(This is Part 2 of a series. For the next several days, Gerri Haynes, a former president of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, will be sending back reports from inside blockaded Gaza. As she did twice before, Gerri has organized a team of doctors and other health care providers to work in hospitals and clinics [...]
(For the next several days, Gerri Haynes, a former president of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, will be sending back reports from inside blockaded Gaza. As she did twice before, Gerri has organized a team of doctors and other health care providers to work in hospitals and clinics in Gaza in an effort to directly [...]
(The following is from a Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign press release.) On Dec. 27, the second anniversary of Israel’s three-week assault on Gaza, Seattle-area activists are launching a Metro bus ad campaign to expose the use of U.S. taxpayer money to support Israel’s ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people. Inspired by similar public advertising campaigns [...]
Zoughbi Zoughbi, the of Director of Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center in Bethlehem, speaks in this video about his reasons for having hope about the challenges facing Palestinians in the long struggle to find peace in the Palestine-Israel conflict. Wi’am is a grassroots organization working to promote peace by training people on both sides [...]
From Media with Conscience: An aid ship carrying eight Jewish activists from Europe, Israel, and the US was apprehended by the Israeli navy just miles off the coast of Gaza after being warned by a warship. Navy commandos boarded the Irene, and then the passengers were led off the boat. Rich Cooper, an organizer with [...]
When: 4 PM, Saturday, October 2, 2010 (doors open at 3:45 PM; please use the sanctuary entrance off NW 65th Street) Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117 Ken O’Keefe is a US Marine veteran of Operation Desert Storm turned justice and peace activist who has appeared on the BBC [...]
In May, Gerri Haynes led a Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility delegation to Gaza. As Gerri reported in her blogs, while there, the delegation of nine provided humanitarian services and support for hundreds of patients and colleagues in Gaza. The medical delegation included specialists in the fields of cardiology,neurosurgery, urology, psychiatry, orthopedics, oncology and grief [...]
(Gerri will give a report on the current situation in Gaza at the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirkland at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22.) In May, 2010, I traveled to Gaza with eight other members of Physicians for Social Responsibility to work with medical colleagues in hospitals and clinics. This land has been [...]
The Israeli military seized the aid ship MV Rachel Corrie early this morning, preventing the delivering of over 1000 tons of medical and construction supplies to besieged Gaza. The Free Gaza Movement said all the passengers “are believed to be unharmed.” The Rachel Corrie carried 11 passengers and 9 crew from 5 different countries, mostly [...]
Update 10:13 Friday, June 4 UPDATE 10:05: Greta Berlin, of the Free Gaza movement says the MV Rachel Corrie, is being tailed by the Israeli navy, and at one point came along side, according to reports. But, at this point, no one has tried to come on board. Berlin says the ship is now about [...]
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