Posts tagged: Israel

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 […]

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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 , , , , , , , , | 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 , , , , , | 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 , , | 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 , , , , | No Comments »

Seattle medical delegation to give report on Gaza on July 18

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 […]

Tuesday June 29th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Guest blog by Gerri Haynes: Reflections on the Public Health Crisis in Gaza, 2010

(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 […]

Thursday June 17th, 2010 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Israeli military boards aid ship MV Rachel Corrie, passengers ‘unharmed’

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 […]

Saturday June 5th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

2nd UPDATE: Israelis shadowing aid ship Rachel Corrie but not boarding

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 […]

Thursday June 3rd, 2010 in , , , | 1 Comment »

Aid ship Rachel Corrie still heading for Gaza

The MV Rachel Corrie, a converted merchant ship bought by pro-Palestinian activists and named after the 23-year-old American peace activist from Olympia, Washington, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003, set off Monday from Malta. The organizers – the Free Gaza Movement – said their intent remains to break Israel’s blockade […]

Tuesday June 1st, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »