Haneyya: Egypt should urge Israel to abide by ceasefire agreement

[ PIC 01/09/2014 – 06:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ismail Haneyya, Deputy Head of Hamas political bureau, urged the Egyptian intelligence to pressure the Israeli occupation to observe the terms of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt a few days ago. Haneyya drew attention, in a telephone call with the Egyptian intelligence, to Egypt’s need […]

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100 Palestinians held at Cairo airport for last 3 weeks

Ma’an News Agency  (updated) 28/08/2014 21:49 (MaanImages/file) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — More than 100 Palestinians from Gaza have been stuck at Cairo International Airport for more than three weeks after being prevented by Egyptian authorities from traveling to their final destinations. The stranded passengers told Ma’an that most of the group had escaped from Gaza […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Haniyeh calls Egypt to hold Israel responsible for its ‘crimes’

  MEMO | Friday, 22 August 2014 13:27 ‘We advise all of those who endeavour to attain a ceasefire to attest to the occupation’s treachery and tendency to break promises and the killing of women, children and the extermination of entire families’ Egypt, who sponsored indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, must hold Israel […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt delay on Iran Gaza aid delivery unjustifiable

  An Iranian student collects aid for Gazans in an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran in July 2014.   PressTV | Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:4PM GMT A senior Iranian diplomat has criticized Cairo’s “unjustifiable” foot-dragging in giving permission to Iran’s aid flights bound for the Gaza Strip via Egypt. “Although a long time has passed […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt denies Kuwaiti aid entry into Gaza

MEMO | Friday, 15 August 2014 14:44 ‘ This action is not appropriate in the difficult circumstances that Gaza is witnessing as a result of the brutal Zionist aggression’ The governmental committee charged with receiving delegates in Gaza denounced the Egyptian authorities for denying a Kuwaiti aid delegation entry into the Strip.The committee, affiliated with […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Qaradawi says comments on Palestine ‘fabricated’

MEMO | Sunday, 10 August 2014 10:12 The IUMS, led by Qaradawi, has issued a number of statements since the start of the Israeli offensive on Gaza on July 7, and called for staging protests every Friday in solidarity with Palestinians. President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Dr Youssef al-Qaradawi has denied remarks attributed […]

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Egypt Complicit in Israeli Siege on Gaza

By Sara Flounders | Global Research, August 07, 2014 Some of the fiercest attacks on Gaza have been Israeli attacks on the Egyptian-Gaza border crossing at Rafah. More than 100 Palestinians were killed in Rafah between Aug. 1 and 3, including 10 children at a well-marked school. Even U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has […]

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Today we filed a lawsuit: African HR Complaint Against Egypt Re Rafah Closing ~ @StanleyCohenLaw

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt not cooperating on humanitarian and medical aid delivery to Gaza

  Egyptian border policemen are seen at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip. (File photo)     PressTV | Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:47PM GMT The Egyptian government refuses to cooperate for the dispatch of medical and humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, a senior Iranian lawmaker says. On Wednesday, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt turns back Tunisian plane loaded with medical supplies for Gaza

[ PIC 22/07/2014 – 10:33 AM ] TUNIS, (PIC)– Head of Tunisia’s al-Nahda party Rashid al-Ghannoushi revealed on Monday night that Egypt has refused to receive a Tunisian plane bound for Gaza loaded with medicines and medical supplies. Al-Ghannoushi told Al-Jazeera TV network that the Egyptian authorities had refused to allow the plane to land […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt denies entry of Jordanian medical delegation into Gaza

[ PIC 21/07/2014 – 08:16 AM ] AMMAN, (PIC)– Egyptian authorities have denied on Sunday the entry of a Jordanian medical delegation into Gaza Strip via Rafah crossing. The delegation includes five Jordanian doctors who reached Cairo on Friday en route to Gaza to participate in the treatment of the growing number of injuries as […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt blocks aid convoy from entering Gaza

Al Akhbar English Published Saturday, July 19, 2014 Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from reaching the Rafah border crossing with the embattled Palestinian Gaza Strip on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said. An army officer at the Balloza checkpoint, one of many along the desert highway to Rafah, told an […]

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Gaza’s Rafah border closed for 2nd day

Palestinians pushing to open Rafah crossing gate amid gripping closure a few months earlier Al Ray Agencies | Nov 23, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – The Egyptian authorities have been closing the Rafah crossing in both directions for the second day in a row. The crossing opened part-time for three consecutive days exceptionally  before being closed again […]

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Rights groups condemn detention of Syrian, Palestinian refugees in Egypt

DRAH | Nov 23, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Twelve rights organizations have called on Egypt’s government to release Syrian refugees and Palestinians carrying Syrian citizenship papers, who were previously ordered by prosecutors to be released. They also called for releasing detained minors and providing them with security and medical care, accusing Egyptian authorities of violating laws and […]

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Egyptian authorities close Rafah after 3 days of opening

[ PIC 22/11/2013 – 04:59 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Egyptian authorities closed on Thursday evening the Rafah crossing, until further notice, three days after opening it. Public administration of crossings in Gaza reported that three buses carrying 353 passengers were able to leave the Rafah crossing on Thursday, in addition to a number of ambulances. […]

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