[News] Gaza Convoy Blocked in Egypt

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Gaza Convoy Blocked in Egypt

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  Friday December 31, 2010 13:51
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 by Alessandra Bajec - IMEMC & Agencies
http://www.imemc.org/article/60318

Egypt stopped activists on the Asia 1 aid convoy from reaching the 
Gaza Strip, an Egyptian daily newspaper quoted in Press TV reported 
on Thursday.

Around 50 Iranian and Jordanian activists aboard Gaza-bound Asia 1 
were banned from entering the Strip, after Egyptian diplomatic 
sources in Damascus informed the convoy of a permit to allow only 120 
activists to pass through Egypt, via el-Arish port.

Egypt was also reportedly impeding entry of 10 generators donated by 
Iranians. The move is thought to reduce the humanitarian convoy to 
below 300 tons, and limit the goods allowed in the coastal enclave to 
food and medicines.

Activists on the Asia 1 come from more than 15 countries including 
Iran, India, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Kuwait.

The aid convoy was expected to reach Gaza by December 27, in time for 
the second anniversary of Israel's December 2008-January 2009 attack 
on the Strip. The convoy has travelled 7,000 kilometers but was 
blocked last week in Latikia, in Syria, while waiting for Egypt's permission.

Gaza has been under Israel-imposed blockade since 2007. The siege, 
which also denies the entry of building materials into Gaza, resulted 
into destruction of half of Gaza's infrastructure which today remains 
unrepaired.




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