<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The March from Tahir Square to Gaza and What They&nbsp;Want]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>Feb-21-2011 23:02 | </strong><strong class="byline">Eileen Fleming Salem-News.com</strong></p>
<p class="subtitle">Gaza- the ultimate goal of a People&#8217;s Revolution&#8230;</p>
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<p class="story">(CLERMONT, Fla.) &#8211; Being a typically limited American,  I only speak and understand English, but as I am well connected I  requested my friend, brother and hero, a 1948 Palestinian Muslim refugee  from the Galilee, Dr. Khaled Diab, to translate this chant that has  risen up from Tahrir/Liberation Square in Egypt:</p>
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<p class="caption"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLM3CswkfQw&amp;feature=email">للقدس رايحين شهداء <strong>بالملايين -هتاف من ميدان التحرير </strong></a></p>
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<p class="story">Dr. Diab replied:</p>
<p class="story">&#8220;This is a great Chant. I translate it as follows:  &#8216;Ready to be martyrs, by the millions, to Jerusalem we are going.&#8217; This  was a chant that was used in the Liberation Square of Egypt. I wish I  can be with with them. -Khaled&#8221;</p>
<p class="story">In October 1948, Dr. Diab was forced from his home and  olive groves that his family had owned for generations by Israeli  Forces. Dr. Diab then made his way to America and after many years of  hard work, he achieved a job in the Defense Industry with Top Secret  Clearance during the Cold War.</p>
<p class="story">After THAT DAY we call 9/11, Dr. Diab established the  Interfaith Olive Trees Foundation for Peace that was dedicated to  raising awareness and funds to help replace the over one million food  bearing trees that Israel&#8217;s Wall has destroyed.</p>
<p class="story">&#8220;Financed with U.S. aid at a cost of $1.5 million per  mile, the Israeli wall prevents residents from receiving health care and  emergency medical services. In other areas, the barrier separates  farmers from their olive groves which have been their families&#8217; sole  livelihood for generations.&#8221; [<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Washington</span></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Report on </span></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Middle East</span></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Affairs</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;">, Page 43, Jan/Feb. 2007]</span></p>
<p class="story">I commemorate Dr. Diab&#8217;s life, many of his achievements  and also began telling the story of my spiritual journey in my first  book:</p>
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<p class="story"><span>Although  Israel continues to deny Dr. Diab has  inalienable right to return to  his homeland as enshrined in the UN  UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN  RIGHTS-which their very statehood was  contingent upon upholding- his  heart, mind and spirit have never left  Palestine.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family:trebuchet,trebuchet ms;margin:.1pt 0;"><strong><span>Article 13:</span></strong><span><br />
<strong><span>(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.</span></strong></span><span> </span></p>
<p style="margin:.1pt 0;"><strong><span>(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.</span></strong><span> </span></p>
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<p class="story">And  thus, Dr. Diab and ALL the People of The World are  now invited to &#8216;walk  like an Egyptian&#8217; and join the Tahrir4Gaza  International March to Gaza,  which began to be disseminated on FaceBook  and Twitter-just as the  Egyptian Revolution was:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet,trebuchet ms;font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span>&#8220;Tahrir4Gaza&#8221; Egyptian/International March to Gaza</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet,trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span>Egypt to Gaza, Palestine</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet,trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/1worldcitizen" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Ken O&#8217;Keefe</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet,trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span>Egyptians  still feel the shame of the Mubarak era Egyptian blockade of Gaza and  have declared their intent to see that blockade shattered once and for  all. The main groups that lead the Egyptian revolution are involved in  this march and together we intend to erect a Tahrir Square style  campsite next to Rafah Crossing until the blockade is over. Together we  intend to make this happen sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>STAFF:</p>
<p>PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR GAZA &#8211; KEN O&#8217;KEEFE<br />
<a href="mailto:ken.okeefe@alohapalestine.com" target="_blank">ken.okeefe@alohapalestine.com</a> This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it</p>
<p>PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR EGYPT &#8211; AHMED R. ELASSY<br />
<a href="mailto:ahmed.elassy@gmail.com" target="_blank">ahmed.elassy@gmail.com</a> This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it<br />
Skype: ahmed.r.elassy</p>
<p>CHERYL ABDUL/ FINANCIAL SERVICES COORDINATOR<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/RidetoGaza" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">http://www.facebook.com/RidetoGaza</span></a><br />
<a href="mailto:cheryl@ridetogaza.com" target="_blank">cheryl@ridetogaza.com</a> This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it<br />
<a href="http://facebook.com/cheryl.abdul" target="_blank">facebook.com/cheryl.abdul</a><br />
twitter &#8211; @cherylabdul</p>
<p>TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN EGYPT<br />
<a href="mailto:ahmed.elassy@gmail.com" target="_blank">ahmed.elassy@gmail.com</a> This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it<br />
Skype: ahmed.r.elassy</span></span></p>
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<p class="story"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>_________________________</strong></span></p>
<p class="story"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Eileen Fleming is the Producer of <em>&#8220;30 Minutes with Vanunu&#8221;</em> and <em>&#8220;13 Minutes with Vanunu&#8221;</em> Founder of <a href="http://www.wearewideawake.org/">WeAreWideAwake.org</a>, <strong>Eileen is a Feature Correspondent for <a href="http://www.arabisto.com/">Arabisto.com</a>,  Author of &#8220;Keep Hope Alive&#8221; and &#8220;Memoirs of a Nice Irish American  &#8216;Girl&#8217;s&#8217; Life in Occupied Territory&#8221; and the soon to be released &#8220;BEYOND  NUCLEAR: Some of my Experiences of Mordechai Vanunu and the Holy Land:  2005-2010&#8221; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/eileenfleming">youtube.com/user/eileenfleming</a>.   Eileen is a unique leader in her state and she intends to run for a  Florida Congressional seat in the future, to help speed the process of  change that is so demanded today.  Like many who walk in similar steps,  Eileen, like other writers at Salem-News.com, is an outspoken advocate  for humanity and she has no tolerance for the oppressive forces of the  world.</strong></strong></span></p>
<p class="story"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong><strong>You can send Eileen Fleming an email at this address: <a href="mailto:ecumei@gmail.com">ecumei@gmail.com</a></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february212011/gaza-revolution-ef.php">The March from Tahir Square to Gaza and What They Want &#8211; Salem-News.Com</a>.</p>
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