On 31 May 2010, Israeli armed forces attacked the Mavi Marmara ship and other vessels that were carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in international waters. Nine humanitarian aid volunteers including journalist Cevdet Kılıçlar were killed during the attack, more than 50 volunteers were wounded, and all the passengers of the flotilla, including the crew of the vessels, had been imprisoned in Israel. 

Broad coalition calls on Europe to move decisively beyond rhetoric on settlements 

The European Union imports fifteen times more from Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory than from Palestinians themselves, a new report [1] from a coalition of 22 non-governmental organisations including Christian Aid UK and Ireland, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Diakonia revealed today.

Operation Black Vote and Barrow Cadbury Trust are looking for 50 dynamic and enthusiastic Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) individuals from Birmingham and Wolverhampton to participate in the region’s first West Midlands Civic Leadership Programme.

Israeli peace activist Yonatan Shapira, who had been a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and refused to take part in the bombing of Palestinian cities, has arrived on board the Swedish boat "Estelle" which is making her way towards the coast of Gaza.