Moments of Gaza

‎The Gates to Hell, what Egyptian regime did to the Palestinians‎From the experience at rafeh crossing, egyptian side... I have been on the crossing for two days with the egyptian authprities refusing me entry to go back to lebanon.I was asked many times "what were you doing for seven months in palestine"... "what you didn't do," I answered the mukhabarat [intelligence] officer who has a wicked smirk on his face. "How did you come to gaza?" asked another, "by the boats." "So, now you know why you... can't leave" he answered back.They punish palestinians, & all who break the siege & stand by palestinians. Now, I am Palestinian... I am a refugee, I am a prisoner, I am living the massacres, the racism i am living the resistance & endurance to all kinds of torture techniques I am still in gaza, & things might get worse with the Egyptian mukhabarat & regime denying me entry.This stops being complicity with the Zionist entity, but rather direct participation in crimes against humanity of which the Egyptian regime and authorities are practicing against the Palestinians.So, literally, it is an honour to have shared the suffering with the Palestinians on the crossing. Despite the suffering, amidst the suffering, friendship, brotherhood, sisterhood, laughs and jokes were present...Tears of the women, those who were begging the monsters, and the torture, is something that must be said, whatever the price is... & there is a huge price to pay which is that of not being able to come back. But, we, activists in solidarity, vowed to make this sacrifice.I could never remove from my eyes the image of my friend, Sitt Firial, whose son is in a hospital in Ain Shams, Egypt, dying. She wants to just go be with him.They killed her yesterday; her tears fell down, her hand touching the glass window of the mukhabarat [intelligence] offices looking through. 'Please, please. I beg you, show mercy, let me go in.'Another woman sat by the amn dawla [government's security] office, looking up to...