Tag: Gaza
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Convoy to Erez Checkpoint, and demonstration, January 26th
On Saturday the 26th of January, a massive convoy of busses and cars from all over the country converged on the disused Erez Crossing terminal at the northern border of the Gaza Strip. Up to 2000 Israeli, Palestinian and International activists gathered to protest Israel’s blockade on Gaza, and the collective punishment of its 1.5…
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POWER TO THE (PALESTINIAN) PEOPLE!
By: Jeff Halper January 23, 2008 The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle for freedom. Early this morning they simply blew up the wall separating Gaza from Egypt,…
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Rafah: the breach in the wall is an act of freedom and a strong warning to the EU, the Quartet and Egypt
By Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament Brussels, 23rd January 2008, “The thousands of Palestinians crossing the Rafah border point these last hours, the breach in the wall and the breaking of the siege decided by Israel against the civil population, are all true acts of resistance and an affirmation of the freedom of…
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Guardian: This brutal siege of Gaza can only breed violence
Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution Karen Koning AbuZayd in Gaza City Wednesday January 23, 2008 Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of abject destitution, with the knowledge, acquiescence and…
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UN SECURITY COUNCIL: POLITICAL AFFAIRS HEAD TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION ‘FRAGILE’, URGES ISRAEL TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF FUEL, BASIC NECESSITIES TO PALESTINIANS
22 January 2008 Security Council SC/9232 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Security Council 5824th Meeting (AM & PM) Palestinian Observer States Situation ‘Humanly Unbearable and Morally Unacceptable’; Israel Says Hamas, Rather Than Engage in Dialogue, Had Chosen Violence to Advance Goals Expressing concern over the “extremely fragile” humanitarian…