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PTT editorial: It's a long march to freedom

- Palestine Think Tank editorial
Just one year ago, Gaza and its people were subject to the ultimate crime, victims (both living and dead) of the genocide of the Palestinian people. It is a genocide that began 61 years ago, and it's had moments of escalation, the peak of which was reached with the attempted destruction [...]

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Surround me with songs of deliverance: crossing the borders of solidarity

By Haitham Sabbah | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Activists for Palestine have to have the same goal as Palestinians – the liberation of Palestine. They have to pay attention to not being diverted from this objective or to interfere with a greater geopolitical situation that may have consequences none of us can predict and which can [...]

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Gaza Freedom March Wrap Up

By Sana (Keffiyeh And Onions)
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 [...]

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Egypt lacks the milk of human kindness

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
It is desperately sad to see the noble efforts of the Viva Palestina expedition turning sour in front of our eyes as the forces of darkness plot once again to derail humanitarian aid for Gaza.
Admittedly the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (joint organizers) are avoiding questions about whether or not [...]

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Egypt Approves Gaza Freedom March Passage, Viva Palestina Blunders Paperwork and Blames Egypt

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 [...]

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OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUBARAK FROM THE GAZA FREEDOM MARCH

December 26, 2009
Dear President Mubarak;
We, representing 1,362 individuals from 43 countries arriving in Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, are pleading to the Egyptians and your reputation for hospitality.
We are peacemakers. We have not come to Egypt to create trouble or cause conflict. On the contrary. We have come because we believe that [...]

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Egypt allow humanitarian group Viva Palestina to enter Gaza

Press release: Government of Egypt changes policy to allow humanitarian group Viva Palestina to enter Gaza December 27, 2009
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, [...]

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Photos: Rafah Iron Wall

Here are few new photos from "Rafah Iron Wall" project, which is being built by the Egyptian authorities on their side of Gaza borders.
Egyptian government first denied such project and Americans said they have no part in it. More and more on-ground evidences are confirming that the project is in progress despite all calls to [...]

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Gaza Freedom March is Determined to Break the Siege

Citing escalating tensions on the Gaza-Egypt border, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry informed us on December 20 that the Rafah border will be closed over the coming weeks, into January. We responded that there is always tension at the border because of the siege and that if there are any risks, they are risks we are [...]

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US Cutting Gaza Lifeline

Making an American 'Impenetrable Underground Wall' the Laughing Stock of the World-Leave It to the People of Gaza
By Ann Wright* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
No doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a vertical underground wall under the border [...]

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Egypt accused of building Gaza wall [Video]

Israeli newspaper claims that Egypt is building an underground steel fence along its border with Gaza have been denied by the governor of Northern Sinai.
Haaretz had claimed metal sheets were being installed underground to block tunnels used to bring essential goods and medicines into Gaza.
But tunnel workers say Egypt has been enacting a far simpler [...]

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Haitham Sabbah – Jordanian, Egyptian and Lebanese Child Labor and Zionist Businessmen

By Haitham Sabbah
This might sound off-topic, but it is not and you will know why by reading until the end. Yet, it is so salient to every single one of us who are members of a global society.
As mentioned here, the US Department of Labor released their long-awaited report (PDF) on goods produced by [...]

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Aid Rots Outside Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of aid intended for the Gaza Strip is piling up in cities across Egypt's North Sinai region, despite recent calls from the United Nations to ease aid flow restrictions to the embattled territory in the wake of Operation Cast Lead.
Food, medicine, blankets, infant food and other supplies for Gaza's 1.5 [...]

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Zionist and Egypt's judicial system

"While Israel holds the Palestinian people under military occupation and Americans under political occupation it seems they also have also seized occupation of the legal system in neighbouring Egypt.
An interesting insight by former Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley"
Read more!

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Is it Qassams or Gas?

Also read "Is it Qassams or Gas? (Part 2) here!"
What we all know is that Israel needs no reason for its continuous crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza in particular and Arab in general.
The Iron Pipes called Qassams DON'T KILL, as Turkey told Israel; while every terrorist attack by IOF in Gaza kills dozens of [...]

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