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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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Gaza Freedom March Set for Minneapolis on Dec. 30 and for Gaza on Dec. 31

By Coleen Rowley (Former FBI Special Agent) | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Gandhi said that the purpose of nonviolent action is to "quicken" the conscience of humankind. Citizens of Minnesota are called upon to stand in solidarity with an expected 1,300 International Peace Activists (including a number of Minnesotans) from over 40 countries marching in Gaza-to [...]

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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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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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