News Archive Links – Before 2014
2011
International Middle East Media Center: For Gaza’s Children, the Trauma Never Ends, by Mohammed Omer of rafahtoday.org, January 23, 2011
2010
Book by GCMHP: Live Is Worth Living, about child victims of “Cast Lead” and how they are coping with injuries and loses.
Message from Roger Waters, Roger-Waters-Solidarity-Message-GAZA_FREEDOM_MARCH, December 27, 2009
Video: Exhibition Gaza 2010 of Kai Wiedenhoefer in the Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Report: Dashed Hopes: continuation of the Gaza Blockade
Eyewitness Report by Gaza ECESG (European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza) Delegation, January 2010
Childhood Under Fire, a book of children’s drawings one year after “Cast Lead” produced by the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme and partners.
Video: Two Shot Inside Israeli-Imposed “No-Go” Zone, May 2010
Article by Dr. el Sarraj in Foreign Policy: Gaza’s Agony, January 28, 2010
Article in The Nation by Dr. Nancy Murray, The Gaza I Know, January 4, 2010
Audio: Interview with with GMHF founder Dr. Nancy Murray, January 3, 2010
2009
Video by Skip Schiel and Teeksa Photography: Free Gaza: First Night Parade in Boston, December 31, 2009
BBC: Gaza marchers on hunger strike in Egypt, December 28, 2009
Ynet News: Holocaust survivor stages hunger strike for Gaza, December 28, 2009
Post by Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin: International Participation in December 31 Gaza Freedom March Tops 1,000 as Registration Closes, December 5, 2009
Dr. Murray’s Photos of Gaza, November 2009
Audio: Noam Chomsky’s address at Pressure Points: How We Can Promote Justice in Israel/Palestine, at Boston’s Palestine Cultural Center for Peace, October 14, 2010
Report of the U.N. Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, September 29, 2009
On September 15, 2009 a UN Fact Finding Mission led by the prominent South African justice Richard Goldstone released a 574-page report on Israel’s war on Gaza. The report describes in often shocking detail the serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed by Israel during the conflict, some of which, the Mission states, amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. (click here for text of the report)
Although the report also focused on actions taken by militias in Gaza and termed the firing of rockets at Israeli civilians a war crime, the US State Department has condemned it as one-sided and unfair to Israel. In reaching this conclusion, the US government ignored the fact that Israel had entirely refused to cooperate with the Mission and prevented it from entering Israel.
Video, produced by Jordan Flaherty and Lily Keber, Gaza Under Siege August 13, 2009
Report of the Independent Fact Finding Committee on Gaza: No Safe Place, April 30, 2009
Animation: “Closed Zone”, by Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, calling on the State of Israel to fully open Gaza’s crossing, March 4, 2009
The Civil Society & Private Sector Initiative on Gaza’s Reconstruction and Development, February 23, 2009
Video by filmmaker Jen Marlowe, One Family in Gaza, 2009
This film was made just months after the 2008-2009 assault that killed 1,390 Palestinians.
Field Update on Gaza from United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, January 12, 2009
World Health Organization Report, WHO_12-jan-2009_Gaza-Health-Sit-Rep, January 12, 2009
Op-ed by Eyad El-Sarraj in Boston Globe, A 14-year-old in Gaza has one question: Why?, January 11, 2009
World Health Organization, Health Situation in Gaza Report, January 6, 2009
Video: Dr. Mads Gilbert Reports from Gaza, January 5, 2009
Situation Report from the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, January 4, 2009
Article by Luisa Morgantini, Vice President of European Parliament, Not a Word, Not a Thought, Not a Sign of Pain..., January 3, 2009
2008
The Guardian, Israeli blockade ‘forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food’, December 21, 2008
Video by Sonja Karkar, Gaza in Crisis – December, 2008
Letter on travelling from Gaza for medical treatment, Dr. Eyad Sarraj, November 18, 2008
International Conference sponsored by the GCMHP and WHO
“Siege and Mental Health . . . Walls vs. Bridges”
October 27-29, 2008, Gaza City
Announcement, Abstract, and Registration Form
Internationals Fail to Break the Siege, but GCMHP Conference Goes On
Nancy Murray Read online or download MS Word file
International Conference ~ Siege and Mental Health ~ 2008 Statement
Conference Media (news, photos, papers, documents)
Maan News – Statement by Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur, Gaza: Silence is not an option, September 12, 2008
August 23, 2008, The SS Free Gaza and the SS Liberty reach Gaza safely from Cyprus:
The Guardian ~ Video ~ FreeGaza ~ BBC News
August 21, 2008: “Pirates” head for Gaza
“From my point of view this is some kind of pirate ship,” Shlomo Dror, an Israeli defense ministry spokesman, said of the Gaza peace boats that are attempting to break the siege and bring humanitarian supplies.
History and updates on Free Gaza boats at http://www.freegaza.org.
A Demand for the Immediate Action to Halt Israeli Genocide in the Gaza Strip, March 2, 2008
Commemorating the Naksa – Evoking the Nakba, MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies, Spring 2008
JANUARY 26 : Come to Harvard Square at noon to support Gaza
Not Spin – Israel Deliberately Turned Off Lights, January 21, 2008
Poster – Gaza: Lift the Blockade, in Hebrew, Arabic, English
Gaza Lift the Blockade 01-26-08
Notice of protest convoy to Erez Checkpoint. Read our blog post about the protest at Erez, “Cockroach.”
Gaza Relief Convoy organized by Israeli activists with Boston Action, January 24, 2008
NOON, THURSDAY 24 JANUARY
ISRAELI CONSULATE, PARK PLAZA HOTEL, BOSTON
MEET AT HADASSAH WAY AND PROVIDENCE ST
in support of the Gaza Relief Convoy
http://gush-shalom.org.toibillboard.info/ConvJan08.htm
JEWS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN GAZA
Let us know you are coming at gazahumanrights@gmail.com
Please bring a food item to deliver to the consulate. We are going to present cartons of food and medical aid to the Israeli consul’s office (Park Plaza Hotel, noon Thursday 24 January) and request that it be taken to Gaza, and that the Israeli government let the Gaza Relief Convoy through the Erez Checkpoint on 26 January.
Never again(st)! European collusion in Israel’s slow genocide, Omar Barghouti, January 21, 2008
A message from Dr. Eyad el Sarraj (January 21, 2008)
Newsletter: Palestinian International Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, January 2008
Gaza’s Naser Pediatric Hospital besieged, Skip Schiel, January 13, 2008
Gaza’s Naser Pediatric Hospital besieged report by Skip Schiel (January 13, 2008)
Alert for Action on International Day of Action, January 26, 2008, Gush Shalom
2007
Dignity Denied in the Occupied Territories: Important Report from the International Committee of the Red Cross, November 2007
On International Human Rights Day Dec 2007 GCMHP Press Release, December 10, 2007
Breaking the Siege on Gaza – A United Front for Peace, Statement of the Committee to Break the Seige of Gaza, October 24, 2007
World Mental Health Day Statement from GCMHP, October 10, 2007