URGENT: Egypt MUST allow Viva Palestina & Gaza Freedom March into Gaza - NOW! The Egyptian government has been participating in + colluding with Israel in it's blockade of Gaza and now takes further steps to prevent aid from the Viva Palestina convoy reaching Gaza and harrasses, assualts and detains activists from the Gaza Freedom March while it holds them down in Cairo... Link to the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=228160212957 ENOUGH! Join PROTEST outside Egyptian Embassy in London against the siege on Gaza & to stop the building of the steel wall & to demand the access of the VIVA PALESTINA convoy + Gaza Freedom March into Gaza NOW! **TODAY** Thursday 31st Dec 2009, 1pm – 3pm 26 South Street, London W1K 1DW. Nearest Tube: Green Park & Hyde Park Corner. Called by: British Muslim Initiative, Stop the War Coalition, Save Egypt Front, Arab Organization for Human Rights & Palestinian Forum in Britain. Supported by: Islamic Forum of Europe, Mu
Until now, the besieged Gaza Strip has stayed free of the novel coronavirus spreading across the world. As the Gaza Strip has been under a stringent Israeli-led blockade for nearly 13 years, the spread of the coronavirus - officially known as COVID-19 - has become the topic of discussion for many Palestinians, with some joking that the blockade was preventing them from being exposed.But as authorities in the coastal Palestinian enclave gear up to contain any potential outbreak, serious questions have arisen about the risks and implications of such a scenario. But given its already difficult humanitarian situation and high population density, an outbreak in the Gaza Strip could prove to be catastrophic, health officials have warned. "If the virus enters Gaza and spreads, it will get out of hand," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Majdi Thuhair told Middle East Eye, as he explained that a severe shortage of resources and personnel would make it near impossible