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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Viva Palestina ("Long live Palestine") is a British-based organisation formerly registered as a charity . The body came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a convoy of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip . Its aims are the "provision from the UK of food, medicine and essential goods and services needed by the civilian population" [of the occupied Palestinian Territories] and "highlighting the causes and results of wars with a view to achieving peace." David Ainsworth "Commission removes Galloway's Viva Palestina from the charities register" , Third Sector", 5 November 2013 Viva Palestina's record at the Charities Commission
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Viva Palestina ( Long live Palestine , in Italian , Portuguese and Spanish ) is a British -based registered charity which came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a humanitarian aid convoy to the Gaza Strip . Its aims since becoming a registered charity are: "provision from the UK of food, medicine and essential goods and services needed by the civilian population" [of the occupied Palestinian Territories], and "highlighting the causes and results of wars with a view to achieving peace." Viva Palestina's record at the Charities Commission
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Viva Palestina ("Long live Palestine") is a British -based organisation formerly registered as a charity .The body came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a convoy of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip .Its aims are the "provision from the UK of food, medicine and essential goods and services needed by the civilian population" [of the occupied Palestinian Territories] and "highlighting the causes and results of wars with a view to achieving peace." David Ainsworth "Commission removes Galloway's Viva Palestina from the charities register" , Third Sector", 5 November 2013 Viva Palestina's record at the Charities Commission
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Viva Palestina ("Long live Palestine") is a British-based organisation formerly registered as a charity . The body came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a convoy of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip . Its aims are the "provision from the UK of food, medicine and essential goods and services needed by the civilian population" [of the occupied Palestinian Territories] and "highlighting the causes and results of wars with a view to achieving peace." David Ainsworth "Commission removes Galloway's Viva Palestina from the charities register" , Third Sector", 5 November 2013 Viva Palestina's record at the Charities Commission
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The opening as it stood in 2025
British-based registered charity to the Gaza Strip Viva Palestina ("Long live Palestine") is a British-based organisation formerly registered as a charity . The body came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a convoy of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip . Its aims are the "provision from the UK of food, medicine and essential goods and services needed by the civilian population" [of the occupied Palestinian Territories] and "highlighting the causes and results of wars with a view to achieving peace." David Ainsworth "Commission removes Galloway's Viva Palestina from the charities register" , Third Sector , 5 November 2013 Viva Palestina's record at the Charities Commission
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british -based registered charity which came into being in january 2009 with the initial intention of running a
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british-based organisation formerly registered as a charity
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