Monday, September 1, 2008

Better Late Than Never: Egyptian judges, MPs intend to break the Gaza siege


"CAIRO, (PIC)-- A delegation of the Egyptian judges club, parties and popular forces are planning to head to the Gaza Strip via the closed Rafah terminal on 10/9 to break the siege imposed on the Strip, judicial and parliamentary sources disclosed on Sunday.

Mahmoud Al-Khudairi, the chairman of the Alexandria club for judges, told Quds Press that the delegation would include 14 judges along with representatives of all syndicates, unions and parties.

He said that the delegation would leave from the relief committee at the Cairo doctors syndicate on 10/9 heading to Gaza and would carry whatever they could collect of foodstuff and medicine. He said that Egyptian MPs would join the convoy.

Dr. Hamdi Hassan, member of the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc, urged all legal and relief organizations along with the Egyptian masses to join the delegation to break the siege.

He said, "I will go alone in my car and carry whatever it could take of food supplies and medicine, anyone is welcome to coordinate with me or with others"."

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