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Palestine: Border still closed!

Written byHaitham Sabbah
Posted 27 November 2006 18 years ago

Since then, Laila and her family are still waiting to cross the border from Egypt to Gaza. There is now some rumors that the border is opening tomorrow for three days only, in both directions. She can't be certain until she hears the same from the Egyptian border officials.

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  • Pingback: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Palestine: Humanity lost

    […] Waiting, as ever, for the border to open, Laila says: “One hour turned into two, then three, then five, as we stood shielding our eyes from the piercing midday sun on Wednesday, when we were told the Crossing would be opening for a few hours. We stood and we waited and we cried and we returned back to Egypt yesterday, and again today. Us and thousands of others. It was anguish. Anguish and misery and desperation personified in every woman, man and child.“ Haitham Sabbah […]

    29 November 2006, 16:08 pm

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