A message from Kevin Ovenden – Viva Palestina convoy leader
“The level of support internationally for this mission has been tremendous. We`ve been understandably in a bit of a bubble – especially when we were barricaded in at the port of Al Arish. But we´ve got some sense of the scale of solidarity events and of media coverage.
“The sight of people lining the streets virtually the full length of the Gaza Strip, after waiting for 10 hours for our last vehicles to pass (thanks to further Egyptian delays) was the only vindication of that this initiative ever required.
“This was an incredibly diverse group of 518 people. Now we aim to build on that across the UK and internationally.
“Thanks to everyone who responded to the calls to action from the VP office. There are thousands of emails to respond to and we will do as soon as we can. We are now working on further plans for coordinated initiatives over the next 12 months, which will be announced shortly. ”
