[UPDATE - 12.05 GMT - A welcoming reception for the convoy at the Libyan border. On the road to Tripoli - the desert awaits!about 1 hour ago from web - twitter.com/georgegalloway]
On Friday the Viva Palestina convoy was reported to be on the Libyan border following a rapturous reception from the people of Tunisia. But the police don't seem to have over come their paranoia. This from Farid Arada posted at vivapalestina.org:
It seems, not surprisingly, that the convoy leaders have had to tread a delicate path in their journey through north Africa - something of a balancing act between securing safe passage and rousing the local populations' pro-Palestinian fervour. This is the only way to explain how it was that George Galloway could on the one hand be meeting with the Tunisian prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi one day, while the next people are being arrested in what Greg Cullen, a playwright from Wales, described as 'a terrifying experience.
This balancing act can only become more precarious when the convoy enters Egypt as Greg rightly points out in his interview with the South Wales Echo, posted at Wales Online.
On Friday the Viva Palestina convoy was reported to be on the Libyan border following a rapturous reception from the people of Tunisia. But the police don't seem to have over come their paranoia. This from Farid Arada posted at vivapalestina.org:
The police are having a job on their hands trying to contain the jubilation and excitement of the crowds and are even thinking of moving the convoy to the border crossing point of Ras Ajdir about 30km away (18 miles).And that is indeed what they did with the convoy volunteers having to spend the night in their vehicles before crossing the border.
It seems, not surprisingly, that the convoy leaders have had to tread a delicate path in their journey through north Africa - something of a balancing act between securing safe passage and rousing the local populations' pro-Palestinian fervour. This is the only way to explain how it was that George Galloway could on the one hand be meeting with the Tunisian prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi one day, while the next people are being arrested in what Greg Cullen, a playwright from Wales, described as 'a terrifying experience.
This balancing act can only become more precarious when the convoy enters Egypt as Greg rightly points out in his interview with the South Wales Echo, posted at Wales Online.
Greg said: “Who knows what will happen in Libya but the country we’re really frightened about is Egypt.You can follow Greg's journey on his bloggregtogaza.blogspot.com. Hamas has been following the progress of the convoy and the first report has gone up at the Palestine Information Center.
“They have a massive security force and a peace accord with Israel.”
Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Ghannoshi welcomed Galawi [Galloway], who underlined, "We were shocked with what had happened to the Palestinian people [at the hand of the Israelis], and here we are now coming to extend a helping hand to those oppressed people".
"The convoy reflects the feelings of the people of the countries it passes through as we are always warmly welcomed in every place we pass", the lawmaker stressed.
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