Anti-siege committee calls on Egypt to allow "life line 3" convoy to reach Gaza

PIC

[ 25/12/2009 - 09:24 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The government committee to break the siege in Gaza called on the Egyptian government to facilitate the entry of "life line 3" convoy into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.

The committee said, in a statement on Friday, that the convoy which consists of about 250 vehicles loaded with aid and 300 sympathisers lead by prominent British politician George Galloway, was supposed to reach Gaza on 27 December to coincide with the anniversary of the Israeli war on Gaza last year, but Egyptian measures are likely to delay the convoy.

The convoy is trying to cross from the Jordanian port of Aqaba to the Egyptian port of Nuweiba, but Egypt refuses to allow the convoy through this port insisting that the convoy uses al-Arish port, knowing fully well that there are no shipping lanes between Aqaba and Arish.

The leaders of the convoy said they were ready to go to al-Arish overland if the Egyptian government insists on this formality.

The committee expressed concern at the Egyptian measures to hamper the arrival of the aid to Gaza which has been under Israeli siege for the past four years and called on the Egyptian government to lift the siege instead of participating in it by building the "wall of death."

Uprooted Palestinian