KUALA LUMPUR: Wife of the Prime Minister, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad; and Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been singled out by a British politician for their exemplary efforts in helping to push for the Viva Palestina humanitarian aid convoy to reach its destination in Gaza.
George Galloway, who is leading the convoy, had told the Al Jazeera TV network that the convoy, carrying essentials and medical aid for Palestinians trapped within an Israeli blockade, must be allowed to proceed. In a report filed on Dec 28 titled Fighting to Break the Gaza Siege, the network had quoted Galloway as saying that medicines brought by the convoy “are in a race against the time of their expiry date and getting spoiled under the desert sun while people in Gaza die for the want of them”.
“The government of Turkey and the respected Premier (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan are trying their best as is the former Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, as well as the wife of the current Prime Minister in Kuala Lumpur,” he was quoted as saying.
Galloway also said he had written to Queen Rania of Jordan, asking her to contact Susan Mubarak, first lady of Egypt and head of the Egyptian Red Crescent.
He said there were more than 200 trucks and 500 people from 17 different countries who had given up their Christmas holidays to try and help one and a half million Arabs and Muslims in Gaza. — Bernama
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