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Role of NGOs and International Organisations in Gaza
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 9:48 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
I began this paper with the intention of following the usual format of giving a short background to the current situation, then trotting out the theoretical model of the four generally accepted pillars of post-conflict reconstruction - security, governance, ... More >>
Gaza Offensive 2 Years On - The Children Tell Their Stories
Sunday, 26 December 2010, 10:49 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Today, December 27, marks the second anniversary of Israel’s brutal offensive against the Gaza Strip. In 22 days of relentless air and land attacks, more than 1400 Gazans, mostly civilians, were killed in what the United Nations ‘Goldstone Report’ described ... More >>
Wikileaks: Play ball, not man - and check who’s kicking it
Monday, 20 December 2010, 10:00 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
‘ When people write political commentary on blogs or other social media, it is my experience that it is not — with some exceptions — their goal to expose the truth. Rather, it is their goal to position themselves among their peers on whatever ... More >>
Kiwi’s breaking the silence, and breaking the siege
Thursday, 2 December 2010, 2:59 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Members of the Kia Ora Gaza team will be in Wellington on Monday 6 December to report back on their trip to Gaza to the local public, in a presentation called "Voices from Gaza." More >>
Captain charged, Gaza aid workers released
Monday, 15 November 2010, 1:37 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
The two Irish, seven British and an Algerian national kidnapped last Wednesday, 10 November by the owner/captain of the “Strofades IV” ship were released from custody in Greece on Sunday, while the captain has been arrested by Greek authorities, and ... More >>
Julie Webb-Pullman: The Reconstruction of Gaza
Monday, 8 November 2010, 10:12 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
Between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009 Israeli military forces conducted land, sea and air bombardments of the Gaza strip, resulting in massive destruction of all aspects of life. More >>
Julie Webb-Pullman: Photo Essay from Gaza
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 1:10 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Against the wall in Gaza...Day Two. Gaza has more than 2000 orphans, like these two we met today. No humanitarian crisis, the Israeli government says... More >>
Scoop Image: Viva Palestina Women Meet Hamas FM
Monday, 25 October 2010, 12:23 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Scoop's Julie Webb-Pullman and several other members of the Viva Palestina convoy pictured with Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar and his wife Summaya Zahar. More >>
Julie Webb-Pullman meets Hamas Leaders In Gaza
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 9:12 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
(23 Oct 2010 - Gaza City) - Yesterday afternoon, at a lunch reception hosted by Hamas, I and British woman Pippa Bartolotti found ourselves invited to have a sit-down meeting with Gaza President Ismail Haniya and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar! More >>
Gaza Convoy Photo Essay (3): Day One In Gaza
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 8:57 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Third part of three part photo essay Al-Arish to Gaza More >>
Gaza Convoy Photo Essay (2): Rafah to Gaza
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 8:56 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Second part of three part photo essay Al-Arish to Gaza More >>
Gaza Convoy Photo Essay (1): Al-Arish to Rafah
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 8:54 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
First part of three part photo essay Al-Arish to Gaza More >>
Gaza Convoy: 17 Convoy Members Banned From Egypt
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 1:23 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
(18 Oct 2010, Lattakia, Syria) Yesterday, Sunday 17 October spirits were high as the Greek cargo ship sailed towards Lattakia to pick up its load of vehicles filled with aid, and their drivers. Hopes were high that all would have an early-morning ... More >>
Kia Ora Gaza Convoy Diary - Part II
Monday, 18 October 2010, 3:47 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
So after a relatively comfortable night sleeping on the floor of the ambulance (compared to, say, the floor of a well-used cattle-truck!) we set off for Ancona, and the ferry to Greece. Finally, I plucked up the courage to drive – no mean feat when, being ... More >>
Viva Palestina convoy prepares to leave
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:59 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Viva Palestina 5 Convoy management team thismorning announced a Sunday morning departure from Lattakia, Syria, and expect the convoy to arrive in Al-Arish some 18 hours later, weather depending. More >>
Julie Webb Pullman: Viva Palestina Diary Part 1
Friday, 24 September 2010, 11:28 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Twenty vehicles from Viva Palestina went to the embankment in London for a press conference and public farewell, while the three Kia Ora Gaza vehicles (all ambulances, as are most vehicles in the convoy) drove with the remainder to the Eurotunnel. More >>
Kia Ora Gaza team says “Listen to Helen Clark.”
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 1:15 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Kia Ora Gaza[1], a team of six New Zealanders today leaving London with a multi-national land convoy delivering medical supplies to Gaza, believes the world should take UNDP head Helen Clark’s advice. In an online chat broadcast from New York two days ago, ... More >>
Obit: Acclaimed NZ Film-maker Kathy Dudding Dies
Sunday, 22 August 2010, 8:42 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Wellington film-maker Kathryn Margaret Dudding died at Mary Potter Hospice on Saturday 21 August, after a short but fierce battle with lung cancer. Although Kathy had smoked in her teens and twenties, she had given up on becoming pregnant with her daughter ... More >>
Gerardo Hernández is out of "the hole"!
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 8:25 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Gerardo Hernández has been released from isolation after an intense campaign by his attorneys and thousands of supporters around the world. Nearly a thousand emails were received by the Bureau of Prisons generated by the campaign launched by the ... More >>
Blind justice or just blind stupidity?
Monday, 2 August 2010, 9:46 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Gerardo Hernández, one of five Cuban prisoners whom the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions ruled in 2005 was illegally detained, was last week thrown into ‘the hole’ in a prison in Victorville, California. More >>