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Advancing Solidarity with Gaza
Kevin Ovenden – Socialist Worker,
8 Nov 2010
And by the way, there is a false story in the New York Times–predictably, I’m afraid to say–which claims that some or most of the aid went through the Israeli checkpoints. It didn’t. We never have gone through an Israeli checkpoint, and we never will–on principle. All of the people who were permitted into Egypt traveled through the Rafah crossing. For the first time, the convoy was able to arrive in Gaza in daylight, which may sound like a small thing, but it actually makes a huge difference for media coverage and a huge difference for the people of Gaza, who can take a great deal of inspiration from seeing a convoy of people break the siege–from seeing the vehicles and aid arriving to support them. It sends the message that the world has not forgotten you, that there are ongoing efforts to overturn this horrible siege. It really was a huge uplift in morale. The road was lined from the crossing point at Rafah all the way through to Gaza City.
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