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55 injured after 520 Viva Palestina activists broke down the gate at the port in El-Arish
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Wednesday January 06, 2010 08:32 by TD - Free Palestine Campaign
"We started getting pelted with stones by people in plain clothes, then the police started moving in, using tear gas and batons. People were quite severely beaten." These are the contents of two emails from Alice Howard of Viva Palestina A statement by one of the convoy leaders, Kevin Ovenden, on the Viva Palestina website said that their situation was at "crisis point", after rioting broke out in the port. |
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The video is available for viewing on Press TV's homepage.
Last night's riot saw a plain-clothes mob armed with stones attack the convoy. They were backed up by 2,000 riot police who used tear gas and water cannons.
There are reports of 55 convoy members receiving injuries - mostly cuts and bruises - and 6 were arrested, reportedly for filming the violence.
The Egyptians had walked away from the negotiations because they want 55 vehicles - around a quarter of the convoy - to pass into Gaza through an Israeli-controlled checkpoint. Of course, this would mean those vehicles would never reach Gaza.
Although the Egyptian authorities had agreed that all of these vehicles could cross at Rafah, Viva Palestina will now have to concede to this demand in order to secure the release of the six arrested members. The 55 vehicles will be taken back to Turkey and given to Palestinians in refugee camps there. Of the 55 vehicles, 43 were brought by Americans at the request of Palestinian doctors. The rest are pick-up trucks and 4x4 vehicles.
George Galloway has just announced that the convoy will now proceed to Gaza. If everything goes to plan, Viva Palestina should reach its destination later today a month after leaving Britain.
Press TV report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7liJ9HI9MIM
Latest updates from the convoy members:
http://twitter.com/garethn/viva-palestina
Report on the violence last night:
http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/middle-east/77-middle...onvoy