More ships to head for Gaza
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Two more ships that are part of the so-called Gaza Freedom Flotilla are maintaining their plan to sail for the Gaza coast.
One of the ships is an Irish vessel named the Rachel Corrie, for the activist from the United States who was killed in 2003 in Gaza while protesting in front of an Israeli bulldozer. It reportedly left a port in Malta on May 31 carrying 15 activists and was expected to reach international waters off the coast of Gaza on the night of Friday, June 4, or the following morning, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported.
In addition, a pro-Gaza organization says it has received funding for three new ships that will attempt to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip. The European Campaign to End Siege on Gaza announced on its website June 2 that it will name the new flotilla Fleet of Freedom 2, and that it would leave for Gaza “in the coming weeks.”
Dr. Arafat Madi, president of the campaign, said in a statement on the website that he received calls from around the world requesting the launching of a new flotilla with more ships. — jta
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06/05/2010 at 09:59 PM
A Jewish group has announced that it will soon be sending another ship in an attempt to break the cruel blockade.
The Israeli government shows its complete cynicism when it says they will deliver the humanitarian goods. What was carried on the hijacked boats were goods that Israel forbids the people of Gaza:
paper, pencils, crayons and toys for the children, medical equipments, wheelchairs, crutches and walkers, chocolate and fishing rods, prefab dwellings and building materials to help replace the thousands of homes Israel has destroyed both during Cast Lead and earlier..
Doesn’t anyone remember when Sen. Kerry was appalled when Israel refused to allow a shipment of pasta into Gaza. Maybe Israel was afraid that the Gazans would bombard Israel with wet noodles.
What is more likely is that Israel wants, as in the words of Dov Weisglass, former advisor to Sharon, to put the Palestinians on a diet.”
Whatever the reason Israel is guilty of inflicting collective punishment on one and a half million people imprisoned in the world;s largest outdoor prison. This is no way to win friends but only make more hatred.
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