Viva Palestina Convoy

Galloway scoffed at the notion that Israelis want peace and said that if this was the case, why did they vote for Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman. Galloway called Lieberman "the closest thing to a fascist that Israel has ever produced."

"A man who wants not only to ethnically cleanse the occupied territories but wants to ethnically cleanse Israeli citizens of Arab origin inside their state asking them to sign an oath that the country is a Jewish country. Can you imagine someone asking in the United States of America black people to sign an oath that the USA is a white country?"

The Viva Palestina Aid Convoy -- completely ignored by US media -- finished its 5,000-mile journey from England, with 220 trucks and vans loaded with more than $2 million worth of relief supplies. As it crossed three continents it gathered supplies and support along the way. The Libyan-based Gaddafi Charitable Foundation doubled the convoy's size by adding 100 large trucks filled with 4,000 tonnes of aid, additional drivers and support staff.

The arrival of the Gaza relief convoy marked the successful breaking of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. "As we enter this land of heroes, we are embraced by heroes," Galloway said.