Rod Cox and Gaza: International Movement to Open the Rafah Border

Monday, 30 March 2009

International Movement to Open the Rafah Border

Hello Rod, hello all,
just received the following message from the International Movement to Open the Rafah border so have posted it straight here as may be of interest to readers. Regards, Frances Laing. Copy follows:

Peace Thank you for your support,

This is just to let you know that Global Help Initiative for Palestine HI Chairman Hamza El Tawil will be appearing on PressTVs Remember the children of Palestine, Tuesday March 31st at 7pm - 8pm ( UK TIME) GMT +1 Satellite Sky 515 or online

He will mention briefly about the call originating via Hashim and the movements aims.For those who do not know the show is presented by Lauren Booth and looks at :-* The Children’s humanitarian issues. Their Hope. Future and the Sadness the Palestinian Children suffer all year round* Activities people all round the world are doing to help the Palestinians & Children of Palestine i.e. Someone is making music, another person in France may be making cakes and selling them to raise money for medical supplies, etc * Bringing people together from all parts of the world interactively to highlight the plight of the Palestinians. * Interactive show with live cams, emails and txts as the viewers input is vital, both for the people in Gaza and for us to learn how to help each other improve the lives of those in Palestine.

Hamza also hopes to cover an update on some of the Children in the Cancer ward whom HI supported via their ''Smile of Hope'' Project which started prior to the war and hopes also to talk about one family in particular and the devastating effects of the war upon their family, their grief and hardships it has thrust upon them.

International Movement to Open Rafah Border now has a facebook group for those who facebook Join us. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9986479902

Hope that you are all well.
Peace and solidarity

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Welcome. What are we trying to do, and how you can help.

*Giving Children a voice: Everyone in Gaza is Traumatised by the Israeli onslaught. There was nowhere to run to, and nowhere to hide. When Decent people see how it has affected Children in particular, they want to do something about it. I have brought a travelling exhibition of Children's Paintings to the UK, and you can see the dates that it is booked on the Chester and Palestine Exchanges website www.cape.uk.net

For the posts in the blog about the collection of the children's paintings from Gaza click here.

*The Campaign to open the Gates of Gaza, and end the siege, is of course wider than the Art Van. It is fundamental. Gaza is not even a prison, it is regarded by the Israelis as a Zoo. Any complaint from the Lions caged up here is met by death through the Bars. Honestly, there is nothing more important in all the world than ending this siege, where one set of people treat another as sub-humans, and seem to be supported by the country where you live. Please tell Your Friends, together we can make a difference. Link to this blog.

*The pictures show attacks by the Israeli army on civilians. While the Israelis claim they are fighting a just war they are suppressing any evidence to the contrary. The pictures reveal evidence of bombs that tear off arms and legs, and of the widespread use of Bulldozers in the frontline, demolishing houses to bury people alive, as well as destroying agricultural land, so they could be evidence of War Crimes, too.

**What we need to achieve is a wider awareness of Isreal's crimes, and I hope that seeing the Exhibition will encourage schools and others to link with counterparts in Gaza. We have few resources in CAPE but we will try to put you in touch if you ask, otherwise Twinning with Palestine is the group to contact.

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