Pro-Palestinian Movement Extricates Students from Gaza
The Free Gaza Movement claims to have smuggled at least 11 university students out of Gaza, reaching Cyprus on Friday, according to reports by Al Jazeera. Israel’s blockade has previously not permitted students studying in Gaza to leave. The move is intended to allow the students to study at universities elsewhere in Europe and Canada, which would not otherwise been possible since Israel has denied requests for exit visas from the area. Israel allowed the vessel Dignity into the prohibited area because it contained pro-Palestinian activists seeking to offer humanitarian supplies to Gazan residents. The Movement has stated that the mission’s purpose is to allow students located in Gaza to continue to pursue academics at other universities at which they have been accepted.
Paul Shapiro
December 18th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Having been on the quay when they arrived, I can tell you that indeed 11 Palestinian scholarship students (including a Fulbright scholar) were brought out of Gaza to Larnaca last week. I didn’t photograph them up close as they are understandably worried and sensitive about revealing their identities. I could upload here some photos I took of Mike Cushman and Jonathan Rosenhead of BRICUP, but no way of uploading photos here. There are other photos at http://www.freegaza.org and go to 4th voyage.
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