Libyan Aid Boat Heading To Gaza
A charity ship sent by Libya to the Gaza Strip will be heading from Greece to Gaza in an attempt to break the illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region…
48 New Cars Make It Into Gaza Via Special Tunnel
Egyptian smugglers managed to smuggle nearly 48 new cars into the Gaza Strip via a tunnel specially made for smuggling vehicles. The Middle East Saudi newspaper said that the smugglers…
UN Flotilla Probe Set To Start In Spite Of U.S. Reservations
The committee, lead by Former International Criminal Court President Phillipe Kirsch, will investigate the deaths of nine Turkish citizens at the hands of Israeli naval commandos. Phillipe Kirsch, who has…
PCHR Response to Publication of New Israeli List of Items Banned from Entry to Gaza
On Sunday, 4 July 2010 the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs published two lists, detailing items not permitted to enter the Gaza Strip and those used for construction, which may…
Egypt Locates 60 Cars Meant To Be Smuggled To Gaza
The Egyptian Security Forces managed to foil an attempt to smuggle more than 60 cars, reportedly meant to be brought into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel specifically designed for…
Commission Head Requests Increased Powers in Flotilla Probe
Israeli daily, Haaretz, is reporting that Israel will impart the commission to investigate the massacre aboard the MV Mavi Marmara with greater authority, yet it still will not be allowed…
Jordanian Union Members Denied Entry To Gaza
The Egyptian Authorities denied Jordanian professional union members from crossing the Rafah Border Terminal into Gaza. Members of the union stayed four days at the terminal but were eventually forced…
Indonesian Parliamentarians Arrive In Gaza
A number of Indonesian parliamentarians arrived in the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday morning, in a visit that is only expected to last for six hours.The 35 Parliamentarians, headed by the…
Yemen Islamic Activists Collect Donations To Send Ships To Gaza
Several Islamist activists in Yemen launched a campaign to collect donations in order to prepare a Yemeni Flotilla that would sail to Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies. Legislator, Mohammad al-Hazmi,…
Turkey Closes Airspace to Israeli Military
Turkey’s Prime Minister announces that Turkey’s airspace was closed to Israeli military flights after the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this past May.The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip…
Iran Will Not Send Aid Ship To Gaza
Iran retracted its intention to send aid ships to the Gaza Strip and stated that Israel’s illegal siege on the coastal region and its illegal measures are the cause for…
Gaza Power-Plant To Stop Functioning Friday
Engineer Canaan Obeid, deputy head of the Gaza Power Authority, stated that the only power plant in the Gaza Strip will stop functioning on Friday evening as it will run…
Exclusive: Leaked documents show PA undermined Turkey’s push for UN flotilla probe
A document sent to Ibrahim Khraishi, Palestinian Authority representative at the UN in Geneva, proves that the PA attempted to undermine Turkey’s push for a UN Human Rights Council investigation…
Iranian Ship Sails To Gaza Sunday
A spokesperson of the Iranian Red Crescent announced Tuesday that the Iranian aid ship heading to Gaza will be sailing this coming Sunday. The statement came shortly after some sources…
Russia Demands Israel To Lift The Siege On Gaza
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Israel to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, and also demanded actual measures to end the humanitarian crisis in the coastal region. The siege…
U.N. Human Rights Council Approves International Committee To Probe Flotilla Attack
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted for forming an international committee to probe the deadly Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla on May 31, leading to dozens of casualties…
Israel Officially Informs UN It Will Intercept Lebanese Solidarity Ship
Tel Aviv sent an official letter to the United Nations stating that it will, and “has the right” to intercept the Lebanese solidarity ship, Mariam, carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza.Israeli…
Israel Closes Gaza Trade Crossings
Despite Israel’s Thursday decision to “ease restrictions on Gaza”, the Israeli Authorities closed all trade crossings leading to the coastal region. The closure, unless extended, will last until Sunday. Fattouh…
Israel Decides To Use Force Against Lebanese Solidarity Ships
The Israeli government instructed the army and the navy to intercept, and if necessary, to use force against the two Lebanese ships that would be heading to Gaza to deliver…
Ayalon: “Israel Might Agree To International Observers Monitoring Gaza Crossings”
Israeli deputy Foreign Minister, Dani Ayalon, stated that Israel might accept having international observers monitor Gaza Strip border crossings in order to supervise the transfer of humanitarian supplies to Gaza.His…
