Still a bit dazed and confused from jetlag, I went down to the Lotus Hotel where Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright and many of the other organizers are staying. It is also peeling and seedy, and when people told me, “Thank you for putting your life on the line,” I didn’t quite imagine that [...]
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Marryam Haleem, a delegate of our 65-member delegation to Gaza through Rafah, just sent this email from Gaza, describing the lapses in electricity and other services there. It gives a good glimpse of how it feels to try to connect to the outside world with not only a physical, border blockade, but a technological blockade [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
…to check out, by delegation Doug Tickner: http://gazasaga.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sascha Bollag, one of the members of the delegation to Gaza through Israel, wrote this account of the experience. Check it out! Day 1 – 6 After a short legal briefing on ramifications of being arrested as a foreigner in Israel (“almost 100% likelihood of deportation, strong likelihood that restrictions will be placed on returning to Israel), [...]
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Last Friday we began our delegation with an opening orientation that was both joyous and somber as only hours later a Palestinian activist in Nil’in had been killed by the IDF. This is the reality of being here in Israel–feeling surrounded in one moment by happy, laughing families in a cafe, and just over the [...]
Monday, June 8, 2009
Be sure to follow the 33 members of CODEPINK’s delegation to Gaza through Israel — they just made their first attempt to get through the Erez checkpoint today — by reading various delegates’ blogs! Pam Rasmussen blogs here (latest post), NTodd Pritsky here, and Felicia Parazaider here. And be sure to check back here for updates!
Monday, December 28, 2009
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