From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:48 AM
Subject: Fw: Africa first aid convoy to head for Gaza
To: world_Politics@googlegroups.com
Cc: Al-Hilal <Al-Hilal@sky.com>
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181897.html
Africa first aid convoy to head for Gaza
Thu May 26, 2011 6:47PM
A Palestinian man waits before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Africa's first land-based humanitarian aid relief convoy heads for the besieged Gaza Strip this June in an attempt to raise awareness about the plight of the Palestinians.
The convoy  has been organized by the South African based al-Quds Foundation and supported  by a myriad of civil society organizations and charities, according to a press  release obtained by Press TV. 
The Convoy is set to leave Cape Town in  South Africa in the last week of June 2011. 
It plans to pass through  Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt and finally  docks at the coastal sliver. 
The initiative is an effort to alleviate  the hardship of the Palestinian people and raise awareness about their enormous  suffering. 
In 2006, Israel imposed economic siege on Gaza Strip  effectively prevented much needed supplies from reaching the impoverished  enclave. 
On May 31, Israeli navy commandos stormed the Gaza Freedom  flotilla as it was sailing towards the blockaded Gaza Strip in international  waters, killing nine Turkish activists onboard the six-vessel civilian  humanitarian assistance flotilla and injuring at least 50 others.  
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