Sakir Yildirm, one of the Bristolian volunteers on the Gaza aid convoy has just txted (sorry this is shocking) to say:-

From the GazaAidConvoy stuck on the Libyan-Egyptian border trying to enter Egypt.

'We told them we have medical aid and toys for the people of Gaza.

A high ranking Egyptian officer said "May Allah kill all Palestinian men, women and children and may they be chopped into pieces"

Two Bristol drivers are part of an eleven vehicle 25 strong team British Gaza-Aid-Convoy-2013 on their way to deliver donated medical aid to Gaza. Hopes were high on their four thousand mile journey south through Europe and across North Africa. But the convoy came to an abrupt halt when they were granted exit from Libya “with no return” but Egypt then refused them entry.

Ken Loach, director of much loved and well known films such as Kes, Sweet Sixteen and Land and Freedom – known for repeatedly championing the underdog and revealing the hardships and struggles of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy and a pillar of the Bristol-Palestine Film Festival speaks out on Bristol Peace Activist arrested in Palestine

Friends have spoken to Tom Woodhead this weekend who is still being held in a deportation prison in Israel following his arrest in Palestine more than a week ago. He described how he and two other Palestinians were lined up against a wall while Israeli soldiers cocked their rifles for a “mock execution”.