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international / arts and media / news report Saturday January 02, 2010 18:34 by John Hurson
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Latest report on the Irish Humanitarian Delegation travelling to Gaza with the "Viva Palestina Convoy" read full story / add a comment 
Egypt, vile Egypt has enraged the people of Bil'in ... and they marched in protest on New Year's Day
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday January 02, 2010 17:49 by TD
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It's a small mercy that: "The Viva Palestina convoy is now steaming towards Egypt after facing down all efforts to delay or stop its mission to bring relief to the besieged people of Gaza" (Alice Howard; Viva Palestina). It's a large crime, a crime against humanity that Egypt, a client state of Israel and the US, cold-bloodedly obstructed vital humanitarian aid reaching the desperate Gazans and brutally assaulted the Gaza Freedom Marchers and prevented them from breaking the medieval siege of that suffering land. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday January 02, 2010 16:10 by Kev
(CAIRO) Gaza Freedom March hunger strikers released yesterday a statement to the world community at the steps of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists where they have congregated for the past week due to Egypt's refusal to allow them into Gaza. They renewed their commitment to the values of freedom for Palestine and appealed for a continued struggle until justice is achieved. They also called for an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday January 02, 2010 16:05 by Kev
(CAIRO) Gaza Freedom Marchers yesterday, 1st January 2010, approved a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid. Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians marching to break Israel's illegal siege. They were prevented from entering Gaza by the Egyptian authorities. As a result, the Freedom Marchers remained in Cairo. They staged a series of nonviolent actions aimed at pressuring the international community to end the siege as one step in the larger struggle to secure justice for Palestinians throughout historic Palestine. The following declaration arose from those actions: read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday January 02, 2010 00:03 by Paula Geraghty
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Many Irish people and members of the Palestinian and wider Arab communities came out on a bitter afternoon to show their support for the Palestinians still under siege. read full story / add a comment |
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