Tag: Gaza

  • Viva Palestina convoy updates

    Viva Palestina 12 July 2009 The Viva Palestina members who spent the night in their buses at the Suez Crossing after being stopped by Egyptian authorities on July 11 have now rendezvoused in Cairo with British Member of Parliament George Galloway and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who has rushed to join the convoy following her…

  • International activists continue protests at Rafah border

    International Campaign to Open the Rafah Border 12 July 2009 We are actually 16 people in our camp with mainly Egyptian activists. Yesterday afternoon, the Egyptian authorities put barbed wire at the door of the bathroom and cut the water, so now, we have no more access to the bathroom. Chris says : “Fortunately, I…

  • U.K. hits Israel with partial arms embargo over Gaza war

    Barak Ravid | Ha’aretz 13 July 2009 Britain has slapped a partial arms embargo on Israel, refusing to supply replacement parts and other equipment for Sa’ar 4.5 gunships because they participated in Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. Britain’s Foreign Office informed Israel’s embassy in London of the sanctions a few…