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Amran Lubbad lay sleepless in Gaza early in the morning of Jan. 23. Lubbad, a darkly handsome Palestinian, was going to be united with Hiba, his fiancé in Egypt. He had treated himself to a sharp new haircut. The pair have been engaged for two years, but Israel and Egypt sealed off the border with Gaza in early 2006, and Hiba was trapped on the other side. At last, Lubbad had scraped together $1,500 to smuggle her through a sandy tunnel under the border fence...
...London barrister Azeem Suterwalla through Oxford and Harvard. "My religion gives me drive and purpose," he says, and it has also helped shape his political and professional views, giving him "a feeling of obligation" to help the Muslim umma. It was a concern about the state of Muslims in Gaza and Kashmir that spurred Suterwalla to become a barrister - and such instincts can, of course, curdle into resentment, even radicalism. "I'm trying to make a difference in a positive way," says Suterwalla. "But there are those who don't know how to cope with it, when they see what...
Some Palestinians craved food?goats were a hot item for purchase on the Egyptian side?and medicine because Israel had blocked all but basic "humanitarian aid" from Gaza. Businessmen and students streamed over, as did scores of brides-to-be, caught on the Egyptian side, who scurried across to be united with their future bridegrooms in Gaza. And some, like teacher Abu Bakr, stepped through a blast hole into Egypt simply "to enjoy the air of freedom...
...that Gazans have exploded out of their besieged enclave, it may be up to Israel to seal the border again, since the Egyptians are showing no signs of closing it. Israel corralled Gaza's 1.5 million people behind a 40-mile-long (64 km) concrete barrier hoping that the controversial blockade?described as "collective punishment" by many aid organizations?would turn the Palestinians against their Hamas overlords. But with the siege broken, even if temporarily, Hamas, with its explosives no less, has earned the gratitude of hungry Palestinians and gained a longer lease in Gaza...
...Beneath portraits of Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his late father, Hafez, one speaker after another called for an end to peace negotiations with Israel, demanded a lifting of the Israeli siege of Gaza, and urged Palestinians and Arabs to unite against Israel. "Zionists are bastards, and will always be bastards," said Hamas chief Khaled Meshal. "They will never be legitimate...