California protesters block Zim Israeli-owned ship

Protesters angered by Israel’s deadly military actions in Gaza gathered at the Port of Oakland in the United States, on Saturday morning, in an effort to prevent a cargo ship managed by a privatized Israeli company from unloading. Longshore workers did not unload the ship, the Zim Shanghai, because of safety concerns posed by the presence…

Palestinian men move the body of journalist, Rami Rayan, the victim of an Israeli air strike on a market place to an ambulance in the Shejaiya neighbourhood near Gaza City on July 30, 2014 (Photo: Ashraf Amra)

Families of 16 journalists killed in Gaza demand justice

Dozens of relatives of Palestinian journalists killed during the Israeli offensive on Gaza took part in a sit-in protest in front of the UN offices in Gaza City on Thursday demanding an international committee to investigate their relatives’ deaths. The Israeli offensive left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead in the tiny coastal enclave, including 16…

Israeli and Chinese officials applaud the new port deal (Photo: GPO)

China to build new Ashdod union buster port

A Beijing-based contracting firm, China Harbor, has been chosen to build a new union buster port in Ashdod. The new South Port will cost Israel NIS 3.3 billion ($930 million). PIC The new port will be built about one kilometer north of the current Ashdod Port. It will consist of a 1,000-meter pier and 2,800-meter breakwater.…

8200 Unit (Photo: IDF)

Israeli intelligence officers refuse to spy on Palestinians

A group of active and former members of an elite Israeli intelligence unit have announced their refusal to spy on Palestinians in the occupied territories, citing excessive harm done to innocent civilians. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) threatened disciplinary action against 43 veterans and active reservists from Unit 8200, an elite corps responsible for collecting…