5 September 2011
Kiwis to join siege-busting convoy to Gaza in December
Statement by Executive of Kia Ora Gaza
5 September 2011
As the historic “Arab Spring” surge for democracy sweeps across northern Africa and the Middle East, the time has come
for a renewed international push to finally break the cruel & illegal Israeli siege of Gaza.
The Egyptian people have overthrown the military dictator Mubarak and are demanding that the Rafah border gates with
Gaza be permanently opened to allow for the free flow of people and goods.
In tune with this epic era, the Viva Palestina 6 international aid convoy to Gaza, due to depart London in early
December, is set to become a major factor in breaking the siege for all time. The permanent opening of the border will
be the greatest form of aid for the besieged 1.5 million Palestinian people of Gaza.
The democratic revolution in Egypt opens the prospect of ending that siege for good. The convoy will be working in
partnership with humanitarian organisations in Egypt to help bring that about before another year of unnecessary
suffering is inflicted on the Gazans subsisting in what British prime minister David Cameron described as the world’s
largest open air “prison camp”.
Kiwi Team invited to join historic mission
Kia Ora Gaza has been invited to send a New Zealand contingent to join this historic international mission. Kia Ora Gaza
will select six kiwi volunteers to participate in the December convoy. A 6-person Kia Ora Gaza team took part in the
Viva Palestina 5 aid convoy, which broke through the siege in October last year.
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