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THE THREE-WEEK LONG BOMBING OF GAZA BY ISRAELI WAR PLANES, STARTED IN LATE DECEMBER AND LEFT 1,300 PALESTINIANS MOSTLY CIVILIANS DEAD AND THOUSANDS MORE INJURED. AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE, ISRAEL AND EGYPT CLOSED THE BORDER, LEAVING THE TERRITORY UTTERLY DEVASTATED AND HELPLESS. DAYS LATER, BRITISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER, GEORGE GALLOWAY, ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD LEAD A RELIEF CONVOY INTO PALESTINE VIA NORTH AFRICA. ON VALENTINEâS DAY, OVER 100 VEHICLES, CARRYING $1.4 MILLION-WORTH OF FOOD AND EQUIPMENT LEFT ENGLAND. A MONTH LATER, THE âVIVA PALESTINAâ CARAVAN CROSSED INTO GAZA ON MARCH 9 CHEERED BY CROWDS OF PALESTINIANS AS HEROES. THIS PAST TUESDAY, GEORGE GALLOWAY WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT A FUND RAISING DINNER HELD AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ROBESON CENTER IN NEWARK. THE EVENT, ORGANIZED BY THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN FUND, WAS ATTENDED BY AROUND 500. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND HE FILES THIS REPORT: