Gaza Journal

My wife, Barbara Grossman, and I, live in Brooklyn, N.Y. We are attorneys. We have been active in anti-war, civil rights, and social justice issues. We have traveled extensively in the Middle East. In April, 2009, we heard from a friend that Code Pink was organizing a delegation to Gaza. We decided immediately to join the delegation. The following is based on a daily journal I kept during this trip.

Thursday

June 3, 2009 - Dennis James Interviewed in Gaza by Phil Weiss

At the end of the trip, I was interviewed by my colleague Phil Weiss, co-founder and editor of the blog Mondoweiss - The War of Ideas in ...

Saturday

Egypt

May 16 – 27, 2009 Prior to our Gaza mission, we travel in Egypt for eleven days visiting the Nile pharonic sites, Alexandria, and Cairo. M...

Cairo, Egypt

Thursday, May 28, 2009 We go to the Pension Roma at 7:00pm to meet for the first time with the Code Pink delegation leadership and our fel...

Cairo, Sinai Desert, Al Arish, Egypt

Fri., May 29, 2009 We carry our backpack luggage from our hotel to a downtown parking lot where two big tour buses are parked, along with...

Rafah

Sat. May 30, 2009 We leave our budget hotel in Al Arish (complimentary cockroaches) about 9AM and board the buses for the short trip to th...

Northern Gaza

Sun., May 31, 2009 We divide into A, B and C groups for our tours. Barbara and I split up so that we can cover more locations. This is ...

Gaza - Beach Refugee Camp

Mon., June 1, 2009, Gaza We go to Al Rahma Benevolent Society in the Beach Refugee Camp. The Mercy Children’s Centre for Orphans th...

Gaza - Deir El Beilah Refugee Camp

Tue. June 2, 2009 Deir El Beilah Refugee Camp Community Clinic, funded by the UNRWA serves 60,000 people. There is a Women’s Centre in the...

Khan Younis city and Refugee Camp + Al Aqsa University

Wed., June 3, 2009 Up at 7am for a speed walk (knees won’t take running anymore) much to the alarm of the UN and Hamas security guards. Th...

Gaza, Saini, Cairo

June 4, 2009 (my birthday) We board buses and drive to the Rafah crossing. Some of the Code Pink leaders, including Medea and Tighe left ...

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