MENA: Rage after Israel Attacks Gaza-bound Flotilla
Emotions are running high across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), after Israel attacked a peaceful flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to besieged Gaza - and the Twittersphere is ablaze.
According to Reuters:
The violent end to a Turkish-backed attempt to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip by six ships carrying some 600 people and 10,000 tonnes of supplies raised an outcry across the Middle East and far
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Protest Eviction Orders & Demolition of Palestinian Homes
THE COMMUNITY OF SHEIKH JARRAH CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
*SET UP TENTS OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSIES WORLDWIDE IN SOLIDARITY WITH NEIGHBOURHOODS OF OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM*
Amnesty accuses Israel of using human shields in Gaza
The London-based human rights group also accused Hamas of war crimes, but said it found no evidence that the Islamist rulers of Gaza used civilians as human shields during the 22-day offensive Israel launched on December 28.
It also reiterated its call for an international arms embargo against Israel.
"Much of the destruction was wanton and resulted from direct attacks on civilian objects," Amnesty said in a study.
Activists vow to keep up Gaza trips despite Israel
Israel boarded a small ferry carrying activists to Gaza on Tuesday, intercepting the vessel in Gaza's Israeli-controlled coastal waters. Those detained included an Irish peace laureate, a former member of the U.S. Congress and charity workers from Bahrain.
The activists, called the Free Gaza Movement, first started sending aid directly into Gaza in August 2008, but had been intercepted by the Israeli navy on two previous occasions.
Israeli navy seizes aid ship
Viva Palestina USA to defy blockade of Gaza
By John Parker
Published Jul 1, 2009
June 30–Today units of the Israeli navy blockading Gaza attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the Spirit of Humanity, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries. The passengers and crew, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, are being forcibly dragged toward Israel. The boat is carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza with an international delegation that set sail from Cyprus.
Reuters - Egypt border police kill African migrant, hurt two
The killing is the second of an unarmed migrant on Egypt's border with Israel in less than a week.
The security sources said they had spotted three men attempting to slip across the border into Israel and ordered them to stop, opening fire when the migrants failed to do so.
The unidentified African man was killed by a bullet fired into the right side of his chest, and the two Eritreans with him were also shot, the sources said.
اشمعنى غزة
كالعادة تصدمني قدرتنا على الجدل العبثي من زوايا عجيبة في قضايا أنا كنت شايفها واضحة تماما. و كالعادة ترعبني شوفينية دفينة في مجتمعنا ممزوجة باستعداد غير مفهوم لأننا نسمع خطاب دولة و نظام كلنا عارفين أنه شغال ضد مصالحنا و نكبة علينا.
مفيش كلام جديد يتقال في موضوع غزة و الصراع العربي الاسرائيلي، بس الحوارات العبثية اللي شغالة اليومين دول مستفزة جدا. و بالذات الكلام عن الحدود. read more »
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