'No one can starve them into surrender'

Het hulpconvooi Viva Palestina is na een maand eindelijk in Gaza aangekomen. Brits onafhankelijk parlementslid George Galloway: "My point is this: only the Palestinian people have the right to choose their leadership. That was true when it was Arafat, and it's true now, when they vote for people that the Weste and Israel don't like. You can't choose other people's leaders. And I'm sure going to leave here, absolutely convinced that the Palestinians here will never be starved into surrender. Anyone who's counting on that, wether Israel, or anybody else ... is making a big mistake. They don't know this people, if they think they can starve them into surrender. This Palestinian people ... will never surrender." Video, foto's:

28 december: Palestinians hold candles as they take part in a memorial ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of Israel's offensive in Gaza, in front of the UNSCO building in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009.

30 december: Gaza Freedom March activists gather by buses in order to board them to the Gaza crossing border, inthe center of Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. The Egyptian Authorities granted access permission to 100 activists from the more than 1300 that arrived to Egypt from 43 countries on their way to Gaza to mark the first anniversary of the Israeli war in Gaza, as part of a deal to sort their appeal for access permission before the deal was turned down by activists in the last minute demanding permission for all.

31 december: Activists hold Palestinian flags during a march organized by Israeli and international activists marking the anniversary of the war and calling for the end of the blockade on Gaza, at Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip, seen in the background, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on opposite sides of a border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday to protest the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the seaside territory.

2 januari: Israeli left wing activists play music during a rally marking the first anniversary of the war in Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 2, 2010.

3 januari: Palestinian students of the American International school protest in front of the rubble of their building as they mark the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.

6 januari: Palestinians throw stones at Egyptian soldiers during a gunbattle on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip January 6, 2010. An Egyptian soldier was killed and four Palestinians were wounded in a gunbattle on Wednesday during a protest against an anti-smuggling wall Cairo is building on the Gaza border.

6 januari: Jordanian demonstrators step on a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during a protest near the Egyptian embassy in Amman January 6, 2010. The demonstrators were protesting against Wednesday's clash at the port city of Arish, 40km (25 miles) from Egypt's border with Gaza, between Egyptian security forces and members of a convoy trying to take relief supplies to Palestinians in the Gaza strip.

6 januari: British member of Parliament George Galloway (L) and other international peace activist are welcomed by Palestinians upon their arrival at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip December 6, 2010. Egypt has reached a deal with members of the aid convoy to take supplies to Palestinians in Gaza after protests overnight, but Cairo barred their private cars from crossing, an Egyptian security source said.