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Gaza Freedom Marchers walled in behind police barricade in front of UN office in Cairo
Cairo – Hundreds of activists staged a sit-in outside the United Nations building in Cairo demanding that the world body intervene to facilitate their entry into Gaza. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina convoy re-routed through Syria By Saed Bannoura
A humanitarian aid convoy on its way to the Gaza Strip has been re-routed through Syria after it was turned away at the Gulf of Aqaba. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Update: Gaza aid convoy to change course
Organisers of Viva Palestina aid convoy, which is trying to reach the Gaza Strip, have now agreed to go via Syria en route for Egypt. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Update
Yesterday was a great day. We went down to a major bridge across the Nile and tied cards of rememberance and flowers to the bridge railings. These were removed almost immediately by the police who follow us everywhere. It is evident that there are spies at our meetings. The police challenged us to move on,… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: Urgent Action Needed
Viva Palestina is a UK charity; some the supplies are rotting at the Aqaba crossing. Please write urgently (in addition to the Egyptian embassies in London and Dublin) to the British embassy in Cairo, David Miliband etc. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: It is very late. Chaos around the French Embassy. Roads blocked …
No I do not need legal assistance as yet … Others are organizing things for various delegations … The worst that is happening to internationals is hotel arrest … No one has been deported yet. We came here to go to Gaza and that is my focus … Continue reading
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George Galloway, a UK politician who is leading the convoy, tells Al Jazeera why the group must be allowed to proceed
George Galloway, a UK politician who is leading the convoy, tells Al Jazeera why the group must be allowed to proceed: It was Christmas Day but there was no room at the Inn for the weary travellers. Turned away by the Arab Republic of Egypt, the 500 members of the Viva Palestina Convoy to Gaza… Continue reading
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Gaza aid held-up in Jordan
Since June 2007 Gaza has been under a crippling blockade with few essential goods making it through.Now an aid convoy of 250 trucks and ambulances is attempting to reach the Strip to deliver much needed supplies.But a bureaucratic argument with Egypt is holding it back in Aqaba in southwest Jordan. Continue reading
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Hunger strike of activists in Egypt for Gaza, Palestine By John Hurson
At 11 35 am, the time of the first attack, a group of humanitarians on the “Viva Palestina Convoy” will embark on an International Hunger Strike in the main square in Aqaba, Jordan. The International Hunger Strike will aim to highlight the ongoing illegal siege imposed on Gaza, and to remember the victims of the… Continue reading
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International Aid Convoy Members Prepare for Hunger Strike
Members of the Viva Palestina international aid convoy to Gaza will begin a hunger strike at 11.25 am tomorrow (27th) in protest at the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow the convoy entry onto its soil. Diplomatic negotiations are also taking place between the Turkish and Egyptian governments over the convoy’s entry to Egypt. IHH, Turkey’s… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: International Hunger Strike By John Hurson
Folks, the time for talking is over. Please forward this press release onto everyone you know, and get them to forward it onto everyone they know, and lets tighten the screws and show the world we care for the civillian population of Gaza. Continue reading
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Humanitarian Aid convoy Stranded In Jordan
Well folks, as you awake today from your Christmas hangover, over 500 people from 20 countries, in 250 vehicles loaded with Humanitarian Aid, are left stranded in Aqaba, Jordan, having been refused permission to enter Egypt. From Ireland, 10 volunteers in 2 ambulances, a van, and a truck loaded with Humanitarian Aid are part of… Continue reading
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VIVA PALESTINA HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY NEEDS YOU NOW!
The Viva Palestina humanitarian aid convoy has been forcibly trapped in Aqaba, Jordan as the Egyptian authorities have denied them entry. Convoy members are in high spirits and have requested that we contact our embassies and local MPs to contact the Egyptian authorities and grant them safe passage through Egypt to Gaza. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Gaza convoy has received a grand welcome at the Jaber crossing in Jordan!!!
Activists on Tuesday gave a grand welcome to a humanitarian aid convoy en route to Gaza to mark the first anniversary of Israel’s offensive on the coastal enclave. Some 200 trucks entered the Kingdom through the Jaber border crossing yesterday afternoon, and were greeted by professional association and opposition activists. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza received Syrian boost
The international convoy carrying humanitarian aid from London to Gaza has swollen in size during its journey from Syria into Jordan. More than 400 people from around the world are now travelling on the convoy after volunteers from as far afield as Italy and Malaysia joined up in Damascus. Continue reading
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Two successful convoys spur flood of humanitarian assistance!
The first Viva Palestina convoy made the journey in March this year, travelling by land to Italy where it crossed the Mediterranean by ferry to Greece. From there it made its way through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, finally entering Gaza at the Rafah border crossing in Egypt. The current convoy, dubbed “Return to Gaza,” will take… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Gaza convoy reaches Konya
The Gaza aid convoy arrived in Konya on a cold December night. It was welcomed by local people with Palestinian flags. They waited for the convoy to arrive at town entrance for hours despite freezing temperatures. Continue reading
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Ireland To Gaza Update
After 6 months of fundraising, 4 teams from all across Ireland will leave on Saturday December 5th, to travel 4,000 miles to Gaza, to deliver Ambulances and Humanitarian aid to the stricken region. In Tyrone, Galway, Dublin, Derry & Cork, volunteers have been working flat out fundraising, and raising awareness of the plight of the… Continue reading
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Only a Few Days Left to Donate to the Gaza Convoy – Find Out How You Can Help
3 December, 2009 — Palestine Solidarity Campaign CONVOY TO GAZA With the convoy to Gaza leaving in three days for its three week journey to Gaza, there are still ways YOU can help. AID: For a list of what is desperately needed please visit: http://www.palestinecampaign.org/Index5bwide.asp?m_id=1&l1_id=79&l2_id=84 If you live in London and would like to drop… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina goes international – D-day 5 December
Two hundred people, almost all US citizens, passed through the Rafah crossing into Gaza on 15 July carrying with them a quarter of a million dollars worth of medical aid and supplies. The delegation reflected the great diversity of US society. There were Muslim-, Arab-, African-, Jewish-, Latino-, and Native-Americans as well as Christian ministers. Continue reading
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