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04 מרץ 2010
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Mar 02, 2010
Under blockade, coastal Gaza now a fish importer
By KARIN LAUB, AP News
http://wire.antiwar.com/2010/03/02/under-blockade-coastal-gaza-now-a-fish-importer-6/
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25 פברואק 2010
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Special announcement to our supporters
Responding to a call from Free Gaza organizers, two more groups have stepped forward to add their boats to the flotilla. When we sent out a call to organizations to join us, we were hoping that one or two would be able to find the funds and come with us to Gaza. We are now delighted to report that boats from organizations in Turkey, Belgium, Greece, Malaysia and Indonesia are coming with us in April.
One humanitarian group in Indonesia will sail with Free Gaza and bring in medical supplies for a hospital. As soon as they finish purchasing the boat, they will make a formal announcement of their plans. In addition, another group from Europe is in the process of buying a boat, answering our call to join the flotilla. They intend to bring MPs from around Europe to witness the devastation in Gaza. To date, we have two cargo ships and now are planning on 10 passenger boats, and we are hoping there will still be time for other organizations to find boats and sail with us.
Stay tuned as plans become finalized, then watch this space for more announcements as other organizations step up and come on board the Freedom Flotilla.
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25 פברואק 2010
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28 ינואר 2010
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Press release available also in Arabic, Spanish, French, Bahasa and Italian, other translations available soon.
Sending a Flotilla in the Spring to Break the Siege of Gaza
Contact:
- IHH, Ahmet Emin +90 530 341 19 34
- Free Gaza Movement, Eliza Ernshire +44 754 011 22 94
[Istanbul, Turkey] Today the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), announce a joint venture, sending 10 boats in the spring of 2010 to the besieged Gaza strip. Organizations from Greece, Ireland and Sweden have also promised to send boats to join the flotilla with the Free Gaza movement and Turkey.
Mr. Bulent Yildirim, chairman of the IHH said, “We sail in the spring to Gaza, and our last port is freedom; freedom for the 1.5 million Palestinians denied the right to rebuild their society. We will never stop sailing until Israel's siege is lifted.”
Two cargo ships will be part of the flotilla, one donated by the Malaysia-based Perdana Foundation and one from IHH. Both will be laden with building supplies, generators and educational materials that Israel prohibits from entering Gaza since their brutal attack on the civilian population a year ago.
The many passenger boats accompanying the cargo ships will carry members of Parliament from countries around the world as well as high-profile journalists and human rights workers.
According to the chair of the Free Gaza Movement, Huwaida Arraf, “The illegal blockade on Gaza and Israel's continued intransigence make a mockery of international law. If our governments will not take a stance to stop Israel's abuse of the Palestinian people, global civil society is showing that we will.”
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20 ינואר 2010
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Ewa Jasiewicz is one of two coordinators for the Free Gaza movement, and witnessed the devastation to Gaza during Israel's brutal Cast Lead Operation in December 2008 and January 2009. Here is an interview with her as she talks to Frank Barat. Her book Gaza: Getto Nieujarzmione (Gaza: a Ghetto Unbroken) will be published in Poland by Ksiazka i Prasa in March.
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