聽has formally requested that the聽聽prosecutor investigate the targeting of journalists in Gaza as war crimes.
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Yousef Al-Helou is a British-based journalist from Gaza city who has worked with Al Araby TV Network. He currently manages . Al-Helou sent the below greetings to a screening the Palestinian film The Wanted 18 in Geelong organised by Socialist Alliance on May 18.
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Haidar Eid is an associate professor of English literature at Al Aqsa University in Gaza. He and his students joined the Great March of Return protests near the Israeli border. Eid鈥檚 statement below was read out at the Socialist Alliance鈥檚 May 18 screening of the Palestinian film The Wanted 18 in Geelong.
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We, the victims of a multi-tiered system of oppression, occupation, colonisation and apartheid, are fighting on behalf of the international community for the rule of law.
In just over 24 hours on May 14 and 15, the single greatest number of deaths and injuries of Gazans at the hands of the Israeli military since the start of the Great March of Return protests on March 30 occurred. Lisa Gleeson writes Israel鈥檚 latest crimes must be a catalyst to strengthen the struggle for Palestinian freedom.
The world saw two starkly opposed moral cultures on May 14, writes Barry Sheppard.
A group of young聽Palestinians聽in聽Gaza聽has founded 鈥淭he Crutches鈥:聽the first聽football (soccer) team聽for聽amputees聽injured during the last three聽Israeli聽attacks on the besieged territory.
鈥淚srael is carrying out a murderous assault against protesting Palestinians, with its armed forces killing and maiming demonstrators who pose no imminent threat to them,鈥 Amnesty International聽said on April 27聽as thousands of Palestinians taking part in聽Great March of Return聽rallies in Gaza faced Israeli bullets for the fifth week in a row.
Over those weeks, Amnesty said, 鈥渢he Israeli military has killed 35 Palestinians and injured more than 5500 others 鈥 some with what appear to be deliberately inflicted life-changing injuries鈥.
Fifty Palestinians have been killed in Gaza鈥檚 eastern perimeter since March 30, five of them children and two journalists, writes Maureen Clare Murphy. The vast majority were participating in the Great March of Return protests, during which no Israelis have been killed or injured.
Palestinians in Gaza had hardly begun their 鈥淕reat March of Return鈥 campaign before Israel responded with a level of violence and brutality not seen for some time, writes Lisa Gleeson. Yet their protests continue.
What began as a protest in 1976 after a rash of land confiscations by Israel 鈥 met by Israel with the killing of six unarmed Palestinians 鈥 Land Day each March 30 is an annual focal point for Palestinian frustration at being forcibly displaced and unable to return home.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, a long-time supporter of Palestinian rights, posted a that was to be read out April 7 demonstrations across Britain against Israel's latest killings of Palestinians in Gaza. By April 8,聽the death toll of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while protesting in Gaza since March 30聽 had .
Israel鈥檚 massacre of peaceful protesters in Gaza on March 30, in which 18 people died and almost 1500 were injured, has spread outrage across the world.
At least 18 Palestinians have died in Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on Friday, March 30聽on a protest near the Gaza Strip鈥檚 eastern border with Israel. As many as 1700 Palestinians were wounded, with videos posted online showing unarmed Palestinians being shot in the back while taking part in a protest that day.
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