Now open, now closed
At the Rafah crossing point, Dina Ezzat stands
witness to a nightmare caused by Israel
Al-Ahram Weekly, 24 - 30 August 2006
"Nobody can imagine the torture one has to go through. Only a Palestinian would know the cruelty of having to be here in Al-Arish, only a few kilometres from my family and to be unable to cross," Samir said. He added that the fact of the matter is that he cannot have a one-way crossing because if he was to get stranded on the other side it would be a financial disaster. "If I entered Gaza and failed to exit early enough to go back to Bahrain then I would lose my job which is the only source of income not just for myself and my family but also for my extended family in Gaza that has been rendered jobless due to the economic closure imposed by Israel." [More]
