Flotilla

#FreedomWaves now en route to #Gaza.

John Ó Néill on November 3, 2011, 9:59 pm

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For Update see below. Two ships are currently in international waters on their way from Fethiye in Turkey to try and deliver medical aid to Gaza. The Palestine Chronicle reports that, on the Freedom Waves flotilla, there are twenty-seven activists from nine countries, including the US, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and Australia alongside Palestinians from Bethlehem and Haifa. One of the two ships in the flotilla is the MV Saoirse, the Irish boat which was sabotaged en route to join an aid flotilla earlier this year. There was no …

International Piracy?

Moochin Photoman on May 31, 2010, 9:34 am

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Whilst reports at the moment are little sketchy it appears that an aid convoy to Gaza has been attacked by Israeli commandos and that there are a number of deaths. It seems that the attack also happened in International waters which would make this attack on a flotilla of boats travelling from Cypress piracy. edited to add Live reporting from the Guardian further edit a couple of photos from yesterdays vigil/protest at City hall. I’d estimate that there were around …