Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jon Elmer Raw from Egypt July 19, 2009

Despite George Galloway’s and the Viva Palestina – USA crossing from Egypt into Gaza last week, Israel’s pitiless stranglehold on the population of the besieged territory, more resembling an open air prison than anything else, continues unabated. Canadian freelance photojournalist, Jon Elmer has made the crossing into Gaza a half-dozen times since the beginning of the Second intifada, but today his efforts from Egypt have been stymied. Jon Elmer from Egypt, waiting for a Gaza crossing