Palestine
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Viva Palestina first group has landed in Al Arish
The first group has landed in Al Arish and discussions are taking place to resolve outstanding difficulties. Should those discussions not be successful, we ask you to please standby to protest tomorrow afternoon and evening GMT to Egyptian representatives and outside Egyptian interest i.e. Egyptian Embassy and consulate. Continue reading
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Dan Margalit vs. Jamal Zahalka – an example of how media in Israel is not only biased, but racist.
The so called ‘journalist’ Dan Margalit defending Ehud Barak, and proofs again how racist and biased the media in Israel. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: From the pyramids to the checkpoints, we have had many victories in Egypt By Emily Ratner
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… Continue reading
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Sign MAP’s Open Letter to Gordon Brown- end to the blockade, end the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza
We, the undersigned, call on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to urgently use all available diplomatic means to bring an immediate and unconditional end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip. A year after the assault on Gaza, in which almost 1,400 Palestinians were killed and more than 5,300 injured, civilians continue to pay a devastating… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina aid convoy hours away from breaking Gaza siege
The Viva Palestina international aid convoy is just hours away from breaking Israel’s three and a half year siege of Gaza. Despite repeated obstructions from the Egyptian government, including its refusal to allow the convoy to land in the Egyptian port of Nuweiba, convoy members hope to be in Gaza tomorrow. Continue reading
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Cairo Declaration To End Israeli Apartheid By Gaza Freedom Marchers
Cairo: 01 January, 2010: Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid. Continue reading
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Commemorate Gaza – 1,417 “bodies” needed for January 16, Defy the Israeli military machine January 18
Check the links below for full information on the die-in planned for Trafalgar Square on Saturday January 16 and the national protest against the Israeli military on Monday January 18. Continue reading
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Gaza Freedom March Wrap Up
I’m sure its going to take me some time to process everything that has happened in Cairo with the Gaza Freedom March over the past week or so but here are some of my initial thoughts and feelings. Bear in mind, these are my own opinions and reflections and they surely are not the same… Continue reading
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WALKERS FOR GAZA: DAYS 2 AND 3 (VIDEO) – GAZA FREEDOM MARCH
This Wednesday, December 30, 2009, we continue our protest and our mobilization to return to us to Gaza. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Egyptian police beat Gaza peace activists and the boy in the rubble
As Egyptian police beat peace activists, reports for Gaza break our hearts. Never forget that it is Israeli war crimes and Israeli/U.S. pressure that is keeping the people of Gaza bombed back to the mud age, It is Israel who has maimed, arrested and killed Palestinians, Internationals and Israelis who stand in support. Egypt’s orders… Continue reading
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Protests held against Gaza siege
Activists, both from Gaza and abroad, have held demonstrations on either side of an Israeli border crossing to the Palestinian territory, protesting against its continued siege by Israel. Continue reading
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Gaza Freedom March in Israel
For months international, Israeli, and Palestinian activists have been planning the Gaza Freedom March. Organizers hoped an international delegation of 1300 activists from around the world would break the siege on Gaza by marching through Gaza to the northern border and through the Erez crossing, join the Israeli march. The Real News attended the Israeli… Continue reading
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Stuart Littlewood – Reaching the Gates of Hell is not so Easy
31 December, 2009 — Palestine Think Tank (VIA Redress) Egyptian ruler Mubarak torpedoes international voluntary aid to Gaza Stuart Littlewood considers the predicament of the Viva Palestina international humanitarian convoy – the culmination of voluntary work by thousands of supporters, fund-raisers and donors in the UK, Europe and internationally – whose journey to besieged Gaza… Continue reading
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Shoeless in Cairo by Mary Hughes-Thompson
In about an hour the Gaza Freedom Marchers in Cairo will be meeting in Tahrir Square to celebrate the beginning of 2010. January 1st will be the fifth day of my hunger strike. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: Today we marched!
Nur it was wonderful … Tahrir Square we swarmed the place like ants. French, British, Egyptians, Palestinians we were everwhere flying flags, waving Kafeyahs … shouting and chanting … It was wonderful … The Egyptians hung out of windows and we cursed Mubarak … Continue reading
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Cairo meets the movement, with tears and chaos and exaltation By Philip Weiss
Over the last week, as the international marchers arrived in Egypt, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry made it very clear that it did not want them going into Gaza, and it would arrest them short of that goal. But these 1400 are not tourists or milquetoasts, they are activists; and they were not going to be… Continue reading
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Truth cast in lead By Michael Sfard
Many groups are observing the one-year anniversary of the Gaza “Cast Lead” campaign, which is part of the many-year war against Gaza, with no end in sight. Gaza remains under a cruel and barbaric siege. Of the commemorative articles I have read, this piece, written by Israeli lawyer activist Michael Sfard, and translated by the… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Update 30 December, 2009
The problem has been this: On first arriving we had a legal ban placed on us. Europeans have organised on a basis where we do not take any notice of the law. Codepink have used those activities to put pressure on the Egyptian authorities. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina rebuts Egyptian ‘bungle’ allegations
The Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit claimed at a press conference on Tuesday (December 29) that his country was willing to assist the Viva Palestina convoy’s entry into Gaza. He cited two letters sent by the Egyptian embassy in London on November 10 and December 10. What he does not say is that the… Continue reading
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GAZA FREEDOM MARCH Only 100 people allowed into Gaza; sounds like a lot of marchers are angry
Haidar Eid, the coordinator of the Gaza Freedom March Steering Committee in Gaza talked with one of the GFM coordinators Tighe Barry and said that he understood that it would not be 1300 delegates, but was elated to hear that there will be 100 people coming tomorrow to represent the over 40 countries. Their group… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 