Saturday, January 10, 2009

Popular Committee in Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Friday's Popular Committee in Solidarity with the Palestinian People's convoy to Rafah,

Two buses of 100 activists left Cairo Friday morning with the aim of reaching Rafah to call on the Egyptian government to open the Rafah border for doctors and aid waiting there to enter as well as to allow injured Palestinians needing medical attention out.


The group was able to push through four checkpoints by stopping traffic and protesting at each point. Approximately 50km before the Gaza border we were forced back by ~300 state security police who blocked the road and started to storm our buses.

More to come.

Attached images by Per Bjorklund
http://flickr.com/photos/perbjorklund



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