Mario Sasso

Egypt refuses entry to Gaza Aid Convoy!!



For immediate release - 25th December 2009



The Egyptian government has denied entry to the Viva Palestina Aid Convoy carrying medical and humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Hundreds of tonnes of aid, including specialized medical equipment and powdered milk for babies, is now stockpiled in the Jordanian port town of Aqaba waiting for permission to enter Egypt via the Straits of Aqaba.



The international convoy of approximately 150 vehicles and more than 400 people from 17 countries was given the news by the Egyptian Consulate in Aqaba late on Christmas Eve.



British MP George Galloway, who is traveling with the convoy, said “We feel very sad that Egypt has turned us away on Christmas Day, but we hope they will reconsider. This is a very determined convoy and we’re not going anywhere except to Gaza.”

Gaza Freedom March 

UPDATE 

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Hang Up on Motorola!

Motorola has the exclusive contract to provide the Israeli military with encrypted mobile phone technology.  This means that every Israeli border guard manning a checkpoint inside of Palestinian territory and every Israeli soldier committing war crimes in the assault on the Gaza Strip takes their orders through a Motorola device.

Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Campus BDS Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

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Stopthewall.org 
- Action Alert : September 25, 2009

 



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List of Palestinian
farmers & other civilians shot in Gaza
Strip’s rural communities since the declaration of the ceasefire on the 18^th
of January 2009 

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FlynnDog, 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington,VT - Presentation by Ayman Mohyeldin, Gaza Correspondent for Al Jazeera, in conjunction with the ArtHop 2009 exhibit, Gaza Burning: Photographs of the War Against Gaza, 12.27.2008 1.18.2009. Saturday, September 12 at 2:00 PM.

I filmed this during a UN led tour of Jabaylia Refugee Camp in Gaza Palestine. In this video is Rachel Corrie's Father, Craig Corrie sharing his thoughts of the Destruction we had just witnessed.