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| Libya sends supplies to break Israeli blockade |
| 2008-11-27 |
| (AKI) - A Libyan ship carrying tonnes of humanitarian supplies is travelling to the Gaza Strip in a bid to break the Israeli naval blockade. The Libyan ship, the first aid ship sent by an Arab government to Gaza is carrying 3,000 tonnes of food supplies, as well as Palestinian and international peace activists, said Palestinian MP Jamal Al-Khudary. "Your Enormity! A Libyan ship has broken through the blockade!" "Good! How much dynamite did they send?" "Ummm... None. Only food." "Food? What the hell are we gonna do with food?" Al-Khudary, who is also head of the Popular Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, called on other Arab states to do the same. "This ship is a practical measure against the siege. It is not for media consumption," said Al-Khudary, quoted by the Palestinian news organisation, the International Middle East Media Center. Several dozen politicians and volunteers have sailed from Cyprus to the Palestinian territory with humanitarian supplies since August in defiance of the Israeli blockade as part of the so-called Free Gaza Movement's humanitarian voyages. If the Libyan ship is successful, it will be the fourth vessel to reach Gaza in clear defiance of Israel's naval blockade. Rights group Amnesty International said recently that 80 percent of Gazans depend on international aid, compared to 10 percent a decade ago. Israel claims the blockade, imposed after the Islamist Hamas movement seized control of the Gaza Strip, is to counter indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israeli cities by Palestinian militants. News of the Libyan mission came a day after the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Council called on the United Nations' Security Council to lift the siege off the Gaza Strip. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 “…as well as Palestinian and international peace activists…” Palestinian peace activists huh? BTW, what port will the good ship Al-Oxymoron be sailing out of anyway? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-11-27 09:56 |