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Raison d'être - Reason for Being

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Why Gaza (Palestine)?

People often ask me why I decided to focus my energy on helping the people of Gaza. There are several moral reasons why we British should help the Palestinians, it was Britain in 1917 that violated the terms of a UN Mandate by handing Palestine over to zionist Ashkenazi Jews who came from Europe. In fact they did this via the Balfour Agreement even before they had the UN Mandate. This act was considered treacharous by many including S.E. Lawrence, (Lawrence of Arabia) who was devastated at the behaviour of the British Government especially following the Palestinians support for the Allied Forces during World War 1. So we British have to shoulder some responsibility for the suffering of the Palestinians.

Then in 1948 an event called the Nakba (Great Catastrophe) occurred and since then over 83% of Palestinian land has been stolen and is today known as Israel. This is a fact of history. For over 60 years the Palestinians have been forced to live as refugees, without any hopes of a decent future. Then to make matters worse when they elect a government which represents their views and feelings, they are shunned. If they fight the occupation they are labelled as criminals and attacked, and not appluaded as legitimate freedom fighters. It really is a sad situation, made worse by the complicity of various western nations who are blinded by money.

But for me personally, the videos below explain the story. In December 2008 Israel launched a massive attack on Gaza, they began by bombing a Police passing out parade full of young new recruits beginning their future, and then Israel went on to kill over 1,400 Palestinians, of which over 300 were children. This killing of children was really upsetting for me, to this day nobody has been held to account for these murders. It doesn't matter if one is Jewish, Christian, Muslim or from any other faith, murder is murder. These children weren't killed by stray bullets, but hit by precision shots direct to the heart and also in some cases to the head, please see the videos below. Plus the fact that israel would not allow the media to enter Gaza only further made me want to go and see what was really happening. To watch on TV and do nothing was not an option.

Why the Gaza Convoy?

I then became aware of the seige on Gaza, which has been in place since 2007, so it made me realise that the situation on the gorund must be a lot worse. It was a blessing that AL-JAZEERA NEWS and PRESS TV were on the ground in Gaza and able to show us what was really happening over there. I felt compelled to do something, I did not just want to send money over, but I wanted to get urgently required Medical Aid over there. I also read about the attack on EL-WAFA REHAB. HOSPITAL and ELDERLY CARE HOME, this truly digusted me. Even in war there are rules, yet Israeli still bombed and shot at this hospital full of disabled patients. I really wanted to do more and also wanted to know where every penny was going to ensure that it went to those that needed it most. I attended a protest, heard Mr George Galloway announce his plan to organise a Convoy, and went for it full speed ahead. Innocent people were suffering, it is like somebody being bullied and killed, you would not just stand and watch, you would go and help, that is what I wanted to do and had to do as a human being.