Members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign's Dundee Group and Tayside for Justice in Palestine have called for the council to raise the flag in the wake of the attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying aid to Gaza in May.
More than 3000 people signed a petition backing the move and calling for Dundee City Council to support the next aid flotilla and to boycott Israeli goods and services.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/article/5938/dundee-city-council-flies-the-flag-for-palestinians.html
Meanwhile, other convoys are setting off, or laying plans. A group of Bristolians leave town on Saturday 9th October to join the latest road convoy, which will have major backing from the Syrian Government, http://bglink.ning.com/. Leading the group will be Mohamed Elhaddad, chair of Bristol-Gaza-Link Association, Dr Judith Brown Vice-Chair of Bristol-Gaza-Link, Keith Darkin, Martin Longhurst from Swansea plus Ebrahim Musaji from Gloucester. The vehicles will be loaded with donated aid. This includes donated medical and educational materials which are still desperately needed in Gaza.
Others plan to travel by sea, as reported in Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/
hundreds-of-activists-from-muslim-countries-planning-new-gaza-bound-flotilla-1.317150
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/
hundreds-of-activists-from-muslim-countries-planning-new-gaza-bound-flotilla-1.317150
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