Amnesty International Calls For Ending the Siege on Gaza
Amnesty International issued a statement urging Israel to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip, stating that the siege is a form of collective punishment against 1.4 million Palestinians.Commenting on…
Israel To Ease Some Restrictions On Goods To Gaza
The Israeli Ministerial Cabinet decided on Thursday morning to ease some of the restrictions it enforces on the entry of goods and supplies into the besieged coastal region. The cabinet…
Freedom Flotilla 2 To Sail In Mid-July
The Freedom Flotilla 2 carrying humanitarian supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip will be sailing to Gaza in mid-July 2010. All arrangements have been concluded and several ships are now…
EU Wants Blockade Lifted, Israel Responds with own Demands
The EU desires the Gaza blockade lifted, international participants in any inquiry. Israel wants future ships stopped before they leave port.The EU has expressed to Israel its desire to see…
Israel Tells Tehran, Beirut Solidarity Ships Will Be Stopped
Israel sent messages to Iran and Lebanon threatening that it will resort to violence if needed in order to prevent the Iranian and Lebanese solidarity ships from reaching the Gaza…
Iran Does Not Plan To Escort Solidarity Ship
Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hussein Salami, stated that the Corps has no plans to escort the Gaza-bound solidarity ships heading from Tehran.The statement is contrary…
Gush Shalom Slams Decision To Hold An Israeli Probe Into Flotilla Attack
‘This is a cover-up commission, toothless and powerless. Even had it wanted to, it can’t probe the real issues. International friends of Dore Gold won’t bite’ This was the first…
Iranian Boats To Sail To Gaza With Aid Supplies
The first of two Iranian ships carrying aid left port on Sunday for the Gaza Strip, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The ship is transporting construction material, food and toys for…
The Truth Behind The Israeli Propaganda
I have, of course, been outraged at armed men boarding ships in international waters, killing passengers on board who attempt to resist and then forcing their ship to the hijackers’…
Preparations Underway For Mousa’s Visit To Gaza
Hisham Yousef, assistant Arab League Secretary-General, left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah terminal later on Thursday at night after conducting a short visit to observe the preparations for the…
50 Ships To Join Second Freedom Flotilla
Yasser Qashlaq, the head of the Free Palestine Movement, announced Thursday that Freedom Flotilla 2 could include up to 50 ships.Qashlaq said that a ship organized by Journalists Without Borders…
Egyptian Minister: “Egypt Will Keep Rafah Terminal Open”
Dr. Mofeed Shihab, Egyptian Minister of State for Legal and Representative Councils Affairs, announced that the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt will remain open in order to enable…
Two Iranian Aid Ships to Sail to Gaza
Abdul-Raouf Adeeb Zada, head of the the Iranian Red Crescent’s International Relations department , announced Wednesday that two Iranian ships carrying humanitarian supplies will be sailing to Gaza by the…
Israel Could Accept A British Proposal To Ease Gaza Siege
The UK submitted a secret proposal last week that suggested easing the siege on Gaza in return for what it called “a watered-down” investigation into Israel’s deadly attack on the…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Selects General for Flotilla Investigation
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi appointed Major General Giora Eiland to lead the investigation into the Freedom Flotilla raid and to “draw lessons” from the botched operation. The…
Egypt Prevents Nine Parliamentarians from Entering Gaza
The Egyptian Authorities stopped nine Egyptian Legislators at the Rafah Terminal who were trying to deliver construction supplies to Gaza.In Sinai, Egyptian Authorities confiscated four trucks filled with cement and…
Turkey Calls for International Investigation of Flotilla Raid
In a joint press conference with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Receb Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey will not be silent regarding Israel’s deadly raid on Freedom…
Senior Israeli Army Commander: Turkish Attempt To Break The Siege Would Be “Act of War”
A senior commander in the the Israeli military has stated that he believes that action taken by the Turkish government in protecting an upcoming flotilla to Gaza would be considered…
Knesset Revokes Privileges of MK Zo’by for Flotilla Participation
The Israeli Knesset house committee decided to revoke three key parliamentarian privileges of MK Zo’by for being part of the Freedom Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. The…
Arab Parliamentarians Visit Gaza
