Palestine
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Gaza, We’ll Never Forget – a video by Haitham Sabbah
It only lasted 23 days, but following several years’ blockade, the affect was devastating to the Palestinians penned into Gaza, part of Occupied Palestine. The total destruction meted out by the Israeli Army, with the backing of citizens of the Jewish State and the approval of their international friends and supporters, including the USA and… Continue reading
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Egypt Approves Gaza Freedom March Passage, Viva Palestina Blunders Paperwork and Blames Egypt By Haitham Sabbah
In a press conference conducted earlier this evening, the Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced some threats, warnings, surprises as well as some good news. The press conference that aired on Egyptian official TV a few hours ago was boiling with Aboul Gheit’s very firm and angry answers to the journalists’ questions who did… Continue reading
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U.S. Citizens attacked by Egyptian Riot Police in Cairo in front of U.S. Embassy By Cindy Sheehan
One of my friends, Joshua Smith, just texted me from Cairo and said that some U.S. citizens of the Gaza Freedom March went to the U.S. Embassy today there to try and implore the staff there to intercede on behalf of the March to help get them into Gaza—they were not so warmly welcomed. Continue reading
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Gaza Freedom Marchers walled in behind police barricade in front of UN office in Cairo
Cairo – Hundreds of activists staged a sit-in outside the United Nations building in Cairo demanding that the world body intervene to facilitate their entry into Gaza. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina convoy re-routed through Syria By Saed Bannoura
A humanitarian aid convoy on its way to the Gaza Strip has been re-routed through Syria after it was turned away at the Gulf of Aqaba. Continue reading
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Gaza London Demonstration 27 December 2009
A video in two parts by journalist James Penn on the Free Gaza demo in London, outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington High Street on 27 December, 2009. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Update: Gaza aid convoy to change course
Organisers of Viva Palestina aid convoy, which is trying to reach the Gaza Strip, have now agreed to go via Syria en route for Egypt. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina members start hunger strike
She said the hunger strike began at 11:25 on Sunday, marking the first bombs Israel dropped on the besieged population of Gaza on December 27, 2008. “Volunteers on the convoy are on a hunger strike and will only take fluids until the Egyptian side gives them the nod,” said the convoy’s press officer, Alice Howard. Continue reading
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What is the Aim of the Gaza Freedom March? By Bianca Zammit
As the days of December 2009 draw in, two events which each have a role to play in world peace draw closer. The first is on the 27th and is commemorating the start of the 22 day attacks on Gaza, an operation which targeted unarmed civilians, schools, hospitals, journalists and emergency staff. The second, The… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Update
Yesterday was a great day. We went down to a major bridge across the Nile and tied cards of rememberance and flowers to the bridge railings. These were removed almost immediately by the police who follow us everywhere. It is evident that there are spies at our meetings. The police challenged us to move on,… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: Urgent Action Needed
Viva Palestina is a UK charity; some the supplies are rotting at the Aqaba crossing. Please write urgently (in addition to the Egyptian embassies in London and Dublin) to the British embassy in Cairo, David Miliband etc. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: It is very late. Chaos around the French Embassy. Roads blocked …
No I do not need legal assistance as yet … Others are organizing things for various delegations … The worst that is happening to internationals is hotel arrest … No one has been deported yet. We came here to go to Gaza and that is my focus … Continue reading
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George Galloway, a UK politician who is leading the convoy, tells Al Jazeera why the group must be allowed to proceed
George Galloway, a UK politician who is leading the convoy, tells Al Jazeera why the group must be allowed to proceed: It was Christmas Day but there was no room at the Inn for the weary travellers. Turned away by the Arab Republic of Egypt, the 500 members of the Viva Palestina Convoy to Gaza… Continue reading
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Gaza aid held-up in Jordan
Since June 2007 Gaza has been under a crippling blockade with few essential goods making it through.Now an aid convoy of 250 trucks and ambulances is attempting to reach the Strip to deliver much needed supplies.But a bureaucratic argument with Egypt is holding it back in Aqaba in southwest Jordan. Continue reading
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Total racism, total war By Saleh Al-Naami
According to Palestinian medical sources, the number of patients with cancerous tumours residing in areas that the Israeli army targeted during its war on Gaza is on the rise. As the first anniversary of the war on Gaza approaches, the Palestinians are shocked to discover more of its damaging effects. A Palestinian woman whose house… Continue reading
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Hunger strike of activists in Egypt for Gaza, Palestine By John Hurson
At 11 35 am, the time of the first attack, a group of humanitarians on the “Viva Palestina Convoy” will embark on an International Hunger Strike in the main square in Aqaba, Jordan. The International Hunger Strike will aim to highlight the ongoing illegal siege imposed on Gaza, and to remember the victims of the… Continue reading
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Gaza Lives On
On 27 December 2009, after a year and a half of total siege, the brutal war on Gaza was launched. It was carnage, a disgrace to humanity and civilization, and indictment of the free world. One year later, the siege continues, the disgrace has not been lifted, and the Palestinian people still endure, resist and… Continue reading
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International Aid Convoy Members Prepare for Hunger Strike
Members of the Viva Palestina international aid convoy to Gaza will begin a hunger strike at 11.25 am tomorrow (27th) in protest at the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow the convoy entry onto its soil. Diplomatic negotiations are also taking place between the Turkish and Egyptian governments over the convoy’s entry to Egypt. IHH, Turkey’s… Continue reading
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23 Days of War, 928 Days of Closure: Life One Year after Israel’s Latest Offensive on the Gaza Strip
Today, 23 December 2009, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) release 23 Days of War, 928 Days of Closure: Life One Year after Israel’s Latest Offensive on the Gaza Strip, 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009. This report is released in order to highlight the reality of life in the occupied Gaza Strip,… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: International Hunger Strike By John Hurson
Folks, the time for talking is over. Please forward this press release onto everyone you know, and get them to forward it onto everyone they know, and lets tighten the screws and show the world we care for the civillian population of Gaza. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 