Category: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Washington surgical team helping kids in Gaza every day

(This is Part 6 in 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 […]

Washington doctors get briefing on Gaza water crisis as surgeries continue

(This is Part 5 in 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 […]

Thursday January 20th, 2011 in Gerri Haynes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | No Comments »

Washington doctors in Gaza continue work with clinics, surgery and lectures

(This is Part 4 in 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 […]

Doctors find Gaza still lacking food, clean water, electricity

(This is Part 3 in 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 […]

Doctors get warm welcome in Gaza

(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 […]

Guest blog by Gerri Haynes: Washington physicians group heading for Gaza again

(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 […]

Seattle media campaign, vigil remember and protest Israel’s assault on Gaza

(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 […]

Monday December 20th, 2010 in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | No Comments »

Director of Wi’am, a Palestinian conflict resolution center talks of hope

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 […]

Saturday December 18th, 2010 in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | 1 Comment »

Israel halts Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Jewish activists

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 […]

Tuesday September 28th, 2010 in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | No Comments »

Palestine solidarity activist Ken O’Keefe, survivor of the Mavi Marmara attack, to speak in Ballard

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 […]

Wednesday September 22nd, 2010 in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Uncategorized | No Comments »