Some remarks from Gaza and Windy's thoughts

From my friend Windy, who has been helping me.

On Dec 29, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Windy Cooler <WindyCooler@gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah. Sure. I added "...and spend the rest of your time in Cairo being a real pain in the ass." at the end of a few minutes. :)

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Sam Husseini <samhusseini@gmail.com> wrote:
might want to post. is that ok?


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Windy Cooler <WindyCooler@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah...that's tough. I feel as if I understand how the French might feel. I have two kids (as of course you know). When Ii was really poor I always felt like I had to fight like hell to be allowed to do meaningul work with other people -- like there was no respected place for me if I had to ask for childcare or help getting somewhere. I resented ... See Morethat so much. It still burns. And it's still hard for me to do everything I want to do. Like I wanted to go on this trip to Gaza, but who was going to take care of my kids and how was I going to pay for it? So, I didn't go. I support it from here, and though I'm glad to help, that sort of sucks. Being camped out somehwere and spening thousands of dollars to scream your head off and not get to do what you wanted sucks way more I'm su re.

But on the other hand as I've been posting your stuff (and Ali's stuff) around I sometimes get short emails from people inside Gaza saying, "Where are these people? When will they come?" They want to see someone. It means something to them. If only 5 people were going to be allowed in I think the right thing to do would be to let them go and tell the people inside Gaza that they are loved -- take pictures of the thousand people left behind giving their love.


Game Change -- email from my Dad

My dad's reaction to the egyptian gov prop. He is in Amman.

Subject: Re:Game Change

Did Egyptian authorities present a justification for this limit? Accepting 100 will get Egyptians off the hook. It is time to expose the Egyptian regime for what it is. Egypt has been blockading the on-and-off Rafah border for  two years plus, imposing unbearable hardships on Gazans and the Palestinian cause.

 If the organizers' objective is to help Gaza  and  force Egypt into better future treatment  of Palestinians, then this is a historic opportunity coming from "multinational activists" to reject this measly offer. Back up your symbolic sweet name "Freedom Gaza"  No body can be as effective now as you can.
If I were you I'll work hard into getting them to curtail  your Gaza admission.
 Egyptians'  dis-allowance of your entrance translates to your and Gaza's VICTORY. Developing events so far have to dictate this new strategy.  DAD