Ramadan News

So this would be my first ramadan in Gaza in 9 years. Not much has changes, fasting, prayer, Koran and visting familes...for me however I cannot get too close to my fiance during the fast...It's really hot in here, people miss the waters in the hot summer...

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My Near Escape from the World’s Largest Mousetrap By Hanitizer I and more than fifteen American Citizens have now been stuck in...

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22 “Oh Snap I’m Back in Gaza” Moments

22 “Oh Snap I’m Back in Gaza” Moments By Hanitizer Gaza is no different than the rest of Palestine, people live on a day-to-day...

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Smoothies in Gaza: In defiance of Nature and the Seige

One of my favorite days of the month was going to Costco and buying a large bag of frozen fruits, the ones you get for ten bucks, a bag of bananas for...

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A Call

The American Consulate called me and asked me to send them an email...it looks like ADC has gotten to their heads and got them to move by having some Congressmen call them. The Consulate did not call me to offer help, but rather to deny a story I reported....

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On Palestinian Airlines,

I passed by a tall building in downtown Gaza and I saw it was the building for Palestinians airlines....ever since Israel bombed the airport years ago. I though to make fun of it...I saw the Palestinians got their own airlines; it is like the pirates...

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What's New?

things are getting weird, the infighting between Hamas and one of its subgroups (or so some claim) checkpoints are installed, looking guns and ammo in cars, asking people to step out of their cars to see if they are packing. The extremist group has...

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In the Sand

I did go to ther beach yesterday with my sister, her kids, my brother his kids, his wife and Roaá, my finace. We spent 4 hours there and had a great time. We did swim for about 40 minutes, we had a great on a hot summer night. The water was warm, the...

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War in Gaza

About 20 killed and more than100 hurt....Hamas and an extremest groupin Rafah ...the Taliban like group pickedafightwith hamas over amosque...and it is insane. Hamas has checkpoints to make sure thoseextremists do not get enforcement. anyone read about...

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Shoutout

I want to take a quick second and give a shoutout to Will from KaBobfest for his help with my writting. Tony has also been a great help form his new home in New York. Yousef for his freindship and his help trying to get me through to the Consulate people...

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Latest Post

My new blog post about Gaza and being stuck there. I guess I just got plenty of time to write and I am going to just do that until I get out.Here is the l...

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Hamas Got Wood!

My new post on Kabobfest about how Hamas is winning the media war in Palestine and how they are gibing Fatah a good run for their money. I am still impressed by the work they do in the media front...it seems they leanred all the media lessons from the...

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The jury is Out on The General

-Still looking for that good Egyptian General to get me out....I need to ask the right people. the question is not in the money...my parents got some stached just for that....the thing is most people are afraid to give you leads becasue if they use it...they...

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Regrets In Gaza

Here is what I regret about this trip to Gaza-Not bringing my Family guy and Two and a Half Men shows to watch while I am here. I miss good old Stewie.-Not bringing my digital camera with me to take more pictures of life in Gaza.-Not brining my workout...

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What Looks Like Options

Here are what options I can try....Pay Off an Egyptian General who can put me on a VIP list to get out of Gaza even if the borders are closed. I know of two families who used that option. The paymet goes between 1000-4000 US dollars. It's hard to get...

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Standing Still and

Still in Gaza and cannot seem to find a way out. The Rafah border opend for few days...and I could not leave. For two straight days, I went from 5 Am only to get back at 5 PM with my bag and a nasty tan...and also a heat stroke. On my first attempt,...

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Still Time to Kick it Around

www.moi.gov.ps is the website for the local Gaza government where the name of travelers will be published. my name should come out today anytime now to travel tommrow along with hundreds of Palestinians who hold forgien travel documents. In agreemnet...

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Adventure in Trying to Leave Gaza

Today, I took a cab ande my bag and headed toward the Rafah gate....I had to make an effort since my name did not come out yet. I was asked to go back to Gaza city and look for my name on some list...my name has yet to show up on any list. So the trip...

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Fat don’t Fit!!! (7 ways to gain some weight in Gaza

Going on week 4 of my visit to Gaza, I’m hoping to wrap up my short “vacation” in the coming days. To say the least about this recent trip to the Strip, I have definitely gained a few pounds. I stayed strong and said ‘No’ to many things like sodas, transfats,...

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