{"id":13646,"date":"2010-05-12T10:26:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=13646"},"modified":"2010-05-12T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:26:51","slug":"gaza-friends-israel-bans-the-basics-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=13646","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Friends: Israel bans the basics of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/FreeGaza.org\">FreeGaza.org<\/a><br \/>\n12 May 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we get ready to launch our cargo ship and Israel rattles its sabers  threatening to violently stop our 8-boat flotilla, the 1.5 million Palestinians  of Gaza cannot be forgotten. It is they who pay the price for the inaction of  governments, particularly in the EU and the US.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BCC and  Amira Hass in columns last week, Israel allows only 81 items into Gaza for basic  and bare necessity life. These items, many of them that have nothing to do with  rebuilding a shattered infrastructure after Israel&#8217;s brutal Operation Cast Lead  at the beginning of 2009, are mostly &#8216;added to the list&#8217; of imports because of  pressure from Israeli merchants who make a great deal of money if their item  gets on the approved list.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Bans the Basics of Life\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o2s_v-DHv0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video and look at the absurdity of banned items&#8230; chocolate, jam, sheets,  pillows, and all rebuilding supplies. Taking these supplies into Gaza is exactly  what the Freedom Flotilla intends to do.<\/p>\n<p>Then watch the flotilla  <a href=\"http:\/\/freegaza.org\">on our website<\/a>, pressure your government officials to advocate for our safe  passage, and continue to donate what you can for our fuel, captain and crew.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We want to thank everyone of you who have donated, advocated, written  and called your representatives. This initiative has grown from a few supporters  to thousands around the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/freegaza\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/freegaza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In  the words Alice Walker, poet and author:<\/p>\n<p>Goddess Speed your boat. \u00a0You are doing the work of The Collective  as it attempts to bring Comfort, Support and Abiding Love and Solidarity to  Itself. \u00a0What you demonstrate is what we all, deep in our hearts, can know: \u00a0We  are One People, existing in one Love. \u00a0The Gazans <em>are<\/em> us, living in a  beleaguered place too small for us, dangerous for us, deadly for us. \u00a0Just as  the air connects us, so does this <em>knowing wisdom<\/em> of being one expression  \u2013 human \u2013 of an infinitely creative Universe.<\/p>\n<p>I send you my blessings,  my prayers for your safety, and my love,<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nGreta Berlin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freegaza.org\/\">www.freegaza.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FreeGaza.org 12 May 2010 As we get ready to launch our cargo ship and Israel rattles its sabers threatening to violently stop our 8-boat flotilla, the 1.5 million Palestinians of Gaza cannot be forgotten. 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