Viva Palestina: Navigating Egypt’s Obstacle Course – Protest 14 July at Egyptian consulates across the US |

Viva Palestina: Navigating Egypt’s Obstacle Course
Soozy Duncan, Viva Palestina US, 14 July 2009

The Viva Palestina U.S. convoy has been facing barrier after barrier in recent days despite having initially hoped to cross into the Gaza Strip this morning. The Egyptian government, collaborator in Israel’s severe blockade for the past 2 years, has set up a course of administrative obstacles which will delay the group’s entry into Gaza.

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VIVA PALESTINA

Today, July 14: Demand That Egypt Let the Viva Palestina Convoy into Gaza!

New York City: 4-6 p.m.
Egyptian Mission to the UN
304 East 44th St. (@ 2nd Ave.) New York, NY 10017
Telephone: 212.503.0300
Sponsors: Al-Awda-NY, Existence is Resistance, International Action Center, International Socialist Organization, Campus Antiwar Network, New York City Labor Against the War Vets for Peace. If you would like your organization to be a cosponsor, or for more information, please email info@al-awdany.org

DC: Noon
Egyptian Embassy
3521 International Court, NW
(Van Ness metro — red line)
For updates on the Washington, DC protest — or to endorse — contact 703.231.7553.
Call initiated by Viva Palestina. Endorsers list in formation.

Correction: San Francisco: 3-6 p.m.
Consulate General of Egypt
276 Mallorca Way
San Francisco, CA

Houston: 4-6 p.m.
Egyptian Consulate
5718 Westheimer Road, Suite 1350
Houston, TX 77057
Tel: 713-961-4915

Correction: Chicago: Noon
Egyptian Consulate
500 N. Michigan Ave. — Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312.828.9162

*** If there is no Egyptian Consulate or Mission in your city, protest at the nearest Federal Building

What Else You Can Do

Contact the Egyptian embassy and ask that the Viva Palestina convoy be allowed to make its journey to Gaza without further delays. Call 202-966-6342, fax 202-244-4319 and e-mail embassy@egyptembdc.org.

Background

The Viva Palestina Convoy is being denied passage into Gaza by the Egyptian Government.

This convoy is the largest ever US humanitarian aid convoy, organized by British MP George Galloway and Vietnam Veteran and antiwar activist Ron Kovic, and is carry medical supplies for the people of Gaza, who have been the targets of brutal attacks and an ongoing blockade by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

The convoy’s delegation of about 200 people left for Cairo, Egypt from July 4-7, en route to Gaza to provide much-needed humanitarian aid to the people — wheelchairs, walkers and medical supplies. Participants include former Congressperson Cynthia McKinney, New York City Council Member Charles Barron, and members of numerous organizations.

Viva Palestina has issued the following humanitarian appeal:

Viva Palestina U.S. is calling on our friends and supporters to gather outside Egyptian consulates across the U.S. on Tuesday, July 14, as we make our way toward the Suez Canal and into the Sinai Peninsula to deliver humanitarian aid and medical supplies to the people of Gaza. We have met all the new bureaucratic requirements imposed by the Egyptian authorities, and we therefore have the right to expect a speedy passage to Gaza. However, we must prepare for unwarranted further attempts to frustrate us perhaps with a view to stopping such convoys in the future. Those individuals and groups gathering outside Egyptian consulates tomorrow will either be able to help us break through those blockages or be able to celebrate our overcoming them. We want to be on the border of Gaza on Tuesday night and in Gaza on Wednesday morning. Viva Palestina!

Let the Aid through!
Let the Convoy through!
Let the trucks through!

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