The Viva Palestina convoy has had a brilliant response in Libya, where the authorities, as well as the ordinary people, have got right behind the convoy - thousands attended a rally for the convoy in Tripoli's Green Square. Libyan TV reckons the convoy could swell in size to 300 vehicles by the time it crosses the border into Egypt.
All this at a time when the donor conference in Egypt representing some of the most powerful states in the region and the world can only talk while Gazans huddle in their tents as the Israeli siege goes on...
From vivapalestina.org
...One of our convoy members said to the Arabic newspaper Libya Elyoum today "This is the best welcome we received. What is different this time is that the authorities did not try to stop the people mingling and getting close to us, nothing was orchestrated, it was natural and spontaneous.."
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