palestine Convoy met at the head office of the IHH Humanitarian Relief … [read more]

The Independent, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 They are threatened with drowning by the Egyptians and punitively taxed by Hamas. Our correspondent meets the Palestinian smugglers bringing oranges, car batteries and bottle tops to a territory under siege They are the real resistance. They are the lung through which Gaza breathes. True, missiles must pass along their subterranean tracks, … [read more]

PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 469, Feb. 5, 2010 ‘ARAB WOMEN WORKERS NEED NOT APPLY’ A recent report from Israel’s National Insurance Institute showed that half of all Arab families in Israel are classified as poor compared with just 14 per cent of Jewish families.   Yuval Steinitz, the finance minister, told a conference on employment discrimination this month … [read more]

Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) and Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) are holding a report back event on the successful trip to the occupied Gaza Strip. Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) and Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) are holding a report back event on the successful trip to the occupied Gaza Strip. The meeting will take place on Monday 1st … [read more]

The Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week Solidarity in Action: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions March 2010 www.apartheidweek.org   Mark your calendars - the 6th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will  take place across the globe from from the 1st to the 14th of March 2010! Since it was first launched in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events … [read more]

Translations of this press release are available at: http://www.freegaza.org/our-last-port-is-freedom Sending a Flotilla in the Spring to Break the Siege of Gaza Contact: * IHH, Ahmet Emin +90 530 341 19 34 * Free Gaza Movement, Eliza Ernshire +44 754 011 22 94     [Istanbul, Turkey, 28 January 2010] Today the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), … [read more]