Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A group of women will try to reach the Gaza Strip on board a boat on Wednesday in a bid to break a decade-long blockade by Israel, a spokeswoman said. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006 but it was tightened in 2007 after the Islamist Palestinian group […]

As the flotilla approaches Gaza shores, one crew member reflects on the journey. I am on board the Zaytouna, but not as a crew member. I was expecting to be crew on the Amal II for the first two legs from Barcelona to Ajaccio and from Ajaccio to Messina, but ultimately the Amal II suffered […]

Soon after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, the largest Muslim charity in the United States – the Holy Land Foundation – was shut down, its assets frozen and five of its senior staff arrested by the FBI. The charity was founded in California in 1989 and […]

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A group of women will try to reach the Gaza Strip on board a boat on Wednesday in a bid to break a decade-long blockade by Israel, a spokeswoman said. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006 but it was tightened in 2007 after the Islamist Palestinian group […]

Wendy Goldsmith, a Canadian member on board the all-female flotilla currently making its way to the besieged Gaza Strip, provided the below update to Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon Manley.  I am on board the Zaytouna, but not as a crew member. I was expecting to be crew on the Amal II for the first two legs […]

The Israeli Navy has intercepted the Women’s Boat to Gaza bout 35 nautical miles from the coast of the besieged Strip UPDATE: Women’s boat to Gaza has released pre-recorded SOS messages by activists on board, as communication has been lost with the Zaytouna boat suggesting it has been intercepted by the Israeli Navy. Watch all […]

Outside of Facebook’s office at 770 Broadway in New York on Friday afternoon, activists protested Facebook’s recent partnernership with the Israeli government to crack down on “incitements to violence.” Despite the constant heavy rain, nearly two dozen protesters showed up to the event, organized by theSamidoun Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity Network and NYC Students for […]

Tell Facebook to end its collaboration with Israel’s regime of censorship, repression and political imprisonment, and demand the freedom of Palestinians detained for their posts on social media! Friday, 30 September 4:00 – 6:00 pm Facebook New York – 770 Broadway, Manhattan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1692217654438493 On September 12, the company agreed to work with Israel against Palestinian “incitement.” Incredibly, the […]

In breaking news from Barzilai hospital in Asqelan, Palestinian prisoner and hunger striker Bilal Kayed announced that he is suspending his hunger strike on his 71st day without food pending a press conference in which details will be announced tomorrow, as reported by his lawyers in Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Samidoun Palestinian […]

JENIN (Ma’an) — Palestinian prisoners held by Israel announced a three-day hunger strike in protest and mourning after a fellow detainee died in Israeli custody on Sunday morning following a fatal stroke.Residents of the occupied West Bank village of Yaabad in the Jenin district, said that Yasser Thiyab Hamduna, a 41-year-old Palestinian from the village, […]