Tag: palestine

Rafah Updates

Posted on By 3arabawy

I received the following update from the Gaza Solidarity Campaign, regarding their 27 June Rafah protest…

Due to hopeful developments for the people of Gaza, we have decided to wait another week before holding the previously planned demonstration. We hope that the current cease-fire will provide some immediate relief for the besieged people of Gaza, though as of yet the exact details of the arrangement are not entirely clear.
Therefore, at this stage we feel that it would be irresponsible to continue with the action before some clarity has been brought to the situation, especially considering the current political climate in Egypt. As the situation for the people of Gaza becomes clearer we will be able to judge how best to show our solidarity with the people still living under siege. Therefore we are postponing the action for one more week and ask you to do the same if solidarity actions are being organized in your communities.

Mubarak’s culture minister draws fire over Israel remarks

Posted on By 3arabawy

From AFP:

Dozens of Egyptian writers on Sunday condemned Culture Minister Faruq Hosni, a candidate to head UNESCO, for saying in an Israeli newspaper interview that he was prepared to visit the Jewish state.
The interview itself angered a group of 26 intellectuals, authors and poets, who consider Israel “the enemy” almost three decades after Egypt signed the first Arab peace treaty with Israel.
“Granting an interview to an Israeli paper is a form of normalisation with the enemy,” they said in a statement, adding that having Hosni at the head of UNESCO “will not be an honour for Egyptians and Arabs.”
The minister’s remarks amounted to a “humiliating surrender to Israeli demands for the sake of personal gain,” the signatories charged.