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Wed, Dec 08, 2010 | The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

APSP logo shows the entire State of Israel covered by the Palestinian flag, a familiar expression of establishing a Palestinian state on all the lands of "Palestine," erasing Israel from the map (Convoy website, December 6, 2010).

Gaza-Bound ‘Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan’ Leaving India

The Asian convoy set out from Delhi in India on December 1. It was delayed for a number of days by the Indian and Pakistani authorities on the border between the two countries, but on December 5 it crossed the border on its way to Lahore, Pakistan, and from will continue by plane by Iran (Convoy website, December 5, 2010).

The convoy, called the Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan, is comprised of various Indian organizations and activists. It is supposed to include 500 activists from 17 Asian countries, some of them Muslim countries. The convoy will leave India and pass through cities in Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. From there it will continue to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. It apparently plans to sail from the port of Latakia to El Arish, and from there to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing at the end of December (close to the anniversary of the start of Operation Cast Lead, December 28).

An anti-Israeli umbrella organization called the Asian People’s Solidarity for Palestine (APSP) is prominent among the convoy’s organizers. En route activists are expected to join from Pakistan and Iran. The convoy’s objectives, as spelled out at a press conference in Karachi (Pakistan) on the eve of its departure (November 29, 2010), are to “liberate Palestine,” “break the siege of the Gaza Strip,” “destroy Israel’s system of apartheid” and rally Asian countries around those goals (Fars News Agency, Iran, December 4, 2010).

The convoy starts out (PressTV, Iran, December 2, 2010).

Freedom Fleet 2: According to Arab media reports, the upgraded flotilla organized by the anti-Israeli coalition is expected to set sail in April 2011. It will consist of 34 ships (Al-Quds, December 2, 2010).

The Prisoners’ Ship: Nabil Shaath, visiting Europe, again raised the possibility of sending a Palestinian ship to raise world consciousness to the issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. He claimed the ship would be called “candles of freedom” and would carry pictures of prisoners and visit various Middle Eastern cities (Al-Sharq al-Awsat, December 2, 2010).

Names of more than 130 Asian NGOs supporting 1st Asian caravan to Gaza

Source: Asia to Gaza website

India:
1. Al Hadi
2. All India Catholic University Federation
3. All India Majlis-i-Mushawarrat
4. All India Network of Individuals and organizations working with NHRIs (AiNNI)
5. All India Student’s Association (AISA)
6. Alternative Information Center, Palestine (AIC)
7. Aman Bharat
8. Aman Vedika
9. Asha Parivar
10. ASHA/DBSS Diocese of Sambalpur-Church of North India
11. Asian Bridge India
12. Awami Bharat
13. Ayodhya Ki Awaaz
14. Bahujan Sewak Sangh
15. Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
16. Bharat Bachao Andolan
17. Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha
18. Campaign for Peace & Democracy (Manipur)
19. Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee)
20. Collectif Urgence Palestine-Vaud, Switzerland
21. Countercurrents.org
22. Crescent Shikshan Prasark Mandal
23. CPI(ML)
24. CPI-ML (New Democracy)
25. Delhi Forum
26. Dynamic Action – Kerala
27. EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity)
28. Forum against Oppression of Women
29. Free Gaza – India
30. Global Gandhi Forum
31. Help Hyderabad
32. Human Rights Defenders’ Alert – India
33. Haneefa AP Muhammed
34. India-Arab cultural Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia Univ
35. India Palestine People’s Solidarity Forum
36. Indian Association of Lawyers
37. Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU )
38. Indian Isladhi Movement
39. Indo-Palastine Cultural Society Andhra Pradesh
40. Insaaniyat (Bombay)
41. Institute of Human Rights Education
42. Intercultural Resources
43. Jamat-e-Islami-Hind
44. Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Hind
45. Lokayat
46. Loknaad
47. Marxist Communist Party of India (United) – MCPI(U)
48. Mazdoor Ekta Manch
49. Muslim Intellectual Forum
50. Muslim Political Council of India
51. National Association of Peoples Movements (NAPM)
52. National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers
53. New Socialist Initiative (NSI)
54. New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI)
55. Palestine Solidarity Movement
56. Partners in Justice Concerns – India
57. People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)
58. People’s Watch
59. Phule-Ambedkar Vichar Manch
60. Programme against Custodial Torture and Impunity
61. Programme for Social Action
62. Progressive Students’ Union (PSU)
63. Provisional Central Committee-CPI(ML)
64. Rede Brasileira de Ecossocialistas
65. Republican Panther
66. Revolutionary Youth Federation of India (RYFI)
67. Saheli Women’s Resource Centre
68. Sarva Seva Sangh
69. Solidarity Youth Movement
70. South Asia Peace Alliance (SAPA)
71. South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE)
72. South Asian Network of Gender Activists and Trainers
73. Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO)
74. Sudhanthra (Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Domestic Violence and Torture)
75. Teachers Working Group, Indonesia
76. Teesra Swadheenta Andolan
77. Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI)
78. United Forum for Justice
79. Vidyarthi Bharti
80. Yuva Koshish

Nepal:
81. INHURED International (Nepal)
82. NGO Federation of Nepal
83. Human Rights Alliance, Nepal

Indonesia:
84. Islamic World Issue of FSLDK
85. PAHAM Indonesia
86. PROSPEROUS JUSTICE PARTY
87. SAHABAT AL-AGSHA
88. HMI(Islamic Association of University Student)
89. VOICE OF PALESTINE(VOP
90. Teachers Working Group Indonesia
91. MER-C(MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESQUE COMMITTEE)
92. Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam(HMI)

Malaysia:
93. Citiezen International
94. MUSLIM CARE MALAYSIA
95. MUSLIM SCHOLAR ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA
96. S.H.U.R.A
97. SALIMAH-TERAS, SELANGOR

Singapour:
98. Singapore Democtatic Party

Japan:
99. Japan to Gaza Committee

Turkey:
100. IHH

Pakistan:
101. Jamat-e-Eslami Pakistan
102. Labour Party
103. Railway Workers Union
104. Pakistan Trade Union Federation
105. Home Based Workers Federation
106. All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
107. International Socialists Pakistan
108. Port Workers Federation
109. Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz
110. Peoples Unity PIA
111. Pukhtoon Fikri Jirga
112. HRCP
113. Jiay Sindh Mahaz
114. Pakistan Press Foundation
115. Peoples Resistance
116. Peoples Workers Union KESC
117. Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research
118. Peoples Labour Bureau

Sri Lanka:
119. Peoples’ Space

Azerbayjan:
120. Appeal for moral Purity

Barhrain:
121. تیار الوفا الاسلامی
122. Bahrain human rights

Iran:
123. اتحادیه بین المللی امت واحدهInternational union of unified ummah
124. مجمع تشکل های حامی فلسطین
جنبش عدالتخواه دانشجویی .125
رابطة الحوار الديني .126
مرکز فرهنگی میثاق .127
جمعیت دفاع از ملت فلسطین .128
موسسه وارثین .129
جنبش دانشجویان جهان اسلام .130
موسسه نورقدس .131
موسسه طوبی .132
اتحادیه دانشجویان جهان اسلام .133

UK:
134. Human Aid

Australia:
135. Social Justice Network