EVA BARTLETT is a Canadian human rights activist and journalist living in Gaza since 2008.  Her eyewitness accounts have been widely published and she has been featured several times on CBC Radio.  Her own blog appears at http://ingaza.wordpress.com/

 

As a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, Eva accompanies Gazan farmers and fishers under threat of harassment and sniper fire from Israeli forces.  Eva rode with medics in their ambulances during Operation Cast Lead, Israel's devastating assault on Gaza in 2008-2009 which killed over 1,400 Palestinians.

 

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