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Venezuela’s Chavez in Gaza soon

7/13/2009 3:47:14 PM

Member of the British House of Commons George Galloway told the press Monday he was planning to organize a new solidarity convoy to Gaza that would include Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Qodsna News Agency reported on Monday. 
 
Galloway was in Egypt Monday to sponsor the Lifeline 2 anti-siege convoy, which is scheduled to enter the Gaza Strip through its Rafah crossing along with 200 American solidarity activists. 
 
The MP explained that he would continue to organize solidarity convoys, calling for lifting the siege imposed on Gaza. He revealed that Israeli lobbyists had sent three requests to US Attorney General Eric Holder trying to stop the vessel, which were all rejected. 
 
Galloway also refuted Israeli accusations that he was pro-Hamas. "I was never pro-Hamas, yet I am pro-democracy, through which Hamas rose to power."
 
With regard to the participants joining Lifeline 2, Galloway pointed out that it comprises a congressman from the Democratic Party representing New York, in addition to a father and brother of the Democratic Party's executive director, as well as another former lawmaker.