A WELL-KNOWN York academic and member of the House of Lords has backed a campaign to send volunteers from North Yorkshire to Gaza with medical supplies.
Professor the Baroness Haleh Afshar, who teaches politics and women’s studies at the University of York, is supporting the appeal by the York branch of the Palestine Solidarity campaign, which campaigns for justice for the Palestinian people who live in Gaza.
The branch is urging people to donate money so it can buy medical supplies that will be going to Gaza in a decommissioned nine-year-old NHS ambulance.
The ambulance, with its team of volunteers from York, Scarborough, Norton and Gilling East, will be joining an international convoy organised by Viva Palestina taking supplies to people in Gaza, which is blockaded by Israel. The blockade means fewer imported supplies are allowed into Gaza.
The ambulance will set off in early December and it is hoped it will arrive in Gaza soon after Christmas. To support the appeal, phone Sue Cooke on 01904 795480, or 07799 034484.
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