Unoccupied
By Abdallah Al Salmi, a translator and public relations specialist for the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution in Gaza City (THE WASHINGTON POST, 02/10/05):
"The border is open?" I cried in surprise and disbelief. "Won't they shoot at us?"
For as long as I could remember, it had been dangerous, even lethal, to approach the heavily guarded, shoot-to-kill border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. But on Sept. 12, Israel had pulled its last troops out of Gaza. Now, a few days later, my brother Ahmed was telling me that some militant Palestinians had managed to break through the 25-foot-tall border wall, and a flood of eager Gazans were heading south to visit the Sinai.… Seguir leyendo »