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Tue 12 Dec 2009Peace activists on hunger strike over Gaza aid blockade
TWO IRISH peace campaigners have gone on hunger strike to protest against Egypt’s refusal to allow a convoy of humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, which remains under a strict Israeli blockade.
Caoimhe Butterly and John Hurson are both members of the Viva Palestina Convoy, which was supposed to deliver the aid last Sunday to mark the anniversary of last year’s Israeli attack on Gaza.
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