6/21/10:Protesters Prevent Unloading of Israeli Cargo Ship in Oakland
Hundreds of demonstrators, gathering at the Port of Oakland before dawn, prevented the unloading of an Israeli cargo ship. The demonstrators, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, picketed at Berth 58, where a ship from Israel’s Zim shipping line is scheduled to dock later today. The day shift of longshoremen agreed not to cross the picket line…(read more)
6/4/10: Israeli navy intercepts Rachel Corrie Gaza aid ship
Israel has intercepted the latest aid ship attempting to break its blockade of the Gaza Strip, activists say. Israeli officials have not commented on the latest claims, but they had earlier warned they would not let the Irish-owned MV Rachel Corrie reach Gaza. The confrontation comes days after Israeli troops stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, leaving nine people dead…(read more)
6/4/10: Autopsies reveal 9 men on Gaza aid boat shot, 5 in head
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Autopsy results by forensics experts in Istanbul revealed that all nine of the men killed by Israeli commandoes aboard the humanitarian convoy that had planned to dock in Gaza died of gunshot wounds.The autopsy results give clues about how the violence unfolded after Israeli commandoes stormed the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in the pre-dawn hours on Monday. Five of the men died with bullet wounds to the head, said Dr. Haluk Ince, the director of Istanbul’s Medical Examination Institute, said Friday.
One casualty, a 19-year-old dual national Turkish-American citizen named Furkan Dogan, was found to have bullet wounds in his head and multiple bullets in his body, Ince said…(read more)
6/4/10: Interview with Al Jazeera’s Jamal ElShayyal: One of the passengers on the Mavi Marmara
6/3/10: Sabotage on the High Seas
On Tuesday, Colonel Itzik Tourgeman told the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that two more ships are on their way to try and break the naval blockade of Gaza. The head of research in the operations division said, “The ships have not reached their target as of today because covert action was taken against them”…(read more)
6/3/10: Turkey Buries Its Gaza Flotilla Dead
Emotions are running high in Turkey at funerals for nine activists, all Turkish or of Turkish origin, killed in Israel’s raid on the Gaza aid flotilla. The bodies were flown from Israel to Istanbul, along with more than 450 activists, to a heroes’ welcome. Israel has said there is no need for an international inquiry into the incident, insisting its own will meet the “highest international standards”…(read more)
6/2/10: MV Rachel Corrie Continues En Route to Gaza
Yesterday’s Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in which up to 19 human rights activists were murdered in international waters has not deterred the Irish cargo ship the MV Rachel Corrie which is currently en route to Gaza and hopes to arrive this Saturday. Meanwhile the fall-out from the attack has pressured Egypt into opening the Rafah Crossing…(read more)
6/2/10: Gaza Flotilla Activists Resist Deportation Until All Are Released
At least 37 British citizens currently held by Israel are resisting attempts to deport them until all flotilla prisoners are released at the same time. Israeli spokespeople have said all foreign activists will be deported by the end of the day. However four Palestinian citizens of Israel among the activists have been remanded and face criminal charges. Free Gaza Movement activists say they will non-violently resist any attempts to deport them until all prisoners are released together…(read more)
