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Palestine: Fishermen Routinely Abducted Or Shot At

Written byAyesha Saldanha
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Posted 1 July 2009 16 years ago

Eva Bartlett writes about Gaza's fishermen who are regularly abducted at sea, or shot at, by the Israeli navy: “The area is rich in fish. The Israelis know this and don’t want Palestinian fishermen benefiting from it. It’s part of the siege.”

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