Stuck! Booth’s mission hits the skids
Lauren Booth, Tony Blair’s sister-in-law and a human rights campaigner, has been trapped inside Gaza as the Israeli authorities manning the perimeter fence refuse to let her leave.
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The article implies wrongly that Israel mans the entire Gaza border, when, in fact, Israel only mans the part which borders Israel.Gaza also shares a border with Egypt, which is manned by Egypt. Furthermore, the Egyptian authorities, too, have refused to admit Ms Booth via its border with Gaza, a highly relevant point which is omitted.
Miss Booth, 41, arrived on the strip almost two weeks ago, aboard a boat called ‘Free Gaza’, to publicise the Israel blockade.
Israeli officials confirmed it had denied Miss Booth entry, as it did to anyone from Gaza who did not get there via Israel.