Action alert: Open Rafah now
\nin Action Alerts, Gaza August 22, 2014<\/p>\n
18th August\u00a02014 |\u00a0Open the Rafah crossing permanently and unconditionally\u00a0| Occupied Palestine
\nIn response to calls from human rights defenders in Gaza who ask that we bring an end to the Egyptian government\u2019s complicity in Israel\u2019s genocide of the people of Gaza an urgent call to action\u00a0was issued.
\nThe call was endorsed by renown anti-apartheid and freedom and justice activists such as: Former Robben Island inmate, and ANC leader Ahmed Kathrada, Former ANC Minister for Intelligence Services Ronnie Kasrils, Luisa Morgantini Former Vice President of the European Parliament and Italian MEP, Richard Falk Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Breyten Breytenbach, \u00a0a South African anti-Apartheid writer, painter, novelist and icon and civil society collectives from Egypt, Palestine and around the world.
\nPlease continue to demand that the Egyptian government open the Rafah crossing. Send us your communications with the embassy along with a photo of yourself holding a sign with a slogan such as \u2018Open Rafah Now-End Egyptian complicity in Israeli Genocide\u2019 to: openrafahnow@gmail.com
\nHelp us spread the call from and\u00a0share the following translations via social media:
\nArabic,\u00a0French,\u00a0German,\u00a0Dutch,\u00a0Turkish, Italian and\u00a0Spanish.
\nThe pictures and communications will be posted on the Facebook page Open Rafah permanently and unconditionally.<\/p>\n
In response to calls from our fellow human beings and comrades in Gaza who asked that we bring an end to the Egyptian government\u2019s complicity in Israel\u2019s genocide of the people of Gaza.
\nWe called upon people to take action and contact their local embassy, to protest Egypt\u2019s complicity in an illegal and inhumane siege leaving those most suffering in Gaza alone and isolated.
\nDespite a call from Egyptian citizens to lift the siege, the Egyptian government has instead supported the Israeli plan for return to the status quo of slow genocide. The Egyptian government claims that The Rafah Border is open but the stark reality is that the crossing remains closed to all but too few exceptions.
\nFor 7 years Gaza has been under a suffocating, deadly siege imposed by Israel and accommodated by the Egyptian government, that severely restricts all movement of people and products.
\nWith the wanton destruction and devastation that Israel has wrecked in Gaza over the past 5 weeks, now more than ever is it essential to demand that the Egyptian government to fully Open Rafah.
\nSince July 7th more than 2016 Palestinians have been killed and over 19101 have been injured. The Egyptian government\u2019s refusal to open the border makes them complicit in Israel\u2019s genocide of a population held captive.
\nThank you for taking action! Raise your voice for the besieged people of Gaza!
\nOpen Rafah Now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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