Natalie Abou Shakra | Electronic Intifada 15 July 2009 I will never forget the image of the elderly woman whose son was dying in a hospital in Egypt. She only wanted to be with him. Crying, her hand touching the ...
Read More »Viva Palestine convoy updates
14 July 2009 2 pm the final negotiations are still underway at the moment; it looks like we may have an extension of the stay beyond 24 hours (all those protests in the US have paid off); all of our ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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, ...
Read More »US activists at Rafah, request to cross into Gaza with 1 million in supplies
Ma’an News 7 July 2009 At least 100 Americans arrived in Egypt Sunday and made their way up to the Egypt-Gaza border at Rafah with a rumored 1 million US dollars in medical supplies for the besieged Strip. Less than ...
Read More »Steadfastness and solidarity at the Rafah border
16 June 2009 Under pressure from the Egyptian army and the police, the International Movement to Open the Rafah Border ( IMORB), is maintaining their camp at the Rafah Border. The group is growing; now 26 people from France, USA, ...
Read More »International solidarity activists protest at Rafah border
The International Campaign to Open the Rafah Border 11 June 2009 The International Movement to Open the Rafah Border continues the campaign at the Rafah gate. The group consists of David Mattacchioni, Italy; Christian Chantegrel, Micheline Garreau, Jacque Denko, France; ...
Read More »Interview with Gazan woman, shot by Israeli forces
ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 9 May 2009 Interview in Abou Yousef An Najar Hospital in Rafah with Randa Shalouf, a Palestinian woman from the village of Shawka, east of Rafah, injured on the 7th of May by Israeli ...
Read More »Gazans demonstrate in Gaza City for May Day
ISM Gaza 1 May 2009 Thousands of Palestinians, mainly supporters of the 3 main Palestinian leftist parties (PFLP, DFLP, PPP) gathered in Gaza City for the Workers Day demonstration, which was celebrated this year on Thursday the 30th of April ...
Read More »Shades of Checkpoint Charlie at Rafah crossing
Haidar Eid | Electronic Intifada On Monday 30 June, Gaza was abuzz with the sudden announcement that Egypt would open Rafah Crossing — the only gateway for 1.5 million Palestinians who have been imprisoned here for almost two years — ...
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