By Werner Lange, July 25, 2009 This was my first trip to the Middle East, and it was an eye-opener as well as heart-breaker.  It was an unforgettable experience filled with the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful.  Let me start with the good.   Our delegation of some 200 persons was a good one, a very good one, which consisted not only of Americans from every walk of … [read more]

Iraq war veteran and ANSWER Coalition representative Michael Prysner shares his experience as a member of the Viva Palestina delegation to Gaza. Before our arrival in Gaza, British MP George Galloway asked his Palestinian contacts there what they needed the most. Among other things, they said they needed vehicles, medical aid and school supplies. But the number one thing that they needed, the … [read more]

The Viva Palestina U.S. convoy faced one obstacle after another, but ultimately succeeded in breaking the blockade and entering Gaza with vital aid for the besieged Palestian population. The Egyptian government has closely collaborated with Israel’s suffocating and criminal blockade for more than two years, and set up a broad range of administrative obstacles that delayed our group’s entry … [read more]

Written by Free Gaza Team | 06 July 2009 “The landing of two wooden boats carrying human rights activists in Gaza is an important symbolic victory ... Above all, what is being tested is whether the imaginative engagement of dedicated private citizens can influence the struggle of a beleaguered people for basic human rights, and whether their courage and commitment can awaken the conscience … [read more]

Press Release 14th July 2009 Palestine Return Centre (PRC) expressed deep anxiety towards Israeli practises in occupied Palestinian territories. International laws, UN resolutions, International court of justice, 4th Geneva conventions and many other charters are being repeatedly and clearly violated by Israel which is meet with a lamentable silence by the International community as well as … [read more]

July 14, 2009, 11 pm, Cairo, http://www.vivapalestina-us.org/ The Viva Palestina US caravan has received a permit to allow the group passage through the Rafah gate and into Gaza after spending 10 days in Cairo trying to overcome a series of bureaucratic delays.   The American convoy is mobilizing to carry busloads of supplies to the people of Gaza on Wednesday, July 15, and … [read more]

from Prison Cell, Givon Jail, Ramle, Israel Adie Mormech, one of over 21 human rights workers and crew taken prisoner on Tuesday 30th June when their boat was forcibly boarded by the Israeli navy, has spoken by mobile phone from his prison cell at Givon jail, Ramle, near Tel Aviv. Amongst the other prisoners from the Free Gaza Movement boat, Spirit of Humanity, are Nobel Peace prize … [read more]

Press Update From The Free Gaza Movement Larnaca, Cypus, July 3, 2009: This morning, the five kidnapped passengers from Bahrain left Israel via a private jet sent by their king. They will hold a press conference in Bahrain tonight at 7 pm Bahrain time. The two Al Jazeera journalists will be freed sometime today, their equipment given back to them but not the footage of the Israeli terrorist … [read more]

PRESS RELEASE, 2 July 2009 GENEVA - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, denounced the unlawful naval seizure by an Israeli gunboat on the high seas of a ship carrying medicine and reconstruction material to blockaded people of Gaza.   “This Israeli action implements its cruel blockade of the … [read more]

30 June 2009: medicine, toys and olive trees confiscated For more information contact: Greta Berlin (English) tel: +357 99 081 767 / friends@freegaza.org   Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish): tel: +357 99 077 820 / sahara78@hotmail.co.uk www.FreeGaza.org   [23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded … [read more]

One of Cynthia's friend received a phone call from Ramle prison. One of Cynthia's friend received a phone call from Ramle prison. The incarcerated prisoners are calling themselves "Free Gaza 21" even though Huwaida and Lubna have been released. Below is Cynthia's statement;   "We were in international waters on a boat delivering humanitarian aid to people in Gaza when the Israeli Navy … [read more]

For more information, please contact: Greta Berlin (English/French) or Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish) tel: +357 99 081 767 / email: friends@freegaza.org For more information, please contact: Greta Berlin (English/French) or Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish) tel: +357 99 081 767 / email: friends@freegaza.org (LARNACA, 29 June 2009) - The Free Gaza boat the "Spirit of … [read more]