I was one of the 85 international delegates who entered the Gaza Strip in Occupied Palestine at the beginning of the year. I was recently interviewed by fellow Indypendent contributor Danny Valdes on his weekly radio show, Radio Provocateur, where we discussed my experiences in Gaza. To listen to the entire interview, click here. Valdes’ radio show is broadcast [...] read more »

On Tahrir Square in Cairo New Year's Eve. Photo by Ellen Davidson CAIRO, January 3–Taking advantage of the publicity generated by its attempt to reach Gaza, the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow it to do so, and its protests in Cairo, the Gaza Freedom March (GFM) concluded with plans to intensify its work when marchers return [...] read more »

Hedy Epstein (second row, third from left) with other hunger strikers on the steps of the Journalists Syndicate building in Cairo January 1. CAIRO, January 1–85-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein ended her hunger strike today. She had begun the fast to protest the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow the Gaza Freedom March to cross the border [...] read more »

End Israeli Apartheid Cairo Declaration January 1, 2010     We, international delegates meeting in Cairo during the Gaza Freedom March 2009 in collective response to an initiative from the South African delegation, state:   In view of:   o   Israel’s ongoing collective punishment of Palestinians through the illegal occupation and siege of Gaza; o   the illegal occupation of the West Bank, including East [...] read more »

CAIRO, January 1—This morning, a couple of hundred Gaza Freedom March (GFM) participants ringingly endorsed the “Cairo Declaration,” the founding document of a new initiative for deepening opposition to Israel’s apartheid policies and increasing the reach and impact of the Palestine solidarity movement. Hammered out over the past week by a Gaza Freedom March committee [...] read more »

The question was like an electric shock to the six or so Palestine solidarity activists, including myself, as we were standing inside a classroom at a school in Gaza City. “Why the Palestinians? Why are we the only ones suffering?” asked a Palestinian girl who was probably about nine or ten-years-old. And then the enormity of [...] read more »

The following message is from a youth activist inside Gaza named Majed Abusalama.  It is addressed primarily to the Gaza Freedom Marchers still in Egypt.  Freedom dreamers in Gaza are awaiting the “candles of hope” outside    One year after the Gaza massacre, it gladdens our heart to see all these supporters from around the world who [...] read more »

  Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gaza City, Gaza Strip–About 85 international delegates marched with hundreds of Palestinians in the area of Beit Hanoun in Gaza yesterday afternoon.  The protesters called on Israel, Egypt and the United States to lift the devastating siege on Gaza and to let the over 1,300 delegates from the Gaza Freedom March still [...] read more »

“Saw devastating scenes of destruction today in Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Gaza City. Visited schools, so sad, but brought some light.”  Read Alex Kane’s twitter feed at http://twitter.com/alexbkane . read more »

By Ellen Davidson and Judith Mahoney Pasternak   CAIRO, December 31—At 9:50 this morning, hundreds of Egyptian Museum-bound tourists milled around Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. Camouflaged among them were several hundred Gaza Freedom marchers, their “Free Gaza” t-shirts and “My heart is with Palestine”  buttons hidden under jackets, their backpacks holding a day’s worth [...] read more »