In December 2008, the Israeli Defence Force unleashed a campaign to destroy the ability of Hamas to launch rockets and mortars into Israel. Around 300 children were among the 1,300 Palestinians that were killed. After the ceasefire, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of three children over a year.
Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their lives, Children of Gaza is a shocking, touching and uniquely intimate reflection on extraordinary courage in the face of great adversity
Showing posts with label Free Gaza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Gaza. Show all posts
10/22/10
Kia Ora Gaza
International Aid Convoy to Gaza
Day 34: 21 October 2010
Notes:
- Times: All times given are those of Egypt and Gaza. Their clock is 11 hours behind New Zealand time.
- Messages: The contents of this bulletin are real time texts from our Kiwi volunteers on their way to Gaza. Texts have been edited for readability.
- Writers: Roger Fowler and Chris van Ryn.
- Photos: Azra to Gaza blog.
http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/
Kia Ora Gaza was part of an international aid convoy that finally reached Gaza today after 34 days of travelling.
The convoy of 400 volunteers from 30 countries driving 150 vehicles was carrying medical supplies worth NZ$7 million and entered the region via the Egyptian-controlled Rafah Gate.
Rafah is the only land entrance to Gaza not under the control of Israel’s military
The team of six Kiwi volunteers joined the aid convoy led by Viva Palestina in heading to Gaza following the shooting of nine members of an aid flotilla by Israeli soldiers in May.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Aid-convoy-finally-reaches-Gaza/tabid/417/articleID/182594/Default.aspx
9/17/10
From Aotearoa to Gaza with Love
Kia Ora Gaza, he tira tenei no Aotearoa tonu e haere nei ki Gaza ki te awhina i te hunga o reira, a muri tonu i nga mahi whakatumatuma i waenga i te iwi o Iharaira.
6/13/10
Palestine/Gaza: The Siege
The three year old siege on the Gaza Strip and its 1.5 million inhabitants is a testament to the Israeli regime's disregard of law, decency and morality. This siege amounts to collective punishment, an action outlawed by various conventions and humanitarian laws. This is not to mention the suffering and humanitarian crisis caused by this law. This siege has been disgracefully condoned by the "international community" and justified by the "free world" as a measure that safegurads the security of the Israeli regime.
The same position was applied to the various humanitarian aid ships that were attacked and abuducted in international waters, and the aid carried by those ships confiscated. The killing of 9 Turkish activists on the the Freedom Flotilla on 1 June brought an abrupt end to international silence regarding the siege. It is unfortunate that the world needed to see the blood of those brave men to realize the brutality of the siege and of the besieger.
Nevertheless, it is our duty to finish what the brave men and women of the Freedom Flotilla and the campaigns that preceded it. It is time to break the siege
6/6/10
6/3/10
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