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]

from Free Gaza Movement, 25 June 2009 (25 June 2009, LARNACA) - This is not the statement we in the Free Gaza Movement intended to release today. We had hoped to announce that our two ships, the Free Gaza and the Spirit of Humanity, departed from Larnaca Port on a 30-hour voyage to besieged Gaza, carrying human rights activists who have travelled to Cyprus from all across the world for this … [read more]

(Doha, 22 June 2009) In three days, the Free Gaza movement sails 240 miles from Cyprus to Gaza, its eighth mission to break Israel’s draconian siege on 1.5 million Palestinians there. In the holds of the FREE GAZA and the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY will be tons of cement, and suitcases full of toys, crayons and coloring books for the children, all items banned by Israel’s government. Contact: … [read more]

by Ayman Quader, Gaza Since the establishment of the Palestinian refugee camps in 1949 as part of the aftermath of the Palestine-Israelconflict, the Palestinian refugees have been gravely suffering and are considered the longest suffering from this injustice. They are denied the basic access to life itself. It is worth mentioning that the refugee camps were established as a temporary-living … [read more]

Support the Right of All Refugees to Return Home! Sunday, June 21st, 11 a.m. Central Park, South Side of Bandshell (enter park at 69th St on East Side or 72nd St on West Side) Support the Right of All Refugees to Return Home! Sunday, June 21st, 11 a.m. Central Park, South Side of Bandshell (enter park at 69th St on East Side or 72nd St on West Side) On Sunday June 21, public … [read more]

Press Release , 15th June 2009 In a key policy speech coming at the back of seeming US pressure for a move towards peace in the Middle East, the right of return, a fundamental pillar for lasting peace in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, is gravely threatened as the Israeli Prime Minister; Benjamin Netanyahu, lays out his vision of a Palestinian State.   Stating for the first time … [read more]