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Gaza - Gazan voices demand to be heard

Time inside Gaza is like being transported back to a different age. A small area under siege, ruled by Hamas, attacked by Israel and the 1.5 million people continue to suffer. I went there to report on daily life and document a world that much of the Western media prefers to ignore or caricature. It was not what I expected. Desperate at times and often infuriating, but also a people that are exhausted of conflict and crave local and international engagement. For example, Israel deliberately targeted the educational institutions during the January conflict.

Gazan voices demand to be heard.

My following work is now available:

- An article in US magazine The Nation about the landscape of destruction in Gaza.…

by Antony Loewenstein on 09/08/09 | Read More

Gaza - The troubles of boundaries,borders and occupation.

This article below further articulates the troubles of boundaries,borders and occupation. 
Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism. By Darryl Li
In mid-January, when Israel further tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip, it hurriedly assured the world that a “humanitarian crisis” would not be allowed to occur. Case in point: Days after the intensified siege prompted Hamas to breach the Gaza-Egypt border and Palestinians to pour into Egypt in search of supplies, Israel announced plans to send in thousands of animal vaccines to prevent possible outbreaks of avian flu and other epidemics due to livestock and birds entering Gaza from Egypt.[1] Medicines for human beings, on the other hand, are among the supplies that are barely trickling in to Gaza…

by Darryl Li on 15/01/09 | Read More

Gaza - The true story behind this war is not the one Israel is telling.

I came across an article from our UK paper “The Independent” that astounded me today, perhaps because it is a clear and undiluted approach to a current tragedy; also about a wall, similar to the border you have chosen as a subject. I thought it might interest you as this would be the subject of the film I would make if I thought the media would broadcast it.

Johann Hari: The true story behind this war is not the one Israel is telling.

The world isn’t just watching the Israeli government commit a crime in Gaza; we are watching it self-harm. This morning, and tomorrow morning, and every morning until this punishment beating ends, the young people of the Gaza…

by anonymous on 03/01/09 | Read More

Gaza - we've been able to defy an unjust and illegal policy while the rest of the world is too intimidated to do anything.

The Free Gaza Movement is delighted to announce that their third boat, the Dignity, carrying 27 crew and passengers, arrived in Gaza at 8:10 Gaza time, in spite of Israeli threats to stop them. In the pouring rain, the boat pulled into port amid cheers from the people of Gaza and tears from the passengers.  David Schermerhorn, a crew member called an hour before the boat entered Gazan waters to say, “There is a rainbow stretching across the Mediterranean from where we are right now.”
Yesterday, the Israeli Navy said they would stop our vessel once it reached Israel’s territorial waters. Apparently to save face, they said they would harm our boat, arrest us and tow us IF we entered…

by Greta Berlin on 29/10/08 | Read More

Gaza - We intend to break Israel's blockade as often as we can.

On October 28, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement will set sail again for Gaza.  On board will be a Nobel Peace Prize winner, five physicians, a member of the Israeli Knesset, and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.  The boat will again carry 26 passengers and crew to the port of Gaza.
“We’ve spent the past month making sure our boat is better and stronger, because the weather is getting more severe.  Since we promised the people of Gaza we’d return, we wanted to make sure we would return safely”, said Derek Graham, first mate on board the boat.  Mairead Maguire, the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work for peace in Northern Ireland and one of the…

by anonymous on 24/10/08 | Read More