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28 January 2010
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Press releases
Press release available also in Arabic, Spanish, French, Bahasa and Italian, other translations available soon.
Sending a Flotilla in the Spring to Break the Siege of Gaza
Contact:
- IHH, Ahmet Emin +90 530 341 19 34
- Free Gaza Movement, Eliza Ernshire +44 754 011 22 94
[Istanbul, Turkey] Today the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), announce a joint venture, sending 10 boats in the spring of 2010 to the besieged Gaza strip. Organizations from Greece, Ireland and Sweden have also promised to send boats to join the flotilla with the Free Gaza movement and Turkey.
Mr. Bulent Yildirim, chairman of the IHH said, “We sail in the spring to Gaza, and our last port is freedom; freedom for the 1.5 million Palestinians denied the right to rebuild their society. We will never stop sailing until Israel's siege is lifted.”
Two cargo ships will be part of the flotilla, one donated by the Malaysia-based Perdana Foundation and one from IHH. Both will be laden with building supplies, generators and educational materials that Israel prohibits from entering Gaza since their brutal attack on the civilian population a year ago.
The many passenger boats accompanying the cargo ships will carry members of Parliament from countries around the world as well as high-profile journalists and human rights workers.
According to the chair of the Free Gaza Movement, Huwaida Arraf, “The illegal blockade on Gaza and Israel's continued intransigence make a mockery of international law. If our governments will not take a stance to stop Israel's abuse of the Palestinian people, global civil society is showing that we will.”
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 our-last-port-is-freedom-Bahasa.pdf | Indonesian | 64 Kb |
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20 January 2010
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News
Ewa Jasiewicz is one of two coordinators for the Free Gaza movement, and witnessed the devastation to Gaza during Israel's brutal Cast Lead Operation in December 2008 and January 2009. Here is an interview with her as she talks to Frank Barat. Her book Gaza: Getto Nieujarzmione (Gaza: a Ghetto Unbroken) will be published in Poland by Ksiazka i Prasa in March.
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11 January 2010
Posted in
Newsletter
This announcement is available in Arabic, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Swedish from the top right dropdown menu and Malasian, Portuguese, Turkish and Catalan as attachment.
This spring, the Free Gaza Movement is sending at least six boats to Gaza to break Israel’s illegal blockade on 1.5 million Palestinians. This blockade constitutes an act of collective punishment, a crime prohibited under international humanitarian law. Gaza's man-made and internationally perpetuated crisis is set to deepen as Egypt builds an Iron wall 30 meters deep on the southern Rafah border, closing off the final route for Palestinians to get basic supplies.
The urgency of breaking the blockade grows by the day, as Palestinians living in this prison are denied their most basic rights.
Our mission will include two boats committed by a Turkish NGO plus a cargo ship purchased with donations from the Malaysian people. This ship will be loaded with cement, water filtration systems and paper - all essential reconstruction materials denied entry to Gaza by Israel.
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 Free Gaza-Catalan version2.doc | Catalan translation | 34 Kb |
| Tekrardan Pupa Yelken.doc | Turkish translation | 30 Kb |
| we-are-sailing-again-malasian.pdf | Malasian translation | 18 Kb |
| we-are-sailing-again-purtuguese.pdf | Portuguese translation | 64 Kb |
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08 January 2010
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News
For those of us, Palestinian, International and Israeli who are continuously outraged, we can still make our voices heard. Watch this video and see what happened around the world as supporters marched on December 31, 2009 and January 1, 2010 to demand of their governments, "Break the siege on Gaza, let them live in peace and dignity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The famous song you hear, Va pensiero by Giuseppe Verdi was first performed in 1842 when the Northern part of Italy was under the thumb of the Austrian empire, occupied as Palestine is today. It is a song about the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered, and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar).
The song has become a plaintive cry for freedom for all occupied people and is dedicated to the Palestinian fight for justice, from the Occupied West Bank to besieged Gaza.
Watch for the Free Gaza announcement of a flotilla of boats going to Gaza in the spring.
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07 January 2010
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News
One year after Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, the conditions of Palestinians in Gaza have not improved; in many respects things may seem even more dire, as hopes of a serious peace effort have been dashed. However, it would be a mistake to miss the more dynamic situation that suggests Israel’s power and impunity are not as invulnerable as they might appear. Ali Abunimah focuses on the silver lining around the cloud, not least that of the unbroken and still vibrant resistance of the Palestinian people.
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