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Red Cross Demands Family Visits For Palestinian Prisoners

Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 9:40 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Julie Webb-Pullman writes from Gaza: Irfan Sulejmani, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sub-delegation in Gaza, today called on the Israeli Govt to permit the families of Gazan prisoners held in Israeli jails to be permitted visits. More >>

One of the five political prisoners of San Sebastián Bachajó

Sunday, 10 July 2011, 12:11 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

To our comrades of the Other Campaign To our comrades of the Zezta Internazionale To our comrade adherents to the International Campaign in Defence of the Barrios and our allies around the world To civil society in Mexico and the world: Loving ... More >>

Open Letter to Prime Minister of Greece on Gaza Flotilla

Friday, 8 July 2011, 12:18 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

I am extremely concerned at the actions of your government in preventing from leaving Greek waters the vessels of the Freedom Flotilla 2 – Stay Human, which are attempting to carry material and symbolic humanitarian aid to the people of the illegally-blockaded ... More >>

Freedom Flotilla 2: Open Letter to the PM of Greece

Friday, 8 July 2011, 11:24 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

I am extremely concerned at the actions of your government in preventing from leaving Greek waters the vessels of the Freedom Flotilla 2 – Stay Human , which are attempting to carry material and symbolic humanitarian aid to the people of the illegally-blockaded ... More >>

Gaza: Stay human? Just Staying Alive Is Hard Enough

Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 11:50 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Julie Webb-Pullman: Let’s begin by defining what constitutes a humanitarian crisis. Most international organisations and governments would accept the term to signify *“a serious disruption of the functioning of society, whether developing suddenly ... More >>

Julie Webb-Pullman Gaza Exclusive - Vox Pops On The Flotilla

Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 11:24 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

This evening on the Gaza beach (where everyone goes to cool down - rich and poor, men and women, singles and families) I asked several people what importance they attach to the upcoming flotilla. Here are their responses, some in English, some ... More >>

Gaza Can’t Count On Israel – And Israel Just Can’t Count

Friday, 24 June 2011, 10:08 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Julie Webb-Pullman writes: In response to a phone call from UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon regarding the critical shortage of construction materials in Gaza, Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak has announced a decision to increase their flow into the Strip. More >>

Scoop Exclusive From Gaza: Hamas On The Housing Crisis

Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 2:53 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

Gaza Exclusive: Julie Webb-Pullman interviews Narji Sahran, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Hamas government’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Public Works and Housing. I asked Narji what effect the Israeli siege has had on the work of his Ministry. More >>

Gaza: UNRWA Responds "Of course the blockade is illegal...."

Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 10:12 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Gaza: UNRWA Responds "Of course the blockade is illegal, and it is not helpful. We are shouting this all the time, every minute." By Julie Webb-Pullman In Gaza More >>

Gazans Begin Their Own Blockade, of UNRWA - Photo Story

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 2:13 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

On Thursday I arrived at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warehouse at Rafah to find a protest camp blocking the gate. The Domestic Committee for Demolished Houses invited me into their tent, to tell me their story. More >>

Gaza Feature: You Can’t Develop An Economy Based On Tunnels

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 11:32 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Gaza: You Can’t Develop An Economy Based On Tunnels A view inside the Tunnels which supply Gaza city with Scoop's Story and Images by Julie Webb Pullman (In Gaza City - Gaza) More >>

NEWSFLASH: Under Fire - Bombs, Rockets In Gaza Moments Ago

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 11:22 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

As I worked on an article about an hour ago a huge BANG shook the city. I messaged a friend “Was that a bomb” and he replied, “yes, a strong one.” The air was filled with a humming noise interspersed with whooshes…my heart was fluttering ... More >>

Gaza Flotilla: Interview with Dr Ahmed Yousef

Monday, 13 June 2011, 3:27 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

There are two fundamental issues here that should be of concern to people of conscience everywhere. The first is the impunity enjoyed by the rogue state of Israel, and the second is the immense suffering caused by its illegal siege of Gaza. More >>

Gaza Flotilla: Dr Ahmed Yousef IV On Breaking the Seige

Sunday, 12 June 2011, 9:43 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Gaza Flotilla: Interview with Dr Ahmed Yousef, Secretary General, The House of Wisdom Institution for Conflict Resolution and Governance, and past-President of the Committee for Breaking the Siege More >>

Webb-Pullman: 100 countries ‘staying human’ – will Israel?

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 2:16 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

A year after Israeli Defence Force personnel massacred nine humanitarian aid volunteers on the Mavi Marmara in international waters, preparations are well underway for another 1500 to take their place, to confront the root cause of Gazan’s dependence on humanitarian ... More >>

Mavi Marmara event Turkish Embassy 31 May 2011

Thursday, 2 June 2011, 11:58 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Members of Jordan Lifeline and others gathered to pay tribute to the nine Turkish citizens murdered by Israeli defence forces on the Mavi Marmara one year ago today, and to demand justice for the dead, and the lifting of the siege of Gaza. More >>

Jordan Celebrates 65 years of Independence

Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 1:38 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

The Professional Association on Saturday hosted the 65th anniversary celebrations of Jordan's independence with an event in Amman, Jordan addressed by Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and other dignitaries. More >>

Turkish supporters arriving for Al Nakba attacked in Jordan

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 11:13 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

A bus carrying Turkish citizens who went to Karameh in an act of solidarity with Palestinians was attacked by Jordanian police and thugs, breaking many windows and injuring several occupants. More >>

Muslim Brotherhood remember Nakba - and Karameh - in Jordan

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:59 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

After Friday prayers, thousands of Jordanians converged on the small Jordanian town of Karameh, site of the bloody battle on March 21 1968 between Israeli invasion forces, and the combined forces of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and the Jordanian ... More >>

Al-Nakba in Jordan – Shame has a new name

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:31 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

Following Friday's peaceful event, over a thousand people on Sunday commemorated Al-Nakba by travelling from Amman to the Square of the Unknown Soldier, outside the town of Karameh, in the Jordan valley, several kilometres from the border with Israel. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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