I’m going back to Gaza
The night before my group departed from Gaza in June 2009, I talked about not being ready to leave. And I wasn't. It took me another two months after I got back to pull out of my "Gaza Haze" and begin...
View ArticleA Pennsylvania woman bound for Gaza turns to Congress
Traveling to Gaza is a frustrating process. I'm trying to get things right before I leave in two weeks, but tracking down the official rules and regulations is not easy matter. If I had a dollar for...
View ArticleStuck inside of Cairo with the Gaza blues again
Susan Johnson is a Doylestown, Pa., grandmother with two volunteer gigs in Gaza waiting for her. She's written about her big trip earlier this summer. And here I sit in Cairo, exhausted and...
View ArticleTrying to enter Gaza– and my embassy gives me an appointment in 10 days
Susan Johnson of Doylestown, PA, has been invited to Gaza by two organizations seeking her assistance. She's still waiting in Egypt. .....and I continue to sit in Cairo, in the heat, in my cheap...
View Articlea bit of luck….but little progress
......and here I sit in Cairo, in my cheap little hotel. It's getting scary, when I return from embassy visits, wandering around my neighborhood, a trip to the bakery...I run, well quickly walk, up the...
View ArticleNo answer at the Egyptian office for Palestinian affairs
We've run a few posts from Susan Johnson, a Pennsylvania grandmother who was invited to Gaza by two groups and has not been able to get in. Her latest, from Cairo: I know it's a Friday because there...
View ArticleIn my Cairo hotel, I meet a family that is desperate to get to Gaza
Mondoweiss correspondent Susan Johnson of Doylestown, Pa., has been stuck in Cairo, trying to get into Gaza, where two organizations have requested her services. Her latest report. Here I sit in my...
View ArticleNext time I’ll get into Gaza– I’ll find a friend in Congress
Susan Johnson has failed to get into Gaza from Egypt. She is on her way home to Doylestown, Pa. This is her last dispatch from Cairo. And here I sit in my cheap little hotel, my last hours here.....In...
View ArticleLet the world see….’A Child’s View from Gaza’
We posted this video of children's drawings a week ago, but it deserves a repeat performance: The new year has arrived, 2011. Please let it be better than 2008-2009-2020; let it be better for Gaza. For...
View ArticleIn NY harbor, Ahmet Dogan tells the wrenching story of the murder of his son,...
Wednesday evening, May 25 was the perfect evening for a boat trip....calm waters, a slight breeze, a star-filled sky, the twinkling lights of New York, excellent food, Jamaican music... Jamaican music?...
View ArticleI told my congressman, ‘keep the child’s picture in your desk and look at it...
Susan Johnson blogs under the name above. She visited Gaza last May-June and was finally able to get a meeting with her congressman, a PA Democrat who was not present for the recent vote condemning the...
View ArticleSheldon tries to monopolize the conversation
My Gaza talk Thursday night was in the Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting, with 30-40 people. Some in the audience had been to Gaza in the late 90′s and also to the West Bank. They were better informed...
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Angry in Ames
Susan Johnson just completed a roadtrip through Illinois and Iowa talking about Gaza. Some more of her notes: Des Moines. People were very concerned about condition of children, especially children’s...
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