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Israel/Palestine

shira

(30,109 posts) Tue Jun 28, 2016, 09:11 PM Jun 2016

Notes on a Gazan’s Visit to Israel [View all]

Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights from The New York Times. Majd al Waheidi is a Gaza-based “stringer,” a freelance reporter who regularly contributes to The Times. In this piece, she describes a recent — and, for her, a rare — trip to Israel.

As a reporter, I have come to know the Gazan borders very intimately. I once made several reporting trips to a village near the fence for a story about illegal crossings.

But though I live so close to Israel, it is a world away for me.

Last month, I crossed the border and left Gaza for only the third time in my life. I was traveling to Israel to obtain a visa for a summer fellowship in Washington, D.C.

Security on the Gazan side of the border consists of two separate checkpoints: the first (which Gazans call “4/4”) is controlled by Hamas, and the second (“5/5”) is controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/insider/notes-on-a-gazans-visit-to-israel.html?_r=2

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Notes on a Gazan’s Visit to Israel [View all] shira Jun 2016 OP

Interesting read. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #1

I loved this comment under the story leftynyc Jun 2016 #2

The freelance reporter who wrote the OP is very brave. shira Jun 2016 #3

I sure wouldn't be surprised leftynyc Jun 2016 #4