FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2009 CONTACT: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder, 018 9561919 or 972-059-706-4075 Tighe Barry, CODEPINK activist, 011-2019-4812932 (in Cairo) Jean Stevens, CODEPINK national media coordinator, 508-769-2138 (in U.S.) Nine members of international women’s delegation stay behind in Gaza A Palestinian delegate is detained at border, will attempt to cross again March 15 [...]
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sandra Ruch, in Gaza City now on CODEPINK’s 60-member international delegation delivering aid to Gazan women today for International Women’s Day, is updating her own blog with her experiences and sending updates to PINKTank. We’ll update this post with each of her updates. Read on!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Here’s another update from Susan Adelman, in Gaza City now! The Egyptians blinked!! We were contacted by the Egyptian Red Crescent just before dinner on the 7th and told that they and the Palestinian Red Crescent would facilitate the transportation of our relief supplies from Egypt to Palestine. This was a BIG signal. They also [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
WASHINGTON — With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement Monday of $300 million in aid for war-torn Gaza, members of the 60-person international delegation set to arrive in Gaza this week call on the Obama administration to push for a lifting of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, to work with the democratically-elected Hamas rather than [...]
Monday, February 23, 2009
50 international delegates to arrive in Gaza with gift baskets for Gazan women: Vows to camp on border if blocked, demand its opening WHAT: 50 international delegates to camp out at Gaza border until allowed inside; plan to meet with women’s groups, call for end to blockade WHEN: March 6 to March 12, 2009 WHERE: [...]
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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