
Gaza Overview
For an overview of how Gaza became an outdoor prison, I recommend you click on “Overview on Gaza” on the right column under “Pages”. How to read Cairo/ Gaza report:This report of my trips to Cairo and Gaza, is in two parts. Please read part 1 (Cairo) first, which is seen below part 2 (Gaza), then return to this section for part 2. Note that there is more of each report, including pictures, if you click on “Read more” at the end of each part. Excerpts from Gaza part 2:On Friday, January 1st, we visited an orphanage, where about 20 of us, including the four Rabbis, had lunch. We visited with the 50 boys and 40 girls as the children sat at tables with us. I and some of the teachers were able to translate. We played out in the playground with the children and left the toys that we brought for them.
Boys playing with a soccer ball at the Al-amal Institute for Orphans, in Gaza City, January 1
, 2010.
For more information see: Al-amal Institute for Orphans:
http://www.vivapalestina.org/resources/Al_Amal-profile.pdf
We also got about a half hour tour of the school with information about the facility. We were also shown some disturbing footage of the Israeli attack, from the year before, and how many children were killed or became orphans as a result. A special highlight, on Friday afternoon, was a soccer game in Gaza City. The internationals were challenged to a soccer game by the local team, as they were all decked out in their yellow uniforms and spent hours practicing for the game. Of course, I played with the internationals and instructed my team not tobeat them, as that would be humiliat...
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