VIDEO: Aishah Schwartz and Gaza Freedom Delegates in Gaza, Dec. 30, 2009 - Jan. 2, 2010

Please take a few moments, approximately 7 minutes actually, to view the video found under the link below. It is posted via FaceBook, so you might have to be logged in to view it. I've asked Freedom March delegate, Angela Sevin (who created and posted the video) about download access; when or if it is available I'll repost, insha'Allah.

VIDEO HERE
(Another version with different background music)

Erez Border Crossing, Gaza, Dec. 31, 2009. (Photo: Child of Gaza, Aishah Schwartz and photographer/Gaza Freedom March co-delegate, Angela Sevin.)

Standing in Defiance of International Law; Israel Continues Construction of Apartheid Wall

Palestinians and Israeli dissenters are getting together to fight Israel's plan to build another section of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank.

According to environmentalists, the wall will stop water flow to the natural springs and thus threatens to dry out much of the Palestinian land.

They also see the wall - illegal under international law - as a part of long-term Israeli policy to take more and more Palestinian land in the West Bank.

But the Israeli government says their separation wall is for security reasons, in order to stop Palestinians carrying out attacks in Israel.

Al Jazeera Sherine Tadros reports from Wadi Fukin, the village that is now at the centre of the legal battle.

[February 7, 2010]

Rep. Brian Baird's OpenCongress Blog Gives Nod to Gaza Support from International Activist, Aishah Schwartz

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Aishah Schwartz to Congressmen Ellison and Baird: YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

"It would appear that, despite repeated efforts to bring the humanitarian crisis caused by the illegal Israeli invasion on the Palestinian territory to the forefront, Congressmen Ellison and Baird continue to run into a wall – not unlike the steel wall currently being built along the Rafah border in Egypt; a wall that threatens to further choke-off access to life-sustaining necessities the Palestinian people have been forced to secure through an underground tunnel system," stated international activist Aishah Schwartz, who just returned from a four-day visit to the Gaza Strip Dec. 30, 2009 – Jan. 2, 2010.

"It's time to President Obama know that we are paying attention; and the change he purported to support in his election campaign cannot come fast enough – particularly for the people of Gaza," stated Schwartz.