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Protest of the Friends of the IDF dinner at the Waldorf, NYC

Posted on: March 5, 2010

5 March 2010

For immediate release:

On March 9th 2010, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a registered 501-(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides support and services to members of Israel’s national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, IDF Chief of General Staff, who was responsible for the prosecution of last year’s Operation Cast Lead against the people of Gaza. At the same time as the dinner, a broad coalition of local groups will stage a mobile protest outside the hotel to highlight the … Continue reading


Updated on March 5, 2010
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Unbreakable in Cairo

Posted on: January 5, 2010
International activists hold a Palestinian flag at the pyramids in Cairo.

Dana Elborno | The Electronic Intifada

4 January 2010

Though I have lived most of my life in and around Chicago, it has never been my complete home. My sisters and I were born as first-generation Palestinian-Americans coming from Kuwait and for this reason our lives in Chicago always felt temporary — we were only supposed to stay until the Gulf War was over, we finished school, the occupation ended, the siege was broken, etc. The only accepted rhetoric about our presence in America was and continues to be, “This … Continue reading


Updated on January 5, 2010
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Fanning the Flames of Freedom from Cairo to Gaza and Beyond

Posted on: January 5, 2010

Emily Ratner | Dissident Voice

January 3 2010

“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class–it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of freedom.” –Anna Julia Cooper, page 27, my US passport

The Gaza Freedom March announced the Cairo Declaration to End Israeli Apartheid on January 1st, and so yesterday hundreds of Marchers smuggled freedom’s smoke signals in our luggage as we climbed into buses, vans, and taxis and made a mad dash for the Rafah border crossing. My own van was pulled over at the first checkpoint … Continue reading


Updated on January 5, 2010
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Gaza Freedom Marchers issue the ‘Cairo Declaration’ to end Israeli Apartheid

Posted on: January 2, 2010

1 January 2010
Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid.
Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians marching to break Israel’s illegal siege. They were prevented from entering Gaza by the Egyptian authorities.

As a result, the Freedom Marchers remained in Cairo. They staged a series of nonviolent actions aimed at pressuring the international community to end the siege as one step in the larger struggle to secure justice for Palestinians throughout historic … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Palestinian citizens of Israel protest outside of Erez Crossing: End Israeli blockade of Gaza

Posted on: January 1, 2010
Palestinian citizens of Israel protest outside of Erez Crossing: End Israeli blockade of Gaza

The Alternative Information Center (AIC)

31 December 2009

Over 1,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel and several dozen Jewish Israelis demonstrated this morning outside of the Erez Crossing, demanding an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Organised by the Arab High Monitoring Committee, the demonstration coincided with the one year anniversary of Israel’s military attacks on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in 1,400 deaths and thousands wounded.

“”The Israeli war against the Palestinians of Gaza continues one year later,” said Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka (Balad) at the protest. “We demand an immediate end to the … Continue reading


Updated on January 1, 2010
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Gaza Freedom March activists target Egypt’s complicity

Posted on: January 1, 2010
The author in Cairo. (Ali Abunimah)

Sayed Dhansay | The Electronic Intifada

31 December 2009

It was another eventful day here in Cairo at the inaugural Gaza Freedom March (GFM). On Tuesday night, organizers informed the 1,362-strong delegation that only 100 of them had been selected to travel to Gaza yesterday morning, Wednesday 30 December. After several hours of heated debate with organizers over whether this was an appropriate strategy, the meeting concluded without a consensus.

As of Tuesday night, only the South African, French, Canadian and Swedish delegations had decided to boycott the 100-person … Continue reading


Updated on January 2, 2010
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Gaza Freedom March activists refuse to be silent!

Posted on: January 1, 2010

Action for Peace

31 December 2009

The Italian delegation of Action for Peace at the Gaza Freedom March walked today in the streets of Cairo with all other delegations in solidarity with the Palestinian people, to call for an end of the siege on Gaza, the end of the Israeli occupation, the respect of international law and human rights. Even though the march was immediately stopped and some activists were injured by the Egyptian police, we succeeded in organizing a sit-in for about 8 hours in the square of the Egyptian Museum, that became today the Gaza Freedom Square. At midnight … Continue reading


Updated on January 1, 2010
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Thousands protesting the Siege of Gaza face repression from local authorities

Posted on: December 31, 2009
Hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah rally in solidarity with the Gaza Freedom March on New Year's Eve Day

31 December 2009

Thousands of people in Egypt, the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel, and the occupied West Bank rallied on New Year’s Eve Day to call for an end to the international blockade and siege of Gaza, but the protests were marred by police brutality in Cairo and the cancellation of a solidarity action in the occupied West Bank town of Tulkarm at the behest of the Palestinian Authority.

In Cairo, Egyptian riot police brutally beat Gaza Freedom March demonstrators who were unable to enter the Gaza Strip after the Egyptian … Continue reading


Updated on January 1, 2010
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New Yorkers demand that Egypt and Israel open Gaza border

Posted on: December 31, 2009
New Yorkers demand that Egypt and Israel open Gaza border

Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East

31 December 2009

Sixty human rights advocates protested outside Egypt’s Mission to the United Nations today to demand that Egypt open its border with the Gaza Strip. The New York protest came as Egyptian riot police in Cairo surrounded and assaulted hundreds of international activists who had been prevented by Egyptian authorities from entering the Gaza Strip. The international activists had planned to protest in Gaza against Israel’s siege as part of the Gaza Freedom March. Following the demonstration at the Egyptian Mission, the New York City protesters marched to … Continue reading


Updated on January 2, 2010
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Gaza Freedom March: On the March at Last

Posted on: December 31, 2009
The protest at Tahrir Square. Photo by Ellen Davidson

Ellen Davidson and Judith Mahoney Pasternak | The Indypendent

31 December 2009

At 9:50 this morning, hundreds of Egyptian Museum-bound tourists milled around Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. Camouflaged among them were several hundred Gaza Freedom marchers, their “Free Gaza” t-shirts and “My heart is with Palestine” buttons hidden under jackets, their backpacks holding a day’s worth of water and snack foods.

At a few minutes before 10, says marcher Brad Taylor of New York City, the marchers converged and began to march down Meret Basha Street, waving … Continue reading


Updated on December 31, 2009
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