[ 23/12/2010 - 11:02 AM ]
DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Feroz Mesberola, chief of the multinational Asian Convoy 1 which is set deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, expressed his crew's extreme delight as the convoy landed Wednesday in Damascus, where they met with Khalid Meshaal and other resistance movement leaders.
“Our dreams came true when arriving at this place and standing before Palestinian resistance leaders headed by Khalid Meshaal. We hope to reach Palestine. We know we are facing a group of leaders and fighters who sacrificed and lost many of their loved ones,” said Mesberola at the convoy's welcoming party in Damascus.
“Israel constantly attacks Gaza, and that a greater attack may come in the next two years, especially in these days for the first anniversary of the resistance's victory in the Gaza war.”
“We feel it is important to have such convoys, which is trying to unite Asian countries to confront Israeli aggression. We come from different backgrounds, and have love for the resistance and defense of the oppressed. We hope to reach our goal. We began our journey from Mahatma Ghandi's Square, who carried the spirit of resistance.”
“Our main objectives are to free Palestine, end the siege on Gaza, strengthen the boycott of the racist regime in Israel, and to stand in the face of US-Israeli imperialism and unite Asians to stand in the face of imperialism.”
“We believe that Palestine is the focal point of world events, and that defending it is defending all peoples.”'
24/12/2010 The first Asian humanitarian convoy to break Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip by taking relief supplies to the coastal sliver has reached Lebanon.
The activists say they want to display solidarity with the Palestinian people in their resistance against Israel. Tel Aviv has been enforcing an all-out land, aerial and naval blockade on the 1.5 million Palestinians in the enclave since mid-June 2007.
The mission has been welcomed by Khaled Mashaal, the political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas, as well as Ramadan Abdullah, the leader of the Palestinian group of Islamic Jihad. "We really appreciate your effort to keep this momentum and to follow up your work," Abdullah said.
A seven-member delegation of Iranian lawmakers joined the mission while it was in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The convoy plans to enter Gaza later in the month on the anniversary of the launch of the 22-day-long Israeli war on the enclave, which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians. There are fears that the mission might be fiercely confronted by Israel's military, which killed nine Turkish activists aboard Freedom Flotilla, an Ankara-backed humanitarian convoy, on May 31.
However, an Indian activist with the mission told Press TV, “We are completely non-violent. We do not have weapons.” In case of an attack, “We will face it with non-violence. We'll face it with a prayer in our hearts,” he added.
Source: Press TV
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