From Occupied Palestine

Families seek truth over Israeli deaths
CHRIS McGREAL
Guardian, 20 October 2003

The family of a British peace activist shot in the head by an Israeli soldier is considering applying to the courts for permission to turn off his life support machine.

Doctors in Britain have told Tom Hurndall's family that he does not feel a thing. But his family find that hard to believe as they watch the twisting body and contorted face of the 22-year-old who is in a "vegetative state" after being shot in April.

Israeli missile attack on Hamas leader misses target and kills passerby
CHRIS McGREAL
Guardian, 27 August 2003

Jerusalem -- Israeli helicopters blew apart a car carrying Hamas activists in Gaza last night as the army followed through on its threat to "liquidate" members of the Islamic resistance movement. But the helicopters missed their target and instead killed an elderly man.

I will unearth the truth, vows journalist's widow
NATHAN PYNN
Western Morning News, 26 July 2003

The widow of a Westcountry cameraman shot dead in the Gaza Strip three months ago yesterday vowed not to rest until she unearths the truth about his death. James Miller and a film crew were filming a documentary on the effects of conflict on children growing up in the Gaza Strip when he was hit by bullets fired by Israeli soldiers.

Pressure grows on Israel over death of cameraman
CLAIRE COZENS
Guardian, 14 July 2003

The mother of James Miller, the award-winning journalist killed while working in Israel, has urged Tony Blair to press for a formal investigation into his death when he meets the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, today.

Straw will not defend our citizens
Britons are shot by Israel and tried in secret by the US with impunity
TRISTRAM HUNT
Guardian, 9 July 2003

If, as Prince Charles and his cabal of conservative historians would have it, we are all now to learn of the glories of empire, then we could do no better than begin with Viscount Palmerston. This weekend sees a conference at the University of Southampton dedicated to dissecting what Professor Miles Taylor calls "the original imperialist politician". Yet the insights that Palmerston's career offers today's Foreign Office should not provide comfortable reading.

Secrecy over shoot-to-kill fear in Gaza
SANDRA JORDAN
Observer, 18 May 2003

Rafah -- The two men met on the road to Baghdad, shortly before the war - Tom Hurndall, 21, aspiring photojournalist, and James Miller, award-winning director and cameraman.

Disturbed by the levels of risk, both Hurndall and Miller left Iraq before the war to cover the more manageable risks of the 'low-intensity' war in Palestine's Gaza Strip.

Murdering Solidarity
JUSTIN PODUR
ZNET, 10 May 2003

Picture this: 20 military vehicles, including an armoured personnel carrier, surround an office in broad daylight. Dozens of soldiers and police proceed to raid and loot the office, breaking equipment, stealing computers, and kidnapping the workers in the office-three unarmed women, one of whom has since been released.

Autopsy indicates cameraman was killed by Israelis
JUSTIN HUGGLER
Independent, 9 May 2003

Jerusalem -- The findings of an Israeli autopsy released yesterday indicate that an award-winning British television cameraman killed last week was shot dead by Israeli soldiers – and not by Palestinian gunmen, as the Israeli army has suggested.

The Independent has seen television footage of the incident, which shows that claims by the Israeli army that there was a "massive" exchange of fire at the time are untrue.

Gaza visitors must sign waiver in case army shoots them
CHRIS McGREAL
Guardian, 9 May 2003

The Israeli military yesterday began obliging foreigners entering the Gaza Strip to sign waivers absolving the army from responsibility if it shoots them. Visitors must also declare that they are not peace activists.

CPJ calls for full and transparent investigation into British journalist's death
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
Press release, 7 May 2003

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is appalled by the death of James Miller, a British free-lance journalist who was fatally shot on Friday, May 2, in the Gaza Strip.