Sentence examples for of the rafah from inspiring English sources

Ms. Adwan remembers tagging along to meetings of the Rafah municipality and with Israeli officials.

The Israeli border authorities did not even consult with their Egyptian counterparts on the future operation of the Rafah crossing.

Hamas had called for the demonstration, which thousands attended, to protest the closing of the Rafah border crossing.

He later noted that this was one reason why Shin Bet opposed openings of the Rafah crossing.

All three said Hamas had been through worse: Israeli bombings and assassinations, exiles from Arab capitals, months-long closures of the Rafah crossing during Mr. Mubarak's reign.

A brilliant sun glinted off metal debris in the dirt streets of the Rafah refugee camp and bathed that desperate place in an unusual glow.

(Many Palestinian refugees in Egypt are not allowed past the network of checkpoints leading up to the Rafah gate).

In the first five months of this year the Rafah border crossing into Egypt was only open for departures on five days, allowing just 2,500 Palestinians to exit Gaza.

Rachel, from Olympia, Washington state, was killed while attempting to protect the home of a Palestinian family in the Rafah area of Gaza from being demolished by Israeli troops in March 2003.

Four days earlier, another large group of police had stormed the Rafah crossing, causing it to be closed briefly.

Dozens of Palestinian protesters stormed the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, pushing past Egyptian riot police, live footage from the al-Jazeera TV network showed.