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It is time for the ICC to finally open the investigation on Israel/Palestine!

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9 November 2020 Raji Sourani, Principal Counsel and Legal Representative of Victims before the ICC, Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Gaza, Palestine. It took the ICC Prosecutor five years to conclude her preliminary examination on the ​Situation in Palestine​, which found “a reasonable basis” to believe that “war crimes have been or […]

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The Future of the Children of the West Bank is the Present of the Children of Gaza

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In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara a group of Israeli and Palestinian activists conducted a webinar calling for the immediate and complete lifting of the illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip. The full event can be seen here. The participants included members of the Knesset Aida Touma

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Two years later, supplies still not delivered and Freedom Flotilla boats neglected

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On July 29 and August 3, 2018, two Freedom Flotilla boats heading peacefully towards Gaza to challenge the illegal Israeli blockade were attacked and hijacked by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) navy in international waters. Participants on board Al Awda (The Return) and Freedom were assaulted and robbed of personal property while in IOF custody.

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Sailing again against the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza

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The next #Freedom Flotilla to Gaza (For the Children of Gaza) has been postponed due to the #Coronavirus (#Covid19) pandemic. We will sail again when the ongoing global health restrictions on travel and public gatherings permit, making it safe and practical for our campaigns to visit ports. We had initially planned to sail to and

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Children on a beach in Gaza with a sign "Waiting you with love".

Freedom Flotilla will sail against the illegal blockade of Gaza later than planned

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In light of global health restrictions on travel and public gatherings, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has decided to delay our planned departure towards Gaza. We had initially planned to visit several southern European ports in April and May of this year, and head for Gaza at the end of May, to coincide with the 10th

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While International Law fails, the Freedom Flotilla sails

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“This is not over yet, we are calling on Judges of the International Criminal Court to step in.” On December 2 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC)\’s Public Prosecutor\’s Office decided not to open an investigation into war crimes committed by members of the Israeli military in the boarding of the Mavi Marmara, and its

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Freedom Flotilla 2020: For the Children of Gaza

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After joining other civil society organizations in The Hague on Friday November 29 calling on the International Criminal Court to take action and prosecute Israeli crimes against Palestinians, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in Rotterdam this weekend to plan our May 2020 sailing towards Gaza with these important goals: To challenge and end the illegal

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Freedom Flotilla Preparing to Sail to Gaza in 2020 to raise awareness about Palestinian youth in Gaza

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In 2012, the UN predicted that Gaza was on track to become \”unliveable\” by 2020. In 2017, the UN acknowledged that the \”unliveability\” threshold had already been passed. Despite this, \”somehow, families in Gaza find ways to ‘make do’.\” In Spring 2020, the next Freedom Flotilla will sail again to challenge the 12 year, illegal

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