By Ken O’Keefe — Via My Catbird Steat and Pulse
From a press release just issued by the Road to Hope convoy:
Now we find ourselves in our third day at the Libyan/Egyptian border and we remain hopeful that the land route will be opened to us in the coming days”.Convoy leader Kieran Turner meanwhile comments:
One reason for our optimism that we will travel the land route is the fact that the Al Quds convoy, a Libyan convoy also delivering aid to Gaza, is set to travel the land route in the coming days. For several weeks we have hoped to join our convoys and travel together.”The convoy is currently awaiting permission from the Egyptian authorities to pass through Egypt in this manner. Mr. Turner understands that there is a possibility the Egyptian government will deny the convoy the land route, in which case only two acceptable options will remain:
1) To press on via the land border without permission, at which time the only chance of success will be by way of significant international pressure and a reversal of a policy which tacitly supports the illegal siege of Gaza.
2) To deliver the aid by sea. This option would entail significant increases in the cost of the mission, and, importantly, to all subsequent aid missions, which would then result in a reduction in the already limited resources that can be transported to the people of Palestine.
The convoy leadership urges the Egyptian authorities to allow safe passage to Gaza by land in the coming days, to allow the convoy to join the Al Quds convoy, and to ultimately increase the “easing” of the blockade which continues to collectively punish the people of Gaza.
Mr. O’Keefe calls on all supporters of Palestine “to support Road to Hope and the Al Quds convoys by spreading awareness of our missions and encouraging Egyptian cooperation”.
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