A delegation of Arab Parliamentarians visited the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a step that was described as a move to challenge the Israeli siege on the coastal region, and…
Mousa To Visit Gaza In Coming Days
Arab League Secretary-General, Amro Mousa, will be heading to the besieged Gaza Strip in the coming few days. Mousa phoned Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and informed him of his intention.…
Flotilla Organizers: Israel Fakes Radio Conversation To Depict Flotilla Passengers As Anti-semites
The Israeli army published a Youtube video on Saturday that includes a radio conversation Israel says it happened between the Marmara passengers and the Israeli navy prior to the attack…
Israel Agrees to Form an Investigation Committee into Flotilla Attack, Lebanese Ship to Sail Soon
Israeli Army Radio reported that Israel agreed to form an investigation committee for its violent attack against the Turkish ship heading to Gaza with the solidarity flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies…
Name Of Slain American Activist Omitted From New York Times Article
The New York Times provided, on Thursday afternoon, internet ‘coverage’ of the deadly Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla and its nonviolent peace activists heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian…
Infant Dies Due To Ongoing Siege
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that an infant died at a hospital in Gaza after Israel refused to allow his family to transfer him to an Israeli hospital to receive…
Egyptian Convoy Heading To Gaza Monday
Egyptian Legislator, Dr. Hazim Farouq, stated Friday that an Egyptian humanitarian convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip this coming Monday carrying construction materials. Dr. Farouq, who was among…
The ‘Rachel Corrie’ is on Her Way
[Cyprus, June 4, 2010] The Rachel Corrie is 150 miles away from Gaza in international waters and on her way. They will arrive on Saturday morning. The 1200 ton cargo…
Obama Attempts to Justify Israel’s Attack On Freedom Flotilla
United States President, Barack Obama, attempted to justify Israel’s deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla, described it as tragic, yet stated that Israel has “legitimate concerns regarding the Gaza Strip…
Israeli Interior Minister Recommends MK Zo’by Be Stripped Of Citizenship
Israeli Interior Minister, Elie Yishai, sent a letter to the Legal Councelor of the Israeli government, Yehuda Feinstein, recommending that he revokes citizenship rights of Arab MK, Hanin Zo’by, for…
South Africa Recalls Ambassador To Israel
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera reported that South Africa has recalled its ambassador to Israel to protest the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Ships filled with humanitarian supplies, and…
Israel Rejects International Investigation Into Its Attack On Solidarity Ships
The Israeli government stated Thursday that its opposes any international investigation into its violent and deadly attack against the Freedom Flotilla that was heading to Gaza, leading to the death…
Thousands Participate In Funeral Of Turkish Activists
Thousands of Turkish nationals and international activists participated on Thursday in the funeral of Turkish peace activists who were murdered by the Israeli Navy during the attack against the Marara…
Arab MK Receives Death Threats for Participation in Freedom Flotilla
Arab Member of Knesset Hanin Zo’by was given a security detail after she received several death threats for her participation in the Freedom Flotilla, the convoy of aid ships that…
Arab League Calls For Lifting The Siege On Gaza
Arab League secretary-general, Amro Mousa, stated that the Arab League will demand the United Nations to ensure Israel lifts the siege on Gaza immediately, and added that the Arab League…
Resident Sent To Gaza, Turkish Wife Deported
The Israeli government sent a Gaza Strip resident back to the coastal region while his Turkish wife was deported back to Istanbul. The resident and his wife were among the…
Fundamentalist Israeli Legislators Interrupt Arab MK’s Speech, Call For Deporting Her To Gaza
Several fundamentalist members of Knesset attacked Arab legislator Hanin Zo’by, Wednesday, during a discussion of Israel’s deadly raid against the Gaza-bound humanitarian Freedom Flotilla.Zo’by was onboard one of the solidarity…
Three Planes Carrying Turkish Activists Land In Istanbul
Three Turkish ships, carrying hundreds of human rights activists who were kidnapped and attacked by the Israeli army, during the illegal Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza,…
Israeli Ambassador to US: Attack on Flotilla was “Humane … responsible”
In an interview with Fox News, the Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, told viewers that he believed that his government’s raid on an unarmed aid ship in international…
“They Shot From The Air.” Details Emerge About Israeli Attack on Aid Ships
