The following appeared in the Melbourne Age on 1 January: By Andra Jackson A delegation of Australians including Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein are among hundreds of people from around the world who will hold mass protests in Cairo and Gaza today over Israel’s continuing blockade of the Palestinian enclave. Today marks the first anniversary of…
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Cairo is poor and needs reliable “friends” to keep it afloat
Uri Avnery on the very simple but shameful reasons Egypt remains a well behaving client state of its pay-masters, dances to the tune of Israel and Washington, isolates Gaza and refuses entry to the Gaza Freedom Marchers: Cynics point out that the Egyptian government receives a huge American subsidy every year – almost two billion…
How the Gaza Freedom March brought the assembled crowd together
The last days of the Gaza Freedom March here in Cairo were hectic, inspiring, frustrating and energising. The collective goal was to enter Gaza, but alas, that wasn’t to happen. I’m currently sharing a room with a girl who just returned from Gaza, and was quoted in the New York Times, and she tells of…
A few Israelis oppose criminal Gaza policies
Despite the Israeli tendency to support most government “security ” policies, lone voices of reason still exist: Hundreds of Israelis have rallied in central Tel Aviv to protest against the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. Israeli Arab and Jewish activists marched on Saturday in the city’s Rabin square, chanting slogans and waving signs calling…
Sydney Morning Herald covers Gaza Freedom March
The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 2 January: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on either side of the Israeli-Gazan border to mark a year since Israel’s three-week war in Gaza and to call for an end to the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. About 85 demonstrators in Gaza were foreigners, part…
Some in the American political elite want to help Gaza (but you can count them on one hand)
When one thinks of the American political elite, it’s far too easy (and correct) to presume that the vast majority of Congressmen and women are either utterly petrified of the Zionist lobby or simply believe that Israel’s occupation policies are acceptable. A few do not, including Brian Baird and Keith Ellison, and they should be…
Viva Palestina inches closer to Gaza
The Viva Palestina trip from London is destined to bring aid, supplies and support to the people of Gaza. Like the Gaza Freedom March, the Egyptians halted their plans but they seem to now be making their way towards the Strip:
The Guardian covers the Gaza Freedom March
Following extensive global media coverage of our massive Cairo protest on 31 December to protest the siege on Gaza, the Guardian also filmed proceedings but didn’t cover the violence handed out to us by Egyptian security services.
We can kill Palestinians with impunity, says Israeli
The depth of depravity in certain sections of the Israeli elite is stripped bare with this shocking piece published in Yediot. It doesn’t really need an introduction, except to say that such rhetoric will simply continue to isolate Israel even further. And they deserve it: A year has passed since Operation Cast Lead. The Gaza…
