[Peace-discuss] Gaza's Ark: URGENT: Ask Egypt to stop suffocating Gaza

[Robert Naiman]

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**URGENT:
Ask Egypt to stop suffocating Gaza*

*** please forward to anyone who you **think** may be interested ***





 Since July 3 of this year, the *Egyptian** authorities have **closed the
Rafah border crossing* with Gaza in the face of Palestinian travelers, most
of the time. At the same time, the Egyptian authorities have *destroyed
most of the tunnels *upon which the Palestinians of Gaza rely for vital
supplies. Together with the Israeli blockade, this closure results in
collective
punishment of the entire 1.7 million population of Gaza.


Therefore, *Gaza's Ark* and the *Freedom Flotilla Coalition* urge you to *call,
email, **fax and/or visit** the Egyptian **embassy or consulate** closest
to you and demand (please be firm but diplomatic) that:

* **The Egyptian authorities STOP enforcing the Israeli blockade of Gaza
and OPEN the Rafah crossing in both directions for all peaceful purposes,
including full commercial traffic, especially fuel.** *


We also encourage you to sign and share the following *petition *from the
International Campaign to #OpenRafahBorder
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Egypt_Open_Gazas_Rafah_Crossing_1/


* You can find the contact info of the Egyptian embassies and consulates
through these links:
http://www.mfa.gov.eg/english/embassies/Pages/listing.aspx
http://www.embassypages.com/egypt


* Gaza's Ark Steering Committee*


-- 
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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