Category Archives: fishing under fire

Israeli gunboats daily shell and fire upon Palestinian fishermen fishing well-within the limits, as well as on residents living along Gaza’s coast. Oslo accorded Palestinians the right to fish 20 nautical miles of the coast of Gaza. Yet Israel has critically and illegally down-sized this to under 3 miles, even firing on and abducting fishermen under 1 mile from the coast.
The Israeli navy uses different tactics of torture to punish the fishermen for persistently fishing, including shooting with live ammunition (on numerous occasions injuring fishermen), shelling, shooting with high-powered water cannons [all of which is simultaneously designed to damage the boats and equipment], at gunpoint forcing fishermen to strip naked and (after a long wait in the cold air) to jump into freezing waters and swim over 50m to the waiting naval ship before hauling the fishermen up, blindfolding and handcuffing them, and abducting them to Israel for interrogation unrelated to issues of fishing.

Israel Pirating in Palestinian waters

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Though you wouldn’t know it from the lack of media coverage, for decades Israel has been committing acts of piracy in Palestinian waters: Attacking, kidnapping and stealing from Palestinian fishers, sometimes just a mile off the Gaza Strip’s coast. Despite … Continue reading →

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Gaza’s Ark: Trade, Not Aid

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Palestinian fishers are hit hard by the Israeli blockade on Gaza. Credit: Emad Badwan/IPS. First Published at IPS – By Eva Bartlett *blog version longer than published version “An ark is literally a large floating vessel designed to keep its … Continue reading →

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Ceasefire Means ‘Nothing’ to Gaza Fishers

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

first published at IPS -by Eva Bartlett Shortly after Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement on Nov. 21, the Israeli navy abducted 30 Palestinian fishers from Gaza’s waters, destroyed and sank a Palestinian fishing vessel, and confiscated nine fishing … Continue reading →

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Gaza Farmers and Fishers Find Canadian Support

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

“This particular aspect of the siege is quite compelling because when a society is deprived of the ability to fish and to farm, it is deprived of its ability to sustain itself. It’s part of the ongoing Nakba, and part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine,” says Charlotte Kates, a lawyer and one of the Day of Action coordinators. Continue reading →

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notes on Palestine’s preventable water and food crises

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

*Gaza City life issues graffiti “Gaza is an ancient centre of habitation that has survived for 4,000 years, at various times in the face of marginalisation and destruction. Today it represents an essentially urban economy, isolated and kept alive through … Continue reading →

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On the killing of Vik Vittorio Arrigoni

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

*(photo from 2011) monument to “Vik” Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian justice and peace activist. Jaber and Leila, farmers Vik worked with in the border region east of Khan Younis, were also close friends. They erected the monument as a humble tribute … Continue reading →

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impressions from Gaza on a few hot August days

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

     *north from Gaza City, overlooking sweltering concrete slums of Beach Camp and on to border with Zionist state. The stepped-building in the right hand photo is a never-finished project begun in the 90s after Oslo As I spoke with … Continue reading →

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Take Action: Free Palestinian farmers and agricultural workers targeted for imprisonment

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Samidoun:  As they organize to defend their land and Palestinian farming against the onslaught of settlements and siege, Palestinian agricultural workers and organizers have been subject to an intensified arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. Click here … Continue reading →

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Gaza’s Boat-Building Tradition Dying Under Siege

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

GAZA CITY, Aug 1, 2011 (IPS) By Eva Bartlett- “My father was a boat-builder and I learned from him, worked on boats all my life. Now there’s no work at all.” Abu Fayez Bakr, 64, is one of two boat-builders … Continue reading →

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boats

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

I woke to Israeli shelling Palestinian fishermen. It is a distinct sound unfortunately too familiar; there’s no mistaking it. As I sit by the sea now –the power is out at home and it is stifling inside –I hear the … Continue reading →

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