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Leaders of Israel's Arab community said Wednesday they'll head to Gaza on a boat laden with humanitarian aid to defy their government's blockade of the territory.
Amira Hass breaks Israeli ban on journalists entering Gaza, tells stories of Palestinians living under siege.
Veteran Haaretz journalist Amira Hass, who traveled by boat to Hamas-ruled Gaza last month in defiance of Israel's blockade of the territory, was detained in Sderot on Monday after Hamas instructed her to leave the Strip.
(IsraelNN.com) Haaretz journalist Amira Hass was among a group of foreign activists that landed in Gaza in early November in a challenge to Israeli sovereignty off of the Gaza coast. Hass was recently told to leave Gaza by Hamas.
An eclectic group from Hamas officials to a flag-waving scout troop showed up to greet a Libyan ship planning to flout an Israeli blockade and deliver 3,000 tons of aid to this impoverished seaside strip. But they met only disappointment.
Mon, Dec 1, 2008 (12:39 p.m.) An eclectic group from Hamas officials to a flag-waving scout troop showed up to greet a Libyan ship planning to flout an Israeli blockade and deliver 3,000 tons of aid to this impoverished seaside strip. But they met only disappointment.
A Qatari charity said on Monday it plans to ship one ton of medical aid to the Gaza Strip this week in a bid to defy an Israeli blockade on the tiny Palestinian territory. "We intend to send a boat in a symbolic gesture, carrying a ton of medicine to our brothers in Gaza," said Abdallah al-Nimaa, vice president of the Qatar Charity Organization.
An eclectic group from Hamas officials to a flag-waving scout troop showed up to greet a Libyan ship planning to flout an Israeli blockade and deliver 3,000 tons of aid to this impoverished seaside strip. But they met only disappointment. The freighter was turned back Monday by the Israeli navy, ending the first high-profile attempt by an Arab country to break the blockade of Gaza. ...
A Libyan freighter was turned back by the Israeli navy, ending the first high-profile attempt to break the blockade of Gaza. Analysts said the incident showed that Arab and Muslim nations won't risk military confrontation with Israel.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An Israeli reporter who arrived in boat to Gaza says Hamas has told her to leave the territory for security reasons.
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