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Global Condemnation of Israeli Armed Attack on Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla: At Least 10 Dead, Hundreds Remain in Detention
It was early Monday morning as Israeli soldiers stormed the Gaza-bound international aid convoy called the Freedom Flotilla in international waters about forty miles off the coast of Gaza. The six ships had nearly 700 international activists on board and 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. They were aiming to break the three-year-long siege of the […]
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Violent attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla – Israel cannot be allowed to act with impunity
The Israeli violent attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this morning is an act of international piracy which the world must condemn and take suitable measures against. More specifically, international civil society and governments of the world that respect and uphold international must immediately initiate sanctions against Israel to compel it to obey international law. […]
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Gaza aid convoy killings: “Those responsible must be held criminally accountable” – UN expert
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, urged Monday the international community to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of some 16 unarmed peace activist, when Israeli armed commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to Gaza. “Israel is guilty of shocking behavior by using deadly […]
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Boycott Israel and Stop US Billions in Annual Aid
The civilized world should immediately implement a boycott against Israel for their heinous crimes against humanity. The recent murdering of those innocents on the Gaza Aid ship is just one more example. In addition, the United States should stop funding Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity. Israel has Cost US Taxpayer”s 1.6 Trillion since […]
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Call for Action: Global Day to Break Israeli Siege
Today we watched with horror as Israel committed its massacre against the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza murdering 19 unarmed civilians and leaving over 50 injured. The peaceful Flotilla carrying over 10,000 tones of humanitarian aid to Gaza and over 700 pro-Palestinian activists was attacked by Israeli Navy forces using live ammunition, teargas, grenades…etc. The Israeli […]
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Tutu condemns Israel aid-boat attack
May 31, 2010 3:25 PM | By Sapa Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and a group of retired global leaders have joined international leaders in condemning the Israeli forces’ raid on a ship delivering relief supplies to Gaza. “We as elders condemn Israel utterly for this attack. The actions of the Israelis is inexcusable,” said […]
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Call for Action by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
1 June 2010 Palestinian civil society calls for intensifying boycott and sanctions as Israel massacres humanitarian relief workers and international solidarity activists Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) strongly condemns last night”s fatal attack by the Israeli navy on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid […]
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South African civil society outraged at Israeli massacre
Issued by the Coalition for a Free Palestine 31 May 2010 The undermentioned civil society organisations, including the Palestine solidarity movement in South Africa, the South African Council of Churches, and the Muslim Judicial Council, are outraged by the massacre committed by Israeli forces this morning, in flagrant violation of international maritime law. At 04:30 […]
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Israel reveals its true face: The murder of these peace activists will count. Sanctions must surely be the price
o Ahdaf Soueif o guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 May 2010 23.00 BST This will count. A flotilla of relief boats attacked in international waters. Armed commandos boarding a vessel carrying supplies for a besieged civilian population. More than 10 peace activists reported killed. This has to be made to count. The dead have joined Rachel Corrie, […]
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Pakistanis for Palestine condemns Israel’s attack on the International Freedom Flotilla
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 31-May-2010 Press Statement Pakistanis for Palestine condemns the naked aggression of the Israeli Defence Forces against the international “Freedom Flotilla”, the convoy of ships attempting to carry humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip that has been unilaterally blockaded by Israel since June 2007. The ships were in international waters, about 150 […]
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