
4,000 People Tried to March From Egypt to Gaza. It Was Egypt, Not Israel, That Stopped Them
Tobiah Palm
In mid-June, thousands of activists from over 80 countries set out from El Arish for Rafah - only to be kettled, beaten and dragged back to Cairo by police. The ill-fated protest has highlighted Egypt’s role in enforcing the blockade of Gaza. Tobiah Palm recounts it.