Posts Tagged ‘gaza’
TV: Going for Gold in Gaza
November 10th, 2011 • News
Tags: channel 4, docu, gaza, london 2012, olympics, paralympics, tv, unreported world
Don’t miss this eye opening documentary on Channel 4 tomorrow night!
Unreported World meets members of the Palestinian Paralympic team hoping to qualify for London 2012. They find athletes struggling to train in the conflict zone. In a territory where those who die fighting the Israelis are considered the true heroes, the Paralympic team goes completely unrecognised by its own people – read more…
Palestinian atheletes have one 3 medals at previous paralympics:
- Bronze – Husam Azzam – 2000 Sydney – Shot put
- Silver – Husam Azzam – 2004 Athens – Shot put
- Bronze – Mohammed Fannouna – 2004 Athens – Long jump
Egypt Lifts Gaza Blockade
May 28th, 2011 • News
Tags: blockade, border, egypt, gaza, open, RAfah
On the Egyptian side:
On the Gaza side:
BBC pictures…
FILM: Valley of the Wolves – Palestine
January 28th, 2011 • Film & Documentary, News
Tags: film, flotilla, gaza, KUTLAR VADISI - FILISTIN, turkish, Valley of the Wolves - Palestine
New Turkish action movie, Valley of the Wolves – Palestine, based on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla:
Showing at Cineplex, Wood Green, London: “KUTLAR VADISI – FILISTIN”
Reviews: Guardian, New York Times (during production) & Al Jazeera report:
Israeli Troops Ordered to “Cleanse” Gaza
January 27th, 2011 • Film & Documentary, News
Tags: Concrete, documentary, film, gaza, idf, interview, Nurit Kedar, Operation Cast Lead, Testimony, war crimes
Stunning new testimony from IDF troops sent into Gaza during Operation Cast Lead from Nurit Kedar’s film ‘Concrete’:
Nurit Kedar’s film, Concrete, hears from Israeli soldiers who blame their military leaders for encouraging a “disproportionate” response to Hamas’s rockets.
They claim their commanders used to “psych up” soldiers before an operation so they were ready to shoot indiscriminately.
This is the first time Israeli soldiers have come forward publicly with claims which counter those of their bosses.
In a report first aired on Channel 4 News on Wednesday, 24-year-old tank commander Ohad remembers being told the night before the operation that the entry into Gaza was to be “disproportionate”.
Once into Gaza, he says his orders were unambiguous: “We needed to cleanse the neighbourhoods, the buildings, the area. It sounds really terrible to say “cleanse”, but those were the orders….I don’t want to make a mistake with the words.”
The IDF [Israel Defence Forces] has said its operational orders during the war emphasised “proportionality” and “humanity”.
The importance of minimising harm to civilians was made clear to soldiers, the IDF said at the time. By the end of the 22 day long operation some 1,400 Palestinians had been killed and large areas of Gaza razed. Ten Israeli soldiers and three Israeli civilians also died.
Read more at Channel 4 News…
Israeli Embassy response:
“Unlike much of the region, the open society within Israel allows for all allegations such as these to be aired and investigated.
“Israel has already authorised over 100 separate investigations into the operation, five broader investigations, and close to 50 criminal investigations are also taking place.
“All this in the context of having to respond to over 12,000 missiles raining on our citizens – such an operation could unfortunately never be flawless given these circumstances.
“Our judicial process is renowned across the world for its independence. This is a country after all, which holds even the very top of society to account, as has been proven in recent days. This is Israel in the 21st Century, a flourishing democracy, thriving amongst a desert of tyranny in the Middle East.”
Interview with filmmaker Nurit Kedar:
Nurit Kedar’s other films include ‘One Shot’:
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey
January 23rd, 2011 • News
Tags: book, doctor, Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, gaza, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey
Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish
We saved lives, your sisters’ blood wasn’t wasted.
