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Pr mrns support for Egyptians against the siege

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09 September 2008

Press Release

Media Review Network’s Support for “Egyptians Against the Siege”

The Media Review Network is pleased to announce that a convoy made up of various organisations of civil society in Egypt will embark on a ground breaking journey to challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Named “Egyptians against the Siege”, the group will leave for the Rafah Border post on Wednesday 10th September 2008, which is also the 10th day of the Holy Month of Ramadaan.

In solidarity with the “Egyptians against the Siege” the Media Review Network has dispatched one of its senior reporters, Tahir Sema, to Cairo to report on the progress of this highly laudable and humanitarian trip. He flew out on Sunday and is presently in contact with the organisers of the journey. He may be contacted on his mobile number:
                    Tahir Sema-   0020160418865

It has been widely recognised that governments and international organisations have turned a blind eye to the plight of the people of Gaza. The United Nations in particular is guilty of this dereliction of duty to human kind. Therefore it is left to civil society to take up the cudgels on behalf of the starving multitudes imprisoned in Gaza.

For further details please contact:

Dr. Firoz Osman
Secretary-General
082 337 6976

And

Ibrahim Vawda
Senior Researcher
072 295 0088

(Media Review Network is an advocacy group based in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa)

 

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Opinion break the siege on Gaza

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Opinion: Break the siege on Gaza

 

09 September 2008

Opinion

Break the siege on Gaza

* by Firoz Osman

A people’s campaign to break the siege on Palestine, comprising of various associations from civil society, has been launched in Egypt. Named “Egyptians against the Siege”, the campaign is made up of judges, university professors, journalists, politicians, women’s groups, doctors, pharmacists, engineers, agronomists, lawyers, teachers and students.

For almost two years the world has been witnessing the anguish and agony of the one-and-a-half million Palestinians as they are being slowly strangulated and starved in a narrow, hermetically sealed strip of land. There have been only occasional whimpers of protests from world governments, reflecting their utter hypocrisy to their claim to uphold human rights.

In a statement issued in June 2006 by John Dugard, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory stated:

“Gaza is under siege. Israel controls its airspace and has resumed sonic booms which terrorize and traumatize its people. The targeted killing of militants is on the increase. Inevitably, as in the past, such killings have resulted in the killing and wounding of innocent bystanders. Israel also controls Gaza’s territorial sea and fires missiles into the territory from ships at sea. The no-go area along the border of Gaza has been extended to some 500-600 metres to enable the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to prevent the firing of Qassam rockets by Palestinian militants.

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