New Delhi:
About 50 civil activists from India began an overland journey from New Delhi to Gaza on Thursday as part of the first Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan.
The caravan plans to travel across Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt to reach Gaza to express solidarity with the Palestinian people in their resistance against Israel.
The participants paid homage at the Gandhi memorial before their bus was waved off by a gathering of politicians and civil rights groups.In each country along the way, more activists will join the Solidarity Caravan, the organisers said.The Caravan has been organised by the Asian People's Solidarity for Palestine, an alliance of various civil groups and trade unions.The activists are also carrying relief material for the people of Gaza .
The caravan is due to arrive in Gaza on 27 December 2010, which will mark the Second Anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza.Since the Islamic group Hamas took over the power in Gaza in 2007, Gaza has been largely cut off from the world by an Israeli border blockade.
The caravan plans to travel across Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt to reach Gaza to express solidarity with the Palestinian people in their resistance against Israel.
The participants paid homage at the Gandhi memorial before their bus was waved off by a gathering of politicians and civil rights groups.In each country along the way, more activists will join the Solidarity Caravan, the organisers said.The Caravan has been organised by the Asian People's Solidarity for Palestine, an alliance of various civil groups and trade unions.The activists are also carrying relief material for the people of Gaza .
The caravan is due to arrive in Gaza on 27 December 2010, which will mark the Second Anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza.Since the Islamic group Hamas took over the power in Gaza in 2007, Gaza has been largely cut off from the world by an Israeli border blockade.
