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Sinn Féin MEPs Matt Carthy, Martina Anderson and Lynn Boylan at the Gilo settlement in the West Bank. Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin MEPs barred from entering Gaza during trip to Palestine

The group was told their visit was “not directly concerned with humanitarian assistance.”

ISRAEL HAS BLOCKED a group of 13 MEPs, including three from Sinn Féin, from entering Gaza this morning.

Martina Anderson, Lynn Boylan and Matt Carthy arrived yesterday on a four-day trip to Palestine with the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group of MEPs.

They had intended to visit Gaza, but according to a statement from GUE/NGL, all 13 were denied entry.

Northern Ireland MEP Martina Anderson said:

The Israeli government refused us, 13 MEPs from six countries, entry into Gaza on the grounds that our visit to the region is ‘not directly concerned with the provision of humanitarian assistance.’
We want to go to Gaza to assess the situation on the ground first hand.
This would have enabled us to relay that information back to the European Parliament and push for greater provision of EU humanitarian aid to Gaza and an end to the blockade and occupation.

10629578_784685324923559_5803568722086209713_n Sinn Féin MEPs Matt Carthy, Martina Anderson and Lynn Boylan at a meeting with civil society groups in Jerusalem. GUE / NGL GUE / NGL / NGL

The delegation went to Jerusalem today, meeting with civil society groups including Rabbis for Peace, Breaking the Silence and Combatants for Peace, as well as Haaretz journalist Amira Hass.

A spokesperson from the Israeli National Police did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

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    Sep 11th 2016, 7:20 PM

    40 years old is a bit misleading. To nerds sending a mail in a lab? Think i got my first mail in 1995

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    Sep 11th 2016, 11:35 PM

    Yeah and it was well after that that it became adopted widely enough to be of any use for marketing. Plus, let’s not forget that email marketing only works in tandem with functional online stores, which didnt really exist until the late 1990s (eg Amazon’s IPO was in 1997, and it didn’t make a profit until 2001).

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    Sep 11th 2016, 7:08 PM

    Pats full of Sh#t

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    Sep 11th 2016, 7:18 PM

    *That’s

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    Sep 11th 2016, 7:47 PM

    I’m innocent I tells ya… I’m flabbergasted… Never in all my years. Millions of letters of support.

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    Sep 11th 2016, 8:02 PM

    Find facebook too restrictive. Its great if your just a big brand wanting image and logo, but if your message wants to get your USP’s across and a phone number, then facebook needs to broaden its protocols. Its obviously designed to suit facebook, and yet there’s more freedom with a street billboard. Perhaps fit the nerd at facebook read Ogilvy’s ‘Confessions of advertising man’ he would discover learn how the industry works . . Emails, brilliant. they fall into the format of the worlds most oldest format of advertising; the editorial style.

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    Sep 11th 2016, 9:03 PM

    Surely those figures are skewed, considering email newsletters are something you have already showed an interest in,bought something from in the past, or was recommended by a friend, so therefore you would be more likely to buy from?

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    Sep 11th 2016, 7:19 PM

    How do you get someone on your email list? Facebook Adverts and Adwords, so social is important. Doesn’t sound like he tested Facebook ads with their great targeting. Email probably is the most effective, but it’s isn’t free, you need a good CRM to do email properly,

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    Sep 11th 2016, 10:13 PM

    You just need a list. Why do you think so many stores are asking for email address when you buy products

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    Sep 12th 2016, 7:18 AM

    If it’s just a list and not relevant to you when you receive the email, then you will just deleted it. Newsletters via email are now tailored to you based on your needs and trends/buying habits. Under Armor for example used to just send out generic emails offers. Now they can customize and change them as they have a lot of data on you. Good read: https://news.sap.com/how-under-armours-digital-transformation-will-improve-your-health/

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