{"id":12428,"date":"2010-01-01T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12428"},"modified":"2010-01-01T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T15:00:39","slug":"ali-abunimah-leaving-cairo-but-taking-the-struggle-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12428","title":{"rendered":"Ali Abunimah: Leaving Cairo, but taking the struggle with me #GFM #Gaza #Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ali Abunimah
\n1 January 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I leave Cairo after four intense days with the Gaza Freedom March. We did not fulfill our goal of reaching Gaza and being with the Palestinian people there. That was surely painful and disappointing. But that is not the measure of what happened. To talk about the siege of Gaza in the abstract is one thing, but to actually come to Egypt and find that Gaza is harder to visit than a prison is like a bucket of cold water.

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A picture from last night's vigil in Tahrir Square<\/p><\/div>The Egyptian government may be efficient at few things, but it is highly efficient at maintaining the siege. Buses hired to take all the marchers to Gaza were prevented from showing up. Those who tried to get to Gaza under their own steam were turned back or detained at their hotel in Al Arish. It was very very frustrating. But whatever frustration we felt is one millionth of the frustration of the besieged Palestinian people in Gaza. So perhaps in some way it is better then that we did not get in, because Egypt gave us a small taste of what it serves every day to people in Gaza — and a small taste of what Egyptians face when they challenge their government’s policies. <\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a> | link to photo<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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