Viva Palestina arrives in Istanbul on way to Gaza
source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=viva-palestine-arrives-to-istanbul-2010-09-28
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Activists with the Viva Palestina movement are determined to break the siege on the Gaza Strip with a convoy carrying humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, members said during a stop Tuesday in Istanbul.
“We will go in peace and will not stop until we reach our final destination, Gaza,” George Galloway, a former United Kingdom member of Parliament and the founder of the Viva Palestina initiative, said in a speech in Istanbul after the convoy arrived in the city.
Galloway, who has been involved in the Palestinian issue for 34 years, called for the governments of the 25 countries represented by activists joining the convoy to protect them during their journey to Gaza.
He also asked the Egyptian government and authorities to allow the convoy and the activists to pass peacefully into Gaza.
“We will comply with all formalities [Egypt] requires,” he said, adding that they had also changed their initially planned route at Egyptian authorities’ request.
Convoys from different countries will all meet in Syria before traveling to the city of al-Arish in Egypt, passing by the spot where the Mavi Marmara, a previous aid flotilla to Gaza, suffered a deadly raid from Israeli military forces on May 31.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=viva-palestine-arrives-to-istanbul-2010...
“We will go in peace and will not stop until we reach our final destination, Gaza,” George Galloway, a former United Kingdom member of Parliament and the founder of the Viva Palestina initiative, said in a speech in Istanbul after the convoy arrived in the city.
Galloway, who has been involved in the Palestinian issue for 34 years, called for the governments of the 25 countries represented by activists joining the convoy to protect them during their journey to Gaza.
He also asked the Egyptian government and authorities to allow the convoy and the activists to pass peacefully into Gaza.
“We will comply with all formalities [Egypt] requires,” he said, adding that they had also changed their initially planned route at Egyptian authorities’ request.
Convoys from different countries will all meet in Syria before traveling to the city of al-Arish in Egypt, passing by the spot where the Mavi Marmara, a previous aid flotilla to Gaza, suffered a deadly raid from Israeli military forces on May 31.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=viva-palestine-arrives-to-istanbul-2010...
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freecrack
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how many "aid" convoys need so many press releases? gee i wonder if it is intentional methods of manipulating the stupid.just like the flotilla.
http://current.com/news/92637910_flotilla-follow-up-apathy.htm
i hope this time they at least bring aid, not just non lethal methods of antagonizing a military force. - 1 year ago
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