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…
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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…
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…
Egyptians causing trouble for peace protestors in Egypt
The following press release was released by Code Pink today (and I’m currently in Cairo with the Gaza Freedom March and witnessed first-hand the various attempts to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Gaza invasion. More soon): What: Egyptian security forces detain internationals in el-Arish, break up memorial actions in Cairo When: Sunday, December 27,…
Keep the pressure up over entering Gaza to provide support
Progress on the Gaza front and access via the Egyptian border: Gaza Freedom March congratulates the Government of Egypt on its change of policy to allow international missions into Gaza during December with the decision to allow the Viva Palestina convoy to go into Gaza on December 27, 2009. Organizers of Gaza Freedom March were…
Let the peaceful Gaza Freedom March continue
Those of us going on the Gaza Freedom March (and anybody who wants to show solidarity) now has a responsibility to put pressure on the Egyptians. Here’s Robert Naiman, Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy: On December 31, together with more than 1000 peace advocates from around the world, I plan to join with tens…