Tag: Gaza Freedom March

  • Open letter to President Mubarak from the Gaza Freedom March

    26 December 2009 Dear President Mubarak; We, representing 1,362 individuals from 43 countries arriving in Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, are pleading to the Egyptians and your reputation for hospitality. We are peacemakers. We have not come to Egypt to create trouble or cause conflict. On the contrary. We have come because…

  • Gaza Freedom March is determined to break the siege

    Gaza Freedom March 21 December 2009 For immediate release: 1,360 International Delegates appeal to Egypt to let the March proceed Citing escalating tensions on the Gaza-Egypt border, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry informed us on December 20 that the Rafah border will be closed over the coming weeks, into January. We responded that there is always…

  • A call from Gaza

    20 December 2009 This week marks one year since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip: a year since phosphorus bombs, dime bombs and other weapons of death and destruction were unleashed on a defenseless civilian population. A year since the people of the world demanded that Israel end its attack on Gaza. In…

  • Palestinian Refugee Yusif Barakat Returns to Palestine with 1,000 International Delegates

    Gaza Freedom March 18 December 2009 Gaza Freedom March to Palestine Border Set for December 31 The Gaza Freedom March, to take place in Gaza on December 31, is an historic initiative to break the siege that has imprisoned the 1.5 million Palestinians who live there. Conceived in the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela…

  • Gaza Freedom March: Palestinian Non-violence and International Solidarity

    Max Ajl | MR Zine 16 December 2009 I’m going to discuss the utility of non-violent resistance as it applies to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and, specifically, the occupation and blockade of the Gaza strip. Even more specifically, I’m going to discuss the Gaza Freedom March (GFM), of which I’m one of the organizers. But…