urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hupcollective hupcollective hupcollective 2007-07-18T19:23:24Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:hupcollective:15252 2007-07-18T19:23:24Z 2007-07-18T19:23:24Z Dear friends,<br /><br />Below is an urgent message from Dr. Mona, a dear friend to many of us. Her situation is both outrageous and tragic. However, multiply that by 6,000, because that is how many Palestinians have been waiting for up to five weeks on the Egyptian border to get to their homes in Gaza. Twenty-eight of them have died from heat, exhaustion, stress and their own delicate condition.<br /><br />Please call AND write your members of Congress (or other elected representatives outside the U.S.), and demand their intervention to get Israel and Egypt to open the borders. Be sure to copy Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on your messages at eulmert@knesset.gov.il. Go to www.congress.org to find your senators or representatives. Call the Congressional switchboard at 1-800-839-5276 and ask for your member of Congress.<br /><br />Paul<br /><br />Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:39:02 -0400 (EDT)<br />Subject: Re: Marhaba..are you back?<br />From: "mona El-farra" &lt;mona@gaza-health.org&gt;<br /><br />sorry i canot write more , can you circulate this to friends<br />and supporters<br />love<br />mona Sunday, July 15, 2007<br /><br />My mother is in her last moments and I cannot cross the borders<br /><br />My mother is in the hospital at the moment. She is severely ill. She was<br />admitted to hospital 3 days ago. I cannot reach her.<br /><br />I finished my 45 day speaking tour in the USA. Everywhere across the USA<br />and in each lecture I told the audience about our suffering, living in<br />this big prison called Gaza. I told them about the borders closure and<br />about the patients who passed away while waiting to cross.the borders .<br /><br />Now it is my personal story, like the daily stories of 1.4 million people<br />in GAZA under siege and occupation.poverty , lack of resources , killing<br />shooting violence etc....<br /><br />I cannot cross the borders, I cannot cross the Rafah crossing. I badly<br />need to be next to my mother. I badly need to be there with her to help<br />her, to do whatever I can for her.to say good bye mum , I was always there<br />for my patients and many people, to help and try to alleviate their<br />suffering.in her last hours i canot be there my hands are tied, I am<br />helpless, I can do nothing, I just have to wait and wait and wait.my<br />throat is dry my are eyes full of tears .<br />this is unjust, unhuman . it is the occupation , how come to be just and<br />fair ,when it is mainly based on injustice , agression and cruelity .<br /><br />Can somebody help me to go home? I badly need to be at home next to my<br />mother in her last moments.<br />Good bye mum ,hpoe you rest in peace , peace we donot enjoy in Gaza<br /><br />The borders have been closed for more than 5 weeks , 28 patients died<br />while waiting to crossthe Rafah crossing .the only crossing between gaza<br />and egypt , all other exits are completely sealed by the Israeli army<br />The border was opened 70 times in one year<br /><br />love and solidarity<br /><br />[Dr. Mona Elfarra]