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We've done it again |
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LARNACA - The Free
Gaza Movement is delighted to announce that their third boat, the
Dignity, carrying 27 crew and passengers, arrived in Gaza at 8:10 Gaza
time, in spite of Israeli threats to stop them. In the pouring rain, the
boat pulled into port amid cheers from the people of Gaza and tears from
the passengers. David Schermerhorn, a crew member called an hour before
the boat entered Gazan waters to say, "There is a rainbow stretching
across the Mediterranean from where we are right now."
Yesterday, the Israeli Navy said they would stop our vessel once it
reached
Israel's territorial waters.
Apparently to save face, they said they would harm our boat, arrest us
and tow us IF we entered Israeli waters. The problem for Israel is that
the Dignity had no intention of getting anywhere near those waters.
One of the organizers, Huwaida Arraf, cheered, "Once again we've been
able to defy an unjust and illegal policy while the rest of the world is
too intimidated to do anything. Our small boat is a huge cry to the
international community to follow in our footsteps and open a lifeline
to the people of Gaza."
For the second time, the Free Gaza Movement has demonstrated that the
might of the Israeli Navy is no match for a small boat of human rights
activists determined to call to the attention of the world the
occupation of the people of Gaza. |
Dr. Mustafa
Barghouthi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council added,
"Despite the injustice against the Palestinian people, we believe in
justice and will keep on trying to break Israel's siege. The occupation
has divided the Palestinians, but our non-violent resistance has united
us."
Osama Qashoo, one of the organizers of the Free Gaza Movement, is
overjoyed for the second time in three months, "We are all capable of
leading a non-violent and effective movement to end Israeli Apartheid
and expose the injustice that has been meted out to the Palestinians. We
in the Free Gaza Movement have provided the new dictionary, it's up to
the Palestinians and Israelis and Internationals to add the words."
Greta Berlin, Free Gaza Movement,
www.freegaza.org
Photos freely available (no copyright) of the launch, etc.:
www.flickr.com/photos/29205195@N02/ |
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