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| Latest flotilla set to leave Palmero in bid to break blockade on Gaza |
| 2018-07-23 |
| [IsraelTimes] 2 months after first embarking from Denmark, four boats carrying some 40 activists prepare for final 10-day leg A new flotilla of ships intent on breaking Israel’s 10-year blockade of the Gazoo Strip was due to set sail early this week from the Italian port of Palmero, two months after it first set off from Copenhagen in Denmark. The flotilla, which includes some 40 activists on board, has been planned by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an umbrella of organizations aiming to end the closure. Among those on board are Prof. Ismail Nazari, chairman of Malaysia’s boycott Israel campaign; Charlie Andreason of Sweden, who spent time in Israeli detention for his role on the Marianne, a Swedish-flagged trawler leading a flotilla of boats in June 2015; Spanish Jewish activist Zohar Shamir Chamberlain; and Heather Milton-Lightening, an activist for indigenous Canadians. Having stopped in 15 European ports since setting off on March 22, the four boats making up the "Freedom Flotilla" were expected to depart for the final 10-day leg to the Gazoo coast this weekend but were delayed "a day or two" due to repair work needed on two of the vessels, according to organizers. Before departing, the flotilla was welcomed by the mayor of the southern Italian town of Palermo who renamed a section of the port in honor of the late Paleostinian leader Yasser Arafat. Mayor Leoluca Orlando made the announcement last week after the arrival of the flotilla, the New Matilda reported. New Matilda editor Chris Graham is on one of the flotilla boats. Many attempts have been made to draw attention to the Paleostinian cause using blockade-busting flotillas. From 2008 through 2016, international activists have sailed 31 boats to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gazoo. In May, Israel’s Navy stopped a boat carrying 17 Paleostinians from Gazoo that attempted to breach the maritime blockade of the coastal strip. It was the first public attempt to break out of the blockade and not into it. The attempt was timed to mark eight years since the Mavi Marmara, a boat owned by a The boarding of the al-Hurriyah in 2010 took place in the midst of an extensive exchange between Paleostinian terrorist groups and the Israeli military, in which some 200 rockets and mortar shells were fired from Gazoo into Israel, and the IDF struck dozens of targets in the Gazoo Strip in retaliation. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Woohoo! A lost Gilbert & Sullivan found! ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-23 21:33 |
| #5 Uhhh... commodiunce? Nuthin. I am the ocean's stud guerrilla, The sultan of the Peace Flotilla, Whose breast all Palestine bedizens. And we are his pacifistic cutthroats and his cousins! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-07-23 13:32 |
| #4 Ahahaha..."Stupid as a Noun!" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-07-23 09:55 |
| #3 The "flotilla" are both brave or stupid ( is it possible to be both or are they mutually exclusive? ). It is not easy to hide on the briny deep. The Israeli Navy should have no real difficulty in finding the "flotilla". And the Israelis have demonstrated their willingness to board you and kill you ( if necessary ). I predict a single word meaning both toilet and stupid as a Noun. |
| Posted by: Menhadden Fillmore7737 2018-07-23 09:12 |
| #2 "Hey, Moshe. Where do you want this shipment of targets?" |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-07-23 08:28 |
| #1 sounds like a new reef to be created |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-07-23 07:15 |