16th April 2017 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Today marks the 6th anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni, a journalist and an italian activist working with the International Solidarity Movement, in Gaza. Arrigoni first ...
Read More »Israeli forces stole 21 boats and sank two more just in the last 3 months
5th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Just in the last 3 months Gaza’s fishermen had 21 boats stolen and 2 sunken by the Israeli occupation forces. Each small boat sustains at least 20 ...
Read More »Testimony of one of the latest attacks against Gaza’s fishermen
12th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine Last Wednesday Rajab Khaled Abu Riela, 30 years old, his brother and two cousins left Gaza’s port at 12 pm. They stayed out fishing until 1:30 am. ...
Read More »Five year anniversary of the death of Vittorio Arrigoni
18th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Last Thursday 14th April marked four years since the disappearance of Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza, under the Israeli blockade. According to subsequent statements and investigations carried out ...
Read More »Israeli navy attacks and seriously wounds Gaza fishermen
1st March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine One month ago Mohamed Said El Saidi, 23 years old, and his brother went back to the sea around 5am in order to pick up ...
Read More »Sami Ali El Goga – The Story of a Gazan Fisherman
ISM Gaza met the fisherman Sami Ali El Goga, 36, who lost his hand and part of his arm the 12th March 2007, when he was attacked by the Israeli navy. In the same attack his boat was completely destroyed ...
Read More »What will Gaza’s Ark face from the Israeli navy as it challenges the blockade?
17th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The heavy bang is heard clearly, and I have to resist the impulse to climb over the breakwater to try to get a view of the attack in ...
Read More »“Soldiers opened fire at our boat and engine. We were about to sink”
21st March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Tuesday, 11th March, Israeli naval forces arrested two Palestinian fishermen and confiscated their fishing boat off the coast of Gaza City. The two cousins, Shabaan Abu Ryala (33) ...
Read More »Israel continues military violence against Palestinian fishermen in Gaza waters
19th February 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Three Palestinian fishermen were arrested and had their boats and gear confiscated by occupation forces on Tuesday, 11th February, in two separate incidents, despite the fact that they were well ...
Read More »Madleen Kolab, Gaza’s only fisherwoman
9th February 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine I have seen her standing there more then once, at the edge of the port, looking out over the boats in the harbor and then towards the horizon. ...
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