we have verified reports that the israeli army has been conducting military exercises on the border, similar to last year before the attack. of course we are not sure that it means an attack, but people are very scared in gaza.
also, please check out al-jazeera about what just happened with the viva palestina convoy on the border. things are very, very tense.
also, in egypt, things have been monumental. even bigger than i had imagined. activists are saying that an earthquake came with the international delegation and shook all the leaves off the tree, exposing egypt for what it is in its complicit role in the situation in gaza, and extending that, in the occupation. there is a huge surge in activity around protesting the wall and egypt's activity around gaza. it seems that egypt is scared, and egyptians are gaining strength in standing up to their government.
just to be clear, i want to back up a minute and say that many egyptian organiziations believed that internationals came here and intentionally left egyptian organizations out. it has been a difficult task to work with a couple of other remaining internationals here to build up trust again and let them know that we have nothing to do with codepink and their approach, and that we want to represent a new effort that was born here in cairo and is embodied in the cairo declaration. meetings are happening this week to help get an action going here in cairo around the jan. 16th event, and its quite exciting because it seems like this might be an issue that unites egyptian organization.
check out www.cairodeclaration.org and stephon's youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz467DwxHwY
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