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Messages from Gaza, CODEPINK's Pam Rasmussen and Gael Murphy
We hear about the delegation's progress, learn more about what they have been seeing, and hear a first hand report about a war crime as described to CODEPINK by survivors.
Produced by Dori Smith, FM 91.7 WHUS Radio at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT
TRT:30:08
Download at Pacifica's Audioport here or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org
Two members of a peace delegation to Gaza speak out about what they found there during a time of mixed emotions. There was hopeful enthusiasm at the mere fact that 60 of them gained entry to Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. The leaders of CODEPINK and Women for Peace thought they might have to camp out in protest if they were denied access. And then there were some feelings of encouragement now that aid was finally getting into hospitals. Ultimately, though, the harsh reality of the war and its victims affected them deeply.
Pam Rasmussen has been blogging about the trip at the web site www.codepinkalert.org. She joined us March 9th, and then the co-founder of CODEPINK, Gael Murphy, joined us for an update recorded the morning of March 11th. Murphy stayed in Gaza after her fellow peace delegates began the journey home because there were so many untold stories there. The international press has been granted only very limited access throughout the air and ground war that began in late 2008.
Sporadic bombing has continued, and the ripple effect from the war has been felt throughout the Middle East. But the group hopes the success of the CODEPINK, Women for Peace, delegation will mean that more people of good will can cross into Gaza, and eventually push the borders open for Palestinians as well.
The Palestinians have been treating Cindy and Craig Corrie like rock stars, and are thrilled to see them. The Corrie's daughter Rachel was killed by an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer as she was trying to protect a Palestinian home from demolition. The driver ran over her. The writer Alice Walker was also on the delegation.
Messages from Gaza, CODEPINK's Pam Rasmussen and Gael Murphy
We hear about the delegation's progress, learn more about what they have been seeing, and hear a first hand report about a war crime as described to CODEPINK by survivors.
Produced by Dori Smith, FM 91.7 WHUS Radio at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT
TRT:30:08
Download at Pacifica's Audioport here or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org
Two members of a peace delegation to Gaza speak out about what they found there during a time of mixed emotions. There was hopeful enthusiasm at the mere fact that 60 of them gained entry to Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. The leaders of CODEPINK and Women for Peace thought they might have to camp out in protest if they were denied access. And then there were some feelings of encouragement now that aid was finally getting into hospitals. Ultimately, though, the harsh reality of the war and its victims affected them deeply.
Pam Rasmussen has been blogging about the trip at the web site www.codepinkalert.org. She joined us March 9th, and then the co-founder of CODEPINK, Gael Murphy, joined us for an update recorded the morning of March 11th. Murphy stayed in Gaza after her fellow peace delegates began the journey home because there were so many untold stories there. The international press has been granted only very limited access throughout the air and ground war that began in late 2008.
Sporadic bombing has continued, and the ripple effect from the war has been felt throughout the Middle East. But the group hopes the success of the CODEPINK, Women for Peace, delegation will mean that more people of good will can cross into Gaza, and eventually push the borders open for Palestinians as well.
The Palestinians have been treating Cindy and Craig Corrie like rock stars, and are thrilled to see them. The Corrie's daughter Rachel was killed by an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer as she was trying to protect a Palestinian home from demolition. The driver ran over her. The writer Alice Walker was also on the delegation.
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