8.-28.11.2008, by Sameh A. Habeeb, B.A.; Photojournalist & Peace Activist
Health Sector:
Crisis and Catastrophes:
-A severe shortage of basic medicines is up to 40%. Medicines of diabetes, heart, asthma and other chronic diseases are vanished from Gaza. Additionally, other kind of medicines for Cancer, Lennar and liver failure face sharp shortages.
-Sterilization and Disinfection and medical equipments and clothes face decrease up to ...
Lecture by Professor Ilan Pappe
Saturday, December 6th 2008, 19.00 hours, Vienna
Lecture by Professor Ilan Pappe
Professor Pappe is one of the leading „new Israeli historians“. His latest book, „The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine“, Oxford 2007, has been translated into German („Die ethnische Säuberung Palästinas“, Frankfurt 2007).
Ilan Pappe was born in 1954 in Haifa, Israel. His parents fled from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. ...
10th November 2008, by PCAS
PCAS: Entire Power Blackout, mass Move in Gaza
A total power blackout hit most of the Gaza strip areas today evening. Israel announced a comprehensive closure of the already closed borders banning crucial deliveries of Industrial fuel to get to Gazans sole and key power plant.
Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) quickly called for a mass a candlelight vigil Monday evening as full power outages prevailed Gaza City ...
The 3rd boat, the "Dignity" has arrived in Gaza!
LARNACA - The Free Gaza Movement is delighted to announce that their third boat, the Dignity, carrying 27 crew and passengers, arrived in Gaza at 8:10 Gaza time, in spite of Israeli threats to stop them. In the pouring rain, the boat pulled into port amid cheers from the people of Gaza and tears from the passengers. David Schermerhorn, a crew member called an hour before the boat entered Gazan waters to ...
Report On The Drastic Consequences of Gaza Siege Prepared by The Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS)
The Gaza Strip, Palestine
October, 2008
Introduction
As the Gaza Strip enters its fifth month of "calm" with the Israelis, 80 percent of the population lives below the line of poverty. Palestinian Legislative Council member and Chairman of the Popular Committee Against the Siege(PCAS), Jamal N. El Khoudary says, "Now more than ever international ...
Press release from the Free Gaza Movement, October 21, 2008
Contact:
Greta Berlin, Cyprus, 357 99 08 17 67
Angela Godfrey Goldstein, Jerusalem 972 547 366 393
Osama Qashoo, 447833381660
On October 28, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement will set sail again for Gaza. On board will be a Nobel Peace Prize winner, five physicians, a member of the Israeli Knesset, and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. The boat will again carry 26 passengers ...