Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Underwhelming...I guess that's one way of putting it. Being used by Hamas is another way of putting it:
As they crossed the Rafah border to participate in a protest, two UC Berkeley students were "underwhelmed" by the Egypt-Gaza Strip border that had taken them so long to cross.
Nuha Masri and Maggie Young were part of a group of 100 students and activists from the U.S. that had flown halfway across the world to participate in the Gaza Freedom March.
According to Young, organizers had planned on 50,000 people attending in protest of the economic block of the 25-mile by 7-mile Palestinian enclave bordered by Israel and Egypt.
Upon arrival, 1,400 international activists assembled in Cairo but were denied exit passes to the Gaza Strip by the Egyptian government.
At the last moment, the Egyptian government allowed 84 students and activists to pass through the Rafah border crossing to participate in the protest.
According to Young, the 84 demonstrators arrived in Gaza city via buses, but were disheartened. Instead of the march being led by the protesters, it was primarily led and controlled by 500 men who were associated with militant group Hamas, which dominates the strips government...
A little reminder to those who try to claim the GFM has nothing to do with Hamas. Uh, yes, it does. Then there's this:
And, of course, once an unrepentant terrorist, always an unrepentant terrorist:
Bernardine Dohrn: A 'Useful Idiot' for Hamas
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