No cries of neo-colonialism from the left as George Galloway and his convoy of supposedly peaceful activists comprised mainly of White Europeans and American anti-Semities allied with militant Islamists took four Egyptian officers hostage and murdered one of them in clashes near the Egypt/Gaza border:

Protests over an international aid convoy to Gaza, led by George Galloway, turned violent today killing one Egyptian soldier and leaving dozens injured.

The Britain-based Viva Palestina convoy included more than 500 international activists bringing humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip in protest at the Israeli blockade of the coastal strip.

Scuffles between activists and Egyptian police broke out last night after part of the convoy was barred from entering Gaza. Hundreds of Palestinians rushed to the border to support the convoy, hurling rocks and opening fire at the Egyptian guards from across the border.

Activists said that one Egyptian soldier was killed in a gunfight, and that at least three Palestinians were taken to hospitals. Up to 50 activists were treated for minor injuries, and several have been detained by authorities.

Egypt has come under fire recently for supporting the Israeli blockade, and stepping up efforts along the Egyptian border to stop tunnel smugglers from moving supplies into Gaza. Egypt’s construction of an underground barrier to cut off the tunnels has drawn criticism from a number of neighbouring Arab states, who call the barrier a “wall of death.”

Egypt maintains that it is protecting its borders, and that aid to Gaza should be sent via internationally recognized channels.

One Jordanian activist who took part in the convoy said the group had refused to enter Gaza through its crossings with Israel, as they refused to recognize Israeli control of Gaza.

Speaking to Sky News Mr Galloway said that Egyptians had breached the agreement they had made with the convoy.

“It’s completely unconscionable,” he said.

Of course Galloway doesn’t think bringing a small army of thugs into a sovereign country and challenging that government’s authority with arms he has worked to keep out of the hands of his fellow citizens of the United Kingdom is at all questionable morally.

Via Atlas Shrugs here’s a video of the report:

Atlas also has a photo essay of a Palestinian market that debunks the starving Palestinian myth.

Speaking of debunking myths, this essay on the history of “Palestine” is a must read for anyone who really wants to understand the conflict.

Yes, Code Pink was involved. Oddly they have no press release on the murder of the Egyptian on their site.