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Huwaida Arraf - Sailing into Gaza

By Guest Post • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Haitham's Choice, Israel, Palestine

By Huwaida Arraf
On Saturday, after 32 hours on the high seas, I sailed into the port of Gaza City with 45 other citizens from around the world in defiance of Israel's blockade. We traveled from Cyprus with humanitarian provisions for Palestinians living under siege. My family in Michigan was worried sick.
They are not naïve. They [...]

Sam Habeeb - From Gaza to Italy, part 1

By Guest Post • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Grassroots Activism, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Gaza Diary: From Gaza To Rome
It was not an easy mission to obtain the Italian Visa, since Palestinians are always disdained. I waited for more than a month; and at the end of the day, I got it. I left my Gaza not for a tour or a period of relaxation which I need so [...]