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]

17th June 2009 ‘‘The situation in Gaza is often compared to that of a giant prison. This is hugely mistaken as prisoners in civilized societies are afforded three meals and do not live under constant insecurity. The daily life in Gaza is worse than a prison as most Palestinians struggle to have two meals a day and are living hand to mouth. They are also under constant insecurity with no … [read more]

Ottawa - Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. Ottawa - Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment … [read more]

by The International Campaign to Open the Rafah Border, June 16, 2009 Contact: Don Bryant 0020 177543411 English   Christian Chantegrel 0020 0197490757 French The International Movement to Open the Rafah Border (IMORB) is into the fourth day of a sit-in at the Rafah Gate. The group consists of Christian Chantegrel, Portugal; Micheline Garreau, Jacque Denko, Laila Mami … [read more]

Solidarity needed now: Ahmad Sa'adat enters second week of hunger strike The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat Ahmad Sa'adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has entered the second week of his hunger strike to protest the policy of isolation and solitary confinement practiced by the Israeli prison administration against Palestinian … [read more]

An American group returning from Gaza says it will deliver a letter from Hamas to US President Barack Obama who is to give a landmark address to the Muslim world in the Egyptian capital on Thursday. Hamas official Ahmad Yousef confirmed that he wrote the letter, which the US women's antiwar group CODEPINK plans to deliver on Thursday. An American group returning from Gaza says it will deliver … [read more]

Published On 6/3/2009 By SARA ROY The recent meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu generated speculation over the future relationship between America and Israel, and a potentially changed U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Analysts on the right and left are commenting on a new, tougher American policy characterized by strengthened U.S. demands on … [read more]

Obama's speech shows little real change. In most regards his analysis maintains flawed American policies http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/04/barack-obama-middleeast     Once you strip away the mujamalat – the courtesies exchanged between guest and host – the substance of President Obama's speech in Cairo indicates there is likely to be little real … [read more]