New humanitarian convoy sets sail for Gaza

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A Gaza humanitarian convoy that includes passengers who survived a previous fatal flotilla incident has been delayed and is expected to set sail Monday in an attempt to deliver aid for Palestinians, organizers said.

Originally slated to depart on Sunday, last-minute complications over entry requirements by Egyptian authorities, caused a delay, organizers said. They hope to quickly resolve the issues and have the convoy on its way by Monday morning, the group said.

According to RIA Novosti the departure was delayed after Egyptian authorities declared persona non-grata its organizer, former British MP George Galloway. Other 16 activists have also been banned from entering the country. Galloway was banned from entering Egypt after a series of rallies were organized by the Gaza Freedom movement in March, despite Egypt’s ban on public protests.

The convoy includes passengers who survived a previous fatal flotilla incident.

The Viva Palestina convoy, hailed by organizers as the largest convoy to break the Gaza embargo, has already traveled 4,828 kilometers (3,000 miles) by road from England. It is now waiting to depart from the Syrian port of Latakia to Al-Arish, Egypt.

It has been joined by convoys from Morocco, Algeria, Jordan and Persian Gulf nations, organizers said Saturday. Two of the ships are slated to pass through the point at which Israeli troops boarded the Mavi Marmara in May (Freedom Flotilla).

Israeli troops used force on the activists, leaving eight Turks and one U.S.-Turkish dual citizen dead. Israel says its troops were attacked by those on board, but passengers on the boat insisted they were fired on without provocation.

Among those on board the Viva Palestina convoy are 40 of the passengers on the Mavi Marmara. Viva Palestina organizers have planned a commemoration service at that location and will lay flowers on the water.

The main ship in the Viva Palestina convoy, carrying 380 activists from 42 countries, 147 vehicles and $5 million in medical aid, has been docked at the Syrian port for the last 12 days. It was given the green light to sail to Egypt after lengthy mediation with Egyptian and Syrian authorities.

Freedom Flotilla

The Israeli military stormed the Freedom Flotilla ships in neutral waters in the Mediterranean Sea in late May as they tried to take 10,000 tons of aid to the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli blockade for the past three years. The raid claimed the lives of at least nine activists, including eight Turkish nationals.

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29 responses to “New humanitarian convoy sets sail for Gaza”

  1. joseph_phdmath1 Avatar
    joseph_phdmath1

    just build the palestinian a state in egypt buy the land 2000 square mile egypt will sell and money comes from united nations abbas will agree hammas will reject but when the state is built they will migrate there and you can solve this complicated problem and people will have peace in that area they do,nt have to keep dying for the bullshit

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      Joseph,How about we sell Lebanon to the Syrians or the Palestinians and move the Lebanese to the United States (at least we have electricity and water and above all THE INTERNET). The question is will the next generation know that they are Lebanese or will they become Americans? I know I am losing my son to this country and his identity is latenized and his son’s son will probably think that his Arabic name is so archaic and “americanize it”. The point is what will be left of the Palestinian identity if they were to be usurped out of their land, identity and country. Besides, I am curious, Mr. Ph.D. why didn’t you suggest that the transplanted Jews from all over Europe go back to Europe? Before the Balfour declaration the Jews were 2% of the Palestinian population. Even today Arabs, in Palestine proper are the majority. So how on Earth would you suggest moving a majority Arab out of their land to accommodate a minority Jews? That being said, There were Jews of all nationalities, from the Yemen to Turkey, living in the Levant. They were a minority and that minority lived in Peace with their neighbors. Places of worship, were one building being shared by Moslems, Christians, and Jews alike whenever space was not available. Druze and Maronites and Shia fought together the Mamluks of Egypt in two rebellions in Lebanon and the land populace knew their identities and what they wanted UNTIL of course the Turks, and then the Western powers came in and carved the land and transplanted people to cause the rift between the sects which will go on for centuries, sadly.Before, you suggest a solution, even if your intention is for peace, think it through. At least use your math to determine who is the majority in the land and then give us a solution. Cheers!

  2. joseph_phdmath1 Avatar
    joseph_phdmath1

    just build the palestinian a state in egypt buy the land 2000 square mile egypt will sell and money comes from united nations abbas will agree hammas will reject but when the state is built they will migrate there and you can solve this complicated problem and people will have peace in that area they do,nt have to keep dying for the bullshit

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      Joseph,How about we sell Lebanon to the Syrians or the Palestinians and move the Lebanese to the United States (at least we have electricity and water and above all THE INTERNET). The question is will the next generation know that they are Lebanese or will they become Americans? I know I am losing my son to this country and his identity is latenized and his son’s son will probably think that his Arabic name is so archaic and “americanize it”. The point is what will be left of the Palestinian identity if they were to be usurped out of their land, identity and country. Besides, I am curious, Mr. Ph.D. why didn’t you suggest that the transplanted Jews from all over Europe go back to Europe? Before the Balfour declaration the Jews were 2% of the Palestinian population. Even today Arabs, in Palestine proper are the majority. So how on Earth would you suggest moving a majority Arab out of their land to accommodate a minority Jews? That being said, There were Jews of all nationalities, from the Yemen to Turkey, living in the Levant. They were a minority and that minority lived in Peace with their neighbors. Places of worship, were one building being shared by Moslems, Christians, and Jews alike whenever space was not available. Druze and Maronites and Shia fought together the Mamluks of Egypt in two rebellions in Lebanon and the land populace knew their identities and what they wanted UNTIL of course the Turks, and then the Western powers came in and carved the land and transplanted people to cause the rift between the sects which will go on for centuries, sadly.Before, you suggest a solution, even if your intention is for peace, think it through. At least use your math to determine who is the majority in the land and then give us a solution. Cheers!

