Sunday, July 01, 2007

Suffering at Rafah Crossing...

A 31 year old palestinian mother passed away today after being stranded in the Egyptian side of Egypt - Gaza border (Rafah Crossing) for more than 20 days. The poor woman (a mother of 5) was suffering from cancer, and went to Egypt seeking medication, as Gaza is very poor with medical expertise. Her parents and family are calling all medias so they can receive her body and give her a proper burial...



More than 6 thousand palestinians are stranded in Egypt, waiting to get back for their families and homes, in very difficult conditions, the weather is so hot, that the temperature exceeds 40 degrees, and some of these people haven't any money left, a palestinian father had to sell the presents he bought for his children in order to pay for the hotel's charges. Another palestinian ran out of money and is spending his nights in coffee shops or wondering around to find a proper place to shut his eyes, even for just a couple of hours..


Travelling is a pleasure all over the world, but here, in Gaza, it's a journey of agony, fear and pain... nobody dares to leave the strip but in extreme conditions such as medication and education... A friend of mine is absent from work for over 3 weeks now, i thought that she was on leave, and was so concerned about her long absence... it appeared that she is stranded too at Rafah Crossing, she went to have a laser surgery in Egypt.. wonder what is she doing now.
Nobody even tried to put himself in the shoes of these people, having to wait for days and days so you can go back home for your wife and children, where there are no lobbies or rest points, you have to stand in the middle of the street or set on the side of the pavement, under the steaming sun... but the Egyptians were thankful to give the palestinians some camps... don't want to talk about that, because it really is humiliating...

The sad thing is that these thousands of palestinians didn't matter enough for the Arabic World or the Global community to even mention there suffering and try even a little to solve their problem...



There is nothing left to say, if you want to know more news about these poor people go to http://www.maannews.net/en/



6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is there anything that Abbas or Fatah can do to help? Why isn't Egypt being more helpful?
You know you are so right; people should try to picture themselves in that situation and have a little compassion.
Is there any kind of organized relief fund? I wish that there was something that I could do to help. Take care of yourself, with kind regards, lynne in Texas

sparrow said...

We all weep with the suffering of the people of Gaza at this time. No one wants a single innocent civilian, man, woman or child to be a victim of the lawlessness of recent days.

Happy Anniversary to you (soon)Dew, and thanks for visiting my blog half a world away. Blessings on you and your family, Sparrow

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