ipernity: Gaza convoy, spring 2009 by Kieran Turner

Viva Palestina's first humanitarian aid convoy into Gaza, spring 2009. We delivered 12 ambulances (plus some minibus / out-patient ambulances), and over 90 other vehicles full of medical and emergency aid. We were joined in Libya by a further convoy of dozens of food aid trucks. Hassan Ghani from Press TV has made a documentary about the convoy; it makes use of several of these photographs. You… (read more)

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The policeman patrolling the parked cars was very insistent that I shouldn't take any photos here. There was no other sense that wandering around was discouraged for foreigners, and no other interference with photography, so I can only presume he was proud of his town and worried it was a bit shabby here. I acknowledged his discouraging waves and made a phone call for a while; he hung around so I had to very much "grab" this shot. To make up for it, I can report that it's actually a really nice place to wander around!