The doors are closing on the Gaza Freedom March. You had to register by last night, but I know of someone who signed in today. The organizers, Code Pink, are presenting a list of the travelers to various governments as we speak. I believe they are expecting 1500 international marchers (can’t find my notes!). On the Gaza side, Palestinian organizers are hoping for 50,000 to join the march from Beit Hanoun to the Erez crossing into Israel, demanding an end to the blockade.
Felice Gelman, who led my delegation to Gaza last May, points to two large meanings of the march: 1, West Bank authorities and Gazan ones, Fatah and Hamas, have cooperated in bringing about the initiative, and that is a positive development, which just shows, 2, good things will flow from this historic gesture of Palestinian solidarity on the part of the global community, this effort to make a terribly-isolated and dispirited and oppressed people feel less lonely. "There has been nothing quite like this since the Spanish Civil war," Gelman says, thrillingly.
Rest assured: There has been precious little coverage of this undertaking. None to speak of in the American MSM. Count on this site to cover the march.