Some of the aid workers and activists arrested from Freedom Flotilla have been released from Israeli detention and are beginning to tell their stories of the botched Israeli raid that…
Freedom Flotilla Activists To Receive Palestinian Citizenship
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that, in appreciation of their efforts, all those who were aboard the Freedom Flotilla or helped organize it will be granted honorary Palestinian citizenship.The Palestinian…
ECESG: “We Have Donations To Prepare First Three Ships of Freedom Flotilla 2”
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) reported that it has enough donations to prepare the first three solidarity ships of ‘Freedom Flotilla 2,’ a second humanitarian…
Netanyahu: “Siege will Continue”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel will not end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.He said that the his government’s stance has not changes, and that the…
45 Flotilla Activists Released from Israeli Detention
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, Tuesday, that Israel will release and deport the 620 peace activists who were arrested after Israel’s violent raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla. Several…
B’Tselem Demands Investigation into Attack on Solidarity Ships
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) is demanding that Israel conduct an “immediate, independent and effective” investigation into the Israeli raid that killed 19…
Israeli Army Warns Violent Interception of Flotilla Straggler
The Israeli Army and Navy are willing to use violence against the Rachel Corrie, an Irish ship that was supposed to sail with the Freedom Flotilla but was delayed by…
Flotilla Activist’s Family on Hunger Strike to Demand his Release
The family of Osama Qashoo, a British citizen of Palestinian descent, has declared a hunger strike that will only end with Qashoo’s release. Qashoo was one of the activists aboard…
Governments Condemn Israeli Attack on Aid Ship
A number of countries have issued strong condemnations of the Israeli raid on the Freedom Flotilla, and Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel. The violent raid left 19 activists dead…
Protests around the world in response to Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla
Hundreds of protests were organized Monday calling on the world’s governments to hold Israel accountable for its unprovoked attack on the humanitarian convoy attempting to saild to Gaza.10,000 people gathered…
Israel Tows Aid Ships to Ashdod, Detains 700 Activists Including Foreign Members of Parliament
16 hours after the attack on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla that killed at least 19 passengers, Israeli naval vessels towed the convoy’s ships to the port of Ashdod. The Israeli…
Nineteen Activists Killed In Israeli Attack On Freedom Flotilla
19 activists were killed in the attack and dozens were wounded, Israeli news agencies reported.Among the wounded was Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement,…
15 Killed And 30 Wounded After Israeli Navy Attacks Freedom Flotilla
In what activists are calling a ‘massacre on the high seas,’ Israeli commandos assaulted a ship sailing with the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza. The Israeli commandos roped from…
News Agencies Call On Israel To Lift Media Blackout On Gaza Flotilla Attack
The Israeli Navy has jammed all communications aboard the ships of the Freedom Flotilla, blocking cell phone signals and internet connections aboard humanitarian aid ships. Scrambling the signals preceding the…
Hamas: “Israel’s Attack on the Solidarity Ships, a Crime Against Humanity”
Hamas announced that it is holding Israel responsible for its deadly commando raid on the Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the death of at least 16 activists. Hamas called the…
The Aftermath: Three days of mourning in Palestine, Israel seals off Gaza
Reactions in the Middle East and around the world to Israel’s violent raid on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla.Secretary of the Arab League, Amro Mousa: Israel feels it is above the…
Turkish Protesters Try To Storm Israeli Consulate In Istanbul After Israel Attacks Turkish Ship
Protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate to demand the expulsion of the Israeli embassador in response to this morning’s news that the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza had been…
Communication Lost With Freedom Flotilla
The Israeli Navy has scrambled all communications with the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy carrying hundreds of peace activists and tons of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.Al-Jazeera reporter said that…
Israeli Navy Boat Approaches Flotilla Ship
The al-Jazeera journalist travelling aboard the Freedom Flotilla reported that an Israeli patrol boat approached his ship and demanded to see its captain. Human rights activists aboard the Flotilla say…