Two years ago, Israeli shells fell on Dr Abuelaish’s family home in Gaza, killing three of his young daughters and their cousin. The horror was caught live on Israeli TV when the doctor phoned his broadcaster friend. Amazingly, the loss did not embitter Izzeldin Abuelaish. Instead he decided his girls’ deaths must not be in vain – and slowly he has turned his family tragedy into a force for peace.
Read the review at The Observer…
Gaza Global Day of Action – 18 Jan 2011
January 18th, 2011 • Action, Events, News
Tags: amnesty, anniversary, gaza, Global Day of Action
From Amnesty UK:
Demand justice for all victims of the 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel
18 January 2011 marks the second anniversary of the end of the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel but the victims have yet to receive justice or reparations.
Between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, a brutal conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed groups took place in Gaza and Israel.
Months later, the victims of this conflict are still being denied justice, truth and reparations due to the ongoing failure of the international community to effectively challenge impunity. Both Israel and Hamas have been allowed to fail in fulfilling the recommendations of the Goldstone report.
We need you to help us successfully challenge the attitudes and arguments that support the continuing impunity by lobbying for the UK Government to support an international justice solution such as a referral to the International Criminal Court.
- Write to your MP: download the information sheet on this action (pdf)
- Demand justice for all victims of the Gaza conflict
- Ensure universal jurisdiction powers are not weakened
READ MORE & GET RESOURCES FROM AMNESTY…
GAZA-STROPHE, the day after…
December 9th, 2010 • Awareness, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: film, gaza, GAZA-STROPHE, the day after...
We came to Gaza in the aftermath of the war, and with our friends the Palestinian Human Rights delegates, we discovered the extent of the Gaza-strophe. The accounts of dozens of witnesses of Israel’s war against Gaza who take us to depth of the Palestinians’ nightmare.
WATCH ONLINE HERE…
(via & thanks to Ted from Liverpool)
Noam Chomsky on Wikileaks, Gaza and more…
December 7th, 2010 • Film & Documentary, News
Tags: Democracy Now, gaza, Noam Chomsky, Wikileaks
A short clip from Noam Chomksy’s recent interview on Democracy NOW!, discussing the Wikileaks diplomatic cables and what it reveals about Gaza and Israeli policy:
- Watch the full interview: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal “Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership”
- and an extended portion: the Economy, U.S. Midterm Elections, Climate Change, Haiti, and More.
- Chomsky’s article, mentioned in the interview, is available at In These Times: Outrage, Misguided
Israel’s INTENTIONAL Mass Starvation Of Gaza
December 5th, 2010 • Awareness, News
Tags: gaza, gisha, starvation, submitted
or, “Put The Palestinians On A Diet”
via IMEMC:
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Documents, whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year, have been released after a legal battle led by Israeli human rights group, Gisha. The documents reveal a deliberate policy by the Israeli government in which the dietary needs for the population of Gaza are chillingly calculated, and the amounts of food let in by the Israeli government measured to remain just enough to keep the population alive at a near-starvation level. This documents the statement made by a number of Israeli officials that they are “putting the people of Gaza on a diet”.
Calculation sheet from newly-released documents
In 2007, when Israel began its full siege on Gaza, Dov Weisglass, adviser to then Prime-Minister Ehud Olmert, stated clearly, “The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” The documents now released contain equations used by the Israeli government to calculate the exact amounts of food, fuel and other necessities needed to do exactly that.
The documents are even more disturbing, say human rights activists, when one considers the fact that close to half of the people of Gaza are children under the age of eighteen. This means that Israel has deliberately forced the undernourishment of hundreds of thousands of children in direct violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Read more at GISHA’s website: Israel Reveals Documents related to the Gaza Closure Policy
Media Lens’ excellent campaign and analysis on the lack of media coverage:
Road To Hope Convoy Reaches Gaza!
November 27th, 2010 • Action, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: convoy, gaza, ken o'keefe, road to hope
