The following story appeared on ABC news radio a few hours ago about our presence in Cairo for the Gaza Freedom March: About a dozen Australians are among hundreds of protesters banned by Egyptian authorities from travelling across the Sinai Desert to the Gaza Strip. About 1,300 international activists are in Cairo still hoping to…
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Settlment building won’t bring peace, please tell the Israelis
Black is white, settlement expansion in East Jerusalem is a sign of peace and Israel really wants to end the siege of Gaza. If Israel was a civilised nation, of course: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the “conditions are ripe” for renewing peace negotiations with the Palestinians, adding that he planned to raise…
Stuck in Cairo, but Gaza Freedom March soldiers on
The following report by Mondoweiss – I’ve spent much of the day with its founder Phil Weiss, reflecting on the significance of this massive global action for Palestine – explains the contradictory feelings many of us feel being here in Cairo and speaking out on the Middle East. These are moving times and many tears…
The French use direct action in Cairo to highlight the Gaza tragedy
Chinese news agency Xinhua reports on the latest from the Gaza Freedom March (my photos of the event thus far are here): Egypt criticized on Monday French activists protesting in front of their country’s embassy in Cairo, who asked to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing to participate in the march of solidarity…
Israel needs more colonies to keep its citizens warm
Israel, lover of peace: Israel has solicited bids to build nearly 700 new apartments in Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem. The plan to build in the Pisgat Ze’ev, Neve Ya’akov and Har Homa neighborhoods was announced on Monday. The communities sit on land captured by Israel from Jordan in 1967. Israel has annexed the territory,…
Don’t pop the champagne yet for the end of Tehran’s rule
Chaos reigns again in Iran, with the Islamic Republic murdering a number of innocent civilians in its quest to maintain power, including an opposition leader’s family member. Could this really be the end of the regime?
Western governments may have forgotten Gaza but the world remembers
The UN Secretary General is calling for an end of the blockade against Gaza. Israel will carry out a white-wash investigation into its various war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in an attempt to stem the “political and economic tsunami” caused by the Goldstone report. Hamas retains a tight control over Gaza. Gaza is not…
What the French are doing here in Cairo to protest the Gaza blockade
An American friend of mine, currently living in Cairo, just sent out this missive about current activities here in the Egyptian capital. I also just returned from the French Embassy protest, witnessing around 1000 riot police surrounding around 300 French protestors, demanding the Egyptian government open the borders into Gaza and allow decency to return…
This is what we’re doing for the Gaza Freedom March in Cairo
While we continue to remain active here in Cairo, protesting the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow the Gaza Freedom March to enter Gaza, hundreds of participants are staging imaginative displays of solidarity. Via AFP: An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor was among a group of grandmothers who began a hunger strike in Cairo on Monday to protest…
Gaza Freedom Marchers make their voices heard in Egypt
The latest news here from Cairo (via AFP): French protesters camped out in front of the their embassy in Cairo to protest a ban on them from travelling from Egypt to Gaza for a march in support of the blockaded Palestinian enclave. About 300 protesters set up tents and blocked a road in front of…