Rafah crossing

There's more to Gaza than broken slabs of concrete

Sami Kishawi
Gaza City
7 July 2011
Returning to Gaza for a family visit after years away, Sami Kishawi reflects on the Gaza you see and don’t see through the media’s eye.

Oroub al-Abed on "The Invisible Community: Egypt's Palestinians"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 16:50
While Egypt has played an important role in the fate of the Palestinian national movement, little attention has been paid to Palestinians in Egypt. In a new policy brief from Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network, Oroub el-Abed gives an overview of the experience of Palestinians in Egypt and where they stand today.

Rafah border crossing reopens, again

Adam Morrow and
Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
Cairo
13 June 2011
Egypt’s border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was reopened to Palestinian travelers Wednesday after a series of squabbles over operational procedures had temporarily brought cross-border traffic to a halt.

US activists prepare to break Israel's blockade on Gaza

Alex Kane
10 June 2011
Final preparations are underway for the next big flotilla to Gaza, which is scheduled to occur in late June. The US Boat to Gaza will take part in the largest planned fleet yet, with an estimated 1,000 passengers from an array of countries collaborating to break Israel’s blockade.

Frustrations rise as Rafah crossing closed again

Mohammed Omer
Rafah
9 June 2011
Many hoping to find free movement between Egypt and Gaza have found the border gates at the Rafah crossing closed. Egyptian officials closed the gates on Saturday, according to Palestinian officials.

Traveling to the other part of home

Rana Baker
Gaza Strip
7 June 2011
For Palestinians in Gaza, the answer to “Have you ever been to Jerusalem?” is usually a complicated one.

Video: What is really happening at Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 13:53


A video produced by activists in Gaza shows the frustrations of Palestinians prevented from crossing through the Rafah border gate into Egypt, despite the announcement with much fanfare last week that the border would be permanently opened.

Rafah crossing open, but restrictions remain

Rafah
2 June 2011
The opening of Rafah on 28 May, the only official border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, has created a lifeline for Palestinians living in Gaza. But some, mostly refugees, will still be restricted to their localities because they lack identification papers.

Second flotilla set to sail one year after massacre

Eva Bartlett
Gaza City
1 June 2011
A gleaming new memorial towers over the center of Gaza City’s battered port, bearing the names of the Turkish solidarity activists who died one year ago when Israeli commandos firing machine guns air-dropped onto the Freedom Flotilla.

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