They were all excited when George Galloway, MP, announced his plan to bring a convoy of aid trucks to Gaza.
They were ready to greet him with hosannas and hurrahs at the border between Libya and Egypt, ready to cheer him across the width of Egypt and anticipating a grand shout as he drove through the Rafah border crossing.
Just to be polite, Mr. Galloway planned to meet with Hosni Mubarak. You don't drive across a man's country without saying hello. It simply isn't done.
The Egyptian activists who were lauding Mr. Galloway yesterday are cursing him today. They despise Hosni Mubarak, and they believe it's his fault that the Rafah crossing was shut while Israel retaliated against Hamas attacks. Mr. Galloway was denouncing Mr. Mubarak right and left, and the fact that he's going to pay a social call has infuriated those who thought they had a British MP on their side.
So now the activists won't be meeting the convoy and making a big fuss.
He's bringing aid to the very people that the activists claim they are supporting, but the cold shoulder treatment of the aid convoy puts paid to their declarations. The Palestinians in Gaza just happen to be useful to the anti-Mubarak crowd. That's about as far as the concern runs.
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