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Miles of Smiles to send 3 more aid convoys to Gaza

[ 02/08/2011 – 11:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Issam Yousef, the general coordinator of Miles of Smiles 4, said that three new aid convoys would be sent to the Gaza Strip within the coming three months including one later this month. Yousef, who was speaking Monday evening at a meeting between Gazan premier Ismail […]

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Miles for Smiles Arrives in Gaza with Aid

  PNN – Palestine News Network – 01.08.11 – 12:53 Gaza-PNN- Humanitarian aid convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening through the Rafah Border Terminal.   The group called, Miles for Smiles, consisted of eight trucks containing medical supplies, medications, milk for infants and cars especially designed for people with disabilities. Thirty-five solidarity […]

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Miles of smiles 4 soon in Gaza

[ 27/07/2011 – 07:38 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Preparations are underway for the fourth convoy of the humanitarian aid Miles of Smiles to the Gaza Strip as organizers and participants started to flock to Cairo over the past 24 hours. The organizers said in a press release on Tuesday that contacts were ongoing with the […]

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Medical aid convoy lands in Gaza

[ 07/07/2011 – 09:36 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A medical aid convoy sent by the Arab Medical Union has delivered some five tons of aid to the Gaza Strip after landing on Wednesday. The convoy, headed by the AMU emergency committee secretary-general Ibrahim al-Za’faraani, entered through Rafah crossing on the Strip’s border with Egypt. On […]

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Israel fears aid convoys to Gaza by air

[ 03/07/2011 – 09:08 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israel has expressed fear of new movements by pro-Palestinians to challenge the Gaza siege by air. Israeli media sources say talks are being held to cope with possible attempts by pro-Palestinians to land and protest at the Israeli Ben Gurion airport or land directly in the Gaza […]

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1st African aid convoy heads for Gaza

PressTV –  Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:16AM The first overland African convoy has set out for the impoverished Gaza Strip, carrying humanitarian relief aid to the besieged coastal sliver. The convoy, comprising 21 activists and a dozen vehicles, carries much needed aid that include medical supplies, basic essentials, milk powder, generators and materials to build […]

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Miles of Smiles convoy delivers vital medicines, ambulances to Gaza

[ 20/06/2011 – 07:52 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Solidarity activists accompanying the humanitarian convoy Miles of Smiles III to Gaza delivered badly needed baby milk and medicines to the health ministry in Gaza in addition to 15 ambulance cars designed for the disabled. Head of the convoy Issam Yousef told a press conference in a […]

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European aid convoy enters Gaza – video

PressTV Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:27AM A European aid convoy with 53 pro-Palestinian activists has entered the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing to help ease the conditions of Palestinians in the coastal sliver. The humanitarian aid convoy, called “Miles of Smiles 3”, entered Gaza with about 30 tons of medicine, medical supplies and […]

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Iran, Indonesia MPs plan Gaza convoy

  PressTV –  Thu Jun 9, 2011 1:52PM Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani (R) shakes hands with his Indonesian counterpart Marzuki Alie (file photo). Iran and Indonesia plan to organize a multi-national parliamentary mission in an effort to break the Israeli-imposed siege of Palestine’s impoverished Gaza Strip since 2007. Visiting Iranian Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali […]

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Update on the Flotilla Ship “Spirit of Rachel Corrie”: Mission To Gaza Expected To Continue On Land

May 24, 2011 20:03 PM | Bernama EL-ARISH, May 24 (Bernama) — The mission to send PVC pipes to Gaza is expected to continue by land following the Egyptian authorities’ decision to allow the MV Finch carrying humanitarian aid to berth and unload the cargo at El-Arish Port. Bernama reporter Mohd Faizal Hassan via SMS […]

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Resisting Voices

by Stay Human Convoy / May 16th, 2011 | Dissident Voice Getting to know Gaza In the north-eastern zone of the city, Palestinian youths tell us stories about those infamous days in December 2008, when the Israeli army began its Operation ‘Cast Lead’. The landscape in front of us bears witness to the devastation the […]

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Finally in Gaza by Stay Human Convoy – Honoring Vittorio Arrigoni

By “Stay Human” Convoy | Stay Human Convoy| Friday, May 13, 2011 The Stay Human Convoy celebrating after successfully passing the forbidden crossing The sun had not yet risen in Cairo, as the Stay Human convoy began to prepare the departure for Gaza. The journey about to be embarked upon was one filled with expectations and […]

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Convoy of Italian activists arrives in Cairo en route to Gaza for Nakba Day

Carrying on the work of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni and stepping up calls for the right of Palestinians to return home, Italian and Egyptian activists to mark the Nakba with marches to Gaza Salma Shukrallah , Thursday 12 May 2011 | Ahram Online Palestinians gesture and wave the Palestinian flags (Photo: AP) About eighty Italian […]

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The Stay Human Convoy is leaving for Gaza 11 May 2011

May-10-2011 01:57 | Salem-News.com They want to take Vittorio back to Gaza, by carrying forth the ideas which inspired his everyday actions. Vittorio Arrigoni, missed now and tomorrow, as yesterday. Few bigger, more genuine living instruments of peace have ever been ripped so cruelly from the hands and hearts of those who loved him. His […]

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Italian convoy to Gaza

Posted on: April 23, 2011| International Solidarity Movement English – Italian Let’s go to Gaza! On the 21st April, a meeting regarding the discussions and reflections on the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni was held in Rome amongst different activists. From the gathering, the need to organize a convoy to Gaza through Egypt was decided. Let’s […]

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