Gaza - In Gaza around 200 Americans, including
journalists, politicians, peace activists, Muslims, Christians and
Jews, the crew of the
'Viva Palestina' aid convoy, met Palestinian Prime Minister Ismal'el
Haniyah (above), of Hamas .
The convoy of 50 trucks was loaded with food and medical
supplies and arrived in Gaza through Egypt's Rafah
crossing. The Egyptian military only allowed the convoy crew to enter Gaza for 24
hours, with half of the trucks, the rest of the trucks had to stay at the Egyptian
side. This humanitarian campaign for the people of Gaza was launched in the United
States, July 4, with Britain MP George Galloway's (below) participation who organized the aid campaign .
The aid convoy is the second one organized by Galloway. The first convoy successfully brought aid via a truck convoy from the United Kingdom earlier this
year.
Haniyah welcomed the crew and expressed deep appreciation for their solidarity
work. He addressed the religious Jewish participants by saying that Palestinians do not hate Jews but fight the Israeli Zionist
occupation .
Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under a strict total siege in June 2007 driving the economy there to the verge of collapse and leaving the Gaza population of 1.5 million Palestinians without basic food, medical and fuel
supplies.
