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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					14/11/2010 &#8211; 04:59 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">BRUSSELS, (PIC)&#8211; The European  campaign to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip has appealed to the  Egyptian concerned authorities to facilitate the entry of the European  Hope aid convoy to the Gaza Strip before Eid Al-Adha.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Brussels-based campaign appealed in a  press release on Sunday to all concerned authorities including the  Egyptian, Libyan, and Greek authorities to facilitate the entry of the  humanitarian aid into Gaza, especially when it was stranded at the  Libyan-Egyptian borders for a month.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">It asked Cairo not to close the Rafah  border terminal on the Eid holiday and allow entry of the convoy,  pointing out that Gaza was in dire need of assistance carried by such  aid convoys.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">&#8220;The aim of the aid convoys is to help the  besieged Palestinians and break the oppressive siege imposed on them  for the fifth year running&#8221;, the campaign said, adding that such an aim  should be appreciated.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Egyptian authorities announced that  the Rafah border crossing with Gaza would be closed as of Monday till  next Sunday throughout the Eid holiday, which meant that no aid would be  allowed into the Strip during those days.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7KzQLF4zukucGLKFfJYGN2qVAWmrF0g5dYoG26ejunzCKMM2NOL0xT3ul1fqCfCK3wCu44avXdAGI6h4H0VIJH8azOvAi7FzgC2xlGkQOVnY%3d">European campaign urges Egypt to facilitate entry of Hope aid to Gaza</a>.</p>
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