  3.  Avatar

    just build the palestinian a state in egypt buy the land 2000 square mile egypt will sell and money comes from united nations abbas will agree hammas will reject but when the state is built they will migrate there and you can solve this complicated problem and people will have peace in that area they do,nt have to keep dying for the bullshit

    1. Joseph,How about we sell Lebanon to the Syrians or the Palestinians and move the Lebanese to the United States (at least we have electricity and water and above all THE INTERNET). The question is will the next generation know that they are Lebanese or will they become Americans? I know I am losing my son to this country and his identity is latenized and his son’s son will probably think that his Arabic name is so archaic and “americanize it”. The point is what will be left of the Palestinian identity if they were to be usurped out of their land, identity and country. Besides, I am curious, Mr. Ph.D. why didn’t you suggest that the transplanted Jews from all over Europe go back to Europe? Before the Balfour declaration the Jews were 2% of the Palestinian population. Even today Arabs, in Palestine proper are the majority. So how on Earth would you suggest moving a majority Arab out of their land to accommodate a minority Jews? That being said, There were Jews of all nationalities, from the Yemen to Turkey, living in the Levant. They were a minority and that minority lived in Peace with their neighbors. Places of worship, were one building being shared by Moslems, Christians, and Jews alike whenever space was not available. Druze and Maronites and Shia fought together the Mamluks of Egypt in two rebellions in Lebanon and the land populace knew their identities and what they wanted UNTIL of course the Turks, and then the Western powers came in and carved the land and transplanted people to cause the rift between the sects which will go on for centuries, sadly.Before, you suggest a solution, even if your intention is for peace, think it through. At least use your math to determine who is the majority in the land and then give us a solution. Cheers!

  4. joseph_phdmath1 Avatar
    joseph_phdmath1

    to hanibal
    that theory dose,nt apply to lebanon because the united nations never approved of syria buying lebanon or owning lebanon just remeber now the united nations represents the world
    and they make the rule for the world to follow and the palestinians they were given a sate by the united ntions side by side with israel back in 1948 but they refuse to accept thier share

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      So you are saying if the U.N. decides to uproot a nation like Lebanon’s Christians (like Kissinger suggested) we should abide by this new world order and pack up and leave our ancestors land? Very smart indeed!

    2. Cathy_80 Avatar

      Joseph, you zionist moron, are you not done spewing your ignorant views on her?

      The UN gave Palestinians a state side by side with Israel and they refused…that was your statement right?
      so what about the lands that Israel is occupying now that are not part f what the “UN” (which is a joke) had given them in 1948?
      the palestinians offered peace in exchange for the lands pre-1967 and Israel has always refused…
      we can see through Israel’s BS, THEY are the ones who dont want peace, in fact, they think just like you, that palestinians should be moved to one of those vast arab countried that surrounds them. as if all arab cultures are the same, as if lebanese are like palestinians, like iraqis, like saudis.
      Please JOSEPH or should I call you Yossi, go educate yourself and stop thinking that your people are above all other people on earth and that you are God’s chosen ones and that you have the right to do whatever the hell you feel like, wether its killing innocent people or stealing their homes and lands or making them suffer daily humliaition.

      TFFFFFFFFFFOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  5. joseph_phdmath1 Avatar
    joseph_phdmath1

    to hanibal
    that theory dose,nt apply to lebanon because the united nations never approved of syria buying lebanon or owning lebanon just remeber now the united nations represents the world
    and they make the rule for the world to follow and the palestinians they were given a sate by the united ntions side by side with israel back in 1948 but they refuse to accept thier share

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      So you are saying if the U.N. decides to uproot a nation like Lebanon’s Christians (like Kissinger suggested) we should abide by this new world order and pack up and leave our ancestors land? Very smart indeed!

    2. Cathy_80 Avatar

      Joseph, you zionist moron, are you not done spewing your ignorant views on her?

      The UN gave Palestinians a state side by side with Israel and they refused…that was your statement right?
      so what about the lands that Israel is occupying now that are not part f what the “UN” (which is a joke) had given them in 1948?
      the palestinians offered peace in exchange for the lands pre-1967 and Israel has always refused…
      we can see through Israel’s BS, THEY are the ones who dont want peace, in fact, they think just like you, that palestinians should be moved to one of those vast arab countried that surrounds them. as if all arab cultures are the same, as if lebanese are like palestinians, like iraqis, like saudis.
      Please JOSEPH or should I call you Yossi, go educate yourself and stop thinking that your people are above all other people on earth and that you are God’s chosen ones and that you have the right to do whatever the hell you feel like, wether its killing innocent people or stealing their homes and lands or making them suffer daily humliaition.

      TFFFFFFFFFFOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  6.  Avatar

    to hanibal

    that theory dose,nt apply to lebanon because the united nations never approved of syria buying lebanon or owning lebanon just remeber now the united nations represents the world

    and they make the rule for the world to follow and the palestinians they were given a sate by the united ntions side by side with israel back in 1948 but they refuse to accept thier share

    1. So you are saying if the U.N. decides to uproot a nation like Lebanon’s Christians (like Kissinger suggested) we should abide by this new world order and pack up and leave our ancestors land? Very smart indeed!

    2.  Avatar

      Joseph, you zionist moron, are you not done spewing your ignorant views on her?

      The UN gave Palestinians a state side by side with Israel and they refused…that was your statement right?

      so what about the lands that Israel is occupying now that are not part f what the “UN” (which is a joke) had given them in 1948?

      the palestinians offered peace in exchange for the lands pre-1967 and Israel has always refused…

      we can see through Israel’s BS, THEY are the ones who dont want peace, in fact, they think just like you, that palestinians should be moved to one of those vast arab countried that surrounds them. as if all arab cultures are the same, as if lebanese are like