Egyptian police turned back a delegation of 60 international volunteers this morning a few miles from the Gaza border, ignoring a United Nations invitation that described the group as "a vital means of shedding light on the present circumstances and bringing hope to ordinary Gazans." For some of the volunteers it was the fourth day that they had been turned back.
The group includes chiefly international students based in Cairo but also parties from New York and Canada. They are carrying medical supplies, soccer balls, and crayons, among other items on the long list of basic goods that Gazans cannot get their hands on due to an Israeli blockade of the Gaza strip, and the Egyptian government's compliance with that blockade.
"They told us there was a military action on the road, and they had riot trucks at the ready," Ali Glenesk, a leader of the Cairo-based student group said this morning after the group was turned back at a checkpoint. "But we saw taxis getting through."
Glenesk said the volunteers' spirits were high. "My spirits are good because no matter what we are drawing attention to the issue. We want the world to know what is happening here."
It is now 11:30 in El-Arish, the seaside resort at which the volunteers have gathered. Having conferred with associates in Cairo who are lobbying the Egyptian foreign ministry, they are planning a second attempt on the border this afternoon.
Shouldn't pro-Palestinian pro-Humanity anti-Zionist groups be protesting the groveling of the Egyptian government to its American and Zionist masters? Here is a list of consulates: http://www.touregypt.net/usconsulates.htm .
I am also curious about the Zionist penetration of the Egyptian government. In the 80s I got to know Ahmed el-Zayat, who was the son of Dr. Ala el-Zayat, who was a crypto Jew and — according to Ahmed — a close friend of Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak. Ahmed's father was close to the Bostoner Rebbe and had a connection with Harvard Professor Nadav Safran, who received money from the CIA and who probably worked for Mossad. [I could be paranoid, but I believe there is a lot of Mossad activity in Boston because the Arab elite disproportionately sends its kids to schools in the Boston area.] I suspect that Dr. el-Zayat was the real Israeli mole at the highest level of the Egyptian government (not Ashraf Marwan). I wonder if his family plays the role of a conduit of information from Egypt to the Israeli and American government to this day.
Pro-Palestinian is not pro-humanitarian.
Here's a thought Phil, as a spiritual descendant of the Hyksos, you could claim ancient nomadic wandering rights to the Gaza precinct and demand that they be respected. You should be able to get the Israelis to support you with this line of argument, its right up their alley. Give them a call, they might be able to work a bit of metaphorical arm twisting on the Egyptians. :-)
You need Jesus.
Phil did the genetic test. He found that his ancestors came from the region of Kazakhstan. It really is time to junk the myth that ethnic Ashkenazim have any ancestral connection to the Levant. Ethnic Ashkenazim in Stolen or Occupied Palestine are racist, murderous, genocidal invaders, interlopers, and thieves that are carrying out genocide right before our lives. Anyone supporting Zionism or the State of Israel is a despicable genocide-supporter and an enemy of the human race.
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What are the given and real reasons for Egypt's actions re these groups? Does the blockade have any supporters in Egypt's rubber stamp parliament? Fear of Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood, and giving them a political victory of sorts? I doubt that Zionist agents are the real explanation, but would like to hear the possible alternatives.
Wonderful idea. Not only is he a spiritual descendant of the Hyksos, but he can trace his spiritual ancestors back to Sharuhen. Claiming "ancient nomadic wandering rights", is close to perfect.
How so? Are you saying there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza? Are you suggesting being "pro-Israel" is humanitarian? Is it 1938, when Jews in Europe had no arms, let alone hegemonic nukes, a constant US dole, a huge weapon supply industry and military strike force?
well, you answered your own question, Scott: it's a "rubber stamp" parliament. That's the way the US wanted it, for reasons we may dispute, and frequently do, but which boil down to either the idea that Israel is a puppet of the US, or that the US is a puppet of Israel.
No comparrison to antisemitism in Nazi Germany. The Palestinians are commited to genocide. They elected and cooperate with a government whose sole criteria for being is genocide. The humanitarian crisis was caused by Hamas.
Joachim, without supporting zionism, is a despicable genocide-supporter and an enemy of the human race.
they both have their hands up each others' ass.
Correct. So zionists should stop comparing Iran and/or Hamas to Hitler. How many Palestinians do you know? They all just want to kill Jews? Maybe some merely miss their old homestead and the ability to shop, work, walk about freely? Hamas is a freedom fighter organization, with a better claim than the Irgun, Stern gang and other Jewish terrorist organizations ever had. The sole criteria you mention ignores the real history of the region. The humanitarian crisis has been going on since 1890, but especially since 1967–instigated by Jews, at first under the Jewish Agency, and now for many decades by the state of Israel.
Joachim is part asheknazi, and he has real integrity and a brainy thirst for truth–exactly the opposite of the defective character, Jacobwolfen.
Yes, and the USA taxpayer foots the bill either way, and also expends its blood therefore.
He has no integrity, just hatred for his betters.
I just love it when the bigots here see things they don't like and manage to blame everything on the Jews, everytime, with never a fact or piece of logic to support them. Egypt is terrified of having an armed, independent Palestinean state on it's border, especially an Islamo-Fascist partner to the outlawed Ikhwan. Jordan feels the same, especially seeing as Jordan is occupying 3/4 of historic Palestine on the East Bank. Arafat started his first Intifada against King Hussein of Jordan, remember? So when Jordan and Egypt mis-treat the Pals, who do the bigots blame? Israel. As always. No facts, no logic – but lots of stupid anonymous posts and moronic comments. That's what bigots do.
That is because both Egypt and Jordan are US-backed dictatorships. Naturally, they fear democratic resistance, and any outside force that may support it.
Rowan, when I mentioned bigots who "manage to blame everything on the Jews, everytime, with never a fact or piece of logic to support them", your name came to mind. Egypt and Jordan have very real reason for hating Palestineans. Indeed, the Pals are despised in all of the Arab world. Remember how half a million ethnic Pals were summarily kicked out of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait after they conspired with Saddam to pillage those countries just a few years back? So if Jordan and Egypt hate the Pals (and the Pals work to overthrow those governments), don't go blaming the USA or Israel. Place blame where it belongs: in the Arab world.
Well, naturally they're malcontents. You've rendered them stateless refugees – millions of them.
Whatever you say, Chris Barel. Your are boring us with your personal attacks on the messengers because you do not have the IQ to answer the messages.
Rowan is correct. The arab street knows very well that they are ruled by selfish whore regimes bought and sold by the USA in Israel's interest. Eventually, even the USA's Main Street will come to the same opinion.
How many Palestinians do I know? I know the ones who wrote the Hamas charter. It is genocidal. They have no legitimate claim. Can't help it if you are ignorant of the real history of the region.