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I thought you all may be interested in reading
this if you haven't seen the news in a few days.
Meher
If you haven't watched the news today,
last night unknown parties blew at least
seven holes in the massive Israeli wall
between Rafah and the Egyptian border
and today the UN estimates that up to
350,000 Gazans have been streaming
back and forth across the border to
Egypt to buy food, medicine, fuel,
cement, cigarettes, and every imaginable
thing that has been blockaded by Israel.
(Of course, this does not restore electricity
or water service or power to hospitals as
Israel retains tight restrictions on diesel
fuel entering the strip.)
video footage
last night unknown parties blew at least
seven holes in the massive Israeli wall
between Rafah and the Egyptian border
and today the UN estimates that up to
350,000 Gazans have been streaming
back and forth across the border to
Egypt to buy food, medicine, fuel,
cement, cigarettes, and every imaginable
thing that has been blockaded by Israel.
(Of course, this does not restore electricity
or water service or power to hospitals as
Israel retains tight restrictions on diesel
fuel entering the strip.)
video footage
For pictures, click here: Gaza border break
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in
_pictures/7204102.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in
This amazing event is taking place in the context of
a week of protests against the seige of Gaza all over
the world...just yesterday there were angry and desperate
protests by 3000 women in Rafah at the border, some
succeeded in crossing into Egypt but were detained and
sent back after clashing with Egyptian police that injured
many. It is reported also that a shipment of emergency
aid from Egypt had just been denied entry into Gaza
through the Israeli-controlled Keren Shalom crossing.
So for some reason, Egypt has decided not to
intervene for the time being. There are also protests in
Egypt in support of the seige break. It is unclear how
long the border will remain open.
a week of protests against the seige of Gaza all over
the world...just yesterday there were angry and desperate
protests by 3000 women in Rafah at the border, some
succeeded in crossing into Egypt but were detained and
sent back after clashing with Egyptian police that injured
many. It is reported also that a shipment of emergency
aid from Egypt had just been denied entry into Gaza
through the Israeli-controlled Keren Shalom crossing.
So for some reason, Egypt has decided not to
intervene for the time being. There are also protests in
Egypt in support of the seige break. It is unclear how
long the border will remain open.
The US, true to form, has just blocked a UN
security council resolution condemning the
Israeli seige of Gaza.
security council resolution condemning the
Israeli seige of Gaza.
Below are links to some good coverage of these
events. You can see some of it on CNN but the
best source here is probably Al Jazeera English if
you have access to that. I've also put at the end a
couple of items that graphically explain the horrible
conditions that are behind this dramatic "prison break".
events. You can see some of it on CNN but the
best source here is probably Al Jazeera English if
you have access to that. I've also put at the end a
couple of items that graphically explain the horrible
conditions that are behind this dramatic "prison break".
We will try to send out more information shortly
on what you can do to help protest the seige of
Gaza. Be watching the news this Friday night and
Saturday, as Gush Shalom and a long list of Israeli
peace groups are planning a relief and protest convoy
to the Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza, where
they hope to be met by Palestinians demonstrating
on the other side.
on what you can do to help protest the seige of
Gaza. Be watching the news this Friday night and
Saturday, as Gush Shalom and a long list of Israeli
peace groups are planning a relief and protest convoy
to the Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza, where
they hope to be met by Palestinians demonstrating
on the other side.
Barb O.
Thousands cross Rafah borders;
Hamas says it's the decision of the people
Thousands of Palestinians residents of the Gaza
strip managed to cross into Egypt in the early hours
of Wednesday after the Palestinian resistance
destroyed part of the Wall located on the
southern Gaza Egypt borders.
http://www.imemc.org/article
UN: Some 350,000 Gazans stream into
Egypt as Palestinians blast border wall
Some 350,000 Palestinians poured out of Gaza
and into Egypt early Wednesday, the United
Nations said, after masked gunmen blew
dozens of holes in the wall delineating the
border.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen
Gazans knock down border, flee to Egypt
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of
Palestinians on foot and on donkey carts
poured into Egypt from Gaza Wednesday
after masked gunmen used land mines to
blast down a seven-mile barrier dividing
the border town of Rafah.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap
_on_re_mi_ea
Stench wafts through Gaza as
sewage system falters
Yussef Al-Jayar jolted awake this week when
gallons of raw sewage spewed out of the pumping
station next door and started to seep under his door
and into his mattress. "We had to grab buckets and
get the neighbours to help bail us out," the 74-year-old
Palestinian said at his house in Gaza City, pointing to a
mark about a metre above the floor where the rancid
water reached. "It stank."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews
/newsdesk/L2268055.htm
sewage system falters
Yussef Al-Jayar jolted awake this week when
gallons of raw sewage spewed out of the pumping
station next door and started to seep under his door
and into his mattress. "We had to grab buckets and
get the neighbours to help bail us out," the 74-year-old
Palestinian said at his house in Gaza City, pointing to a
mark about a metre above the floor where the rancid
water reached. "It stank."
http://www.alertnet.org
/newsdesk/L2268055.htm
collapse of natural gas deal
Israel has dramatically intensified its military
campaign in the Gaza Strip, stepping up air strikes
and shelling of the beleaguered coastal strip.
UN officials and human rights advocates warn
that Gazans now face a humanitarian disaster
of unprecedented magnitude with widespread
disease and famine rapidly becoming reality
as electricity generation, water supply,
sewage treatment, food supplies and medical
services grind to a halt as a consequence
of the ever tighter Israeli blockade.
http://electronicintifada.net
'The cold keeps the food from going bad'
Gaza Strip residents yesterday moved from
worrying about the electricity cuts of the previous 40
hours to worrying about a water shortage. The
municipality needs electricity to bring water to
homes and the houses need it to pump water to
the roof tanks. Hence 40 percent of Gaza Strip
homes - 600,000 people - had no running water
yesterday, the Palestinian water authority said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/946855.html
Gaza Strip residents yesterday moved from
worrying about the electricity cuts of the previous 40
hours to worrying about a water shortage. The
municipality needs electricity to bring water to
homes and the houses need it to pump water to
the roof tanks. Hence 40 percent of Gaza Strip
homes - 600,000 people - had no running water
yesterday, the Palestinian water authority said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen
Israel resumes fuel blockade of Gaza strip
Israeli sources announced on Wednesday that the Israeli army had stopped all fuel and food supplies shipments from interring the Gaza strip on Wednesday.
http://www.imemc.org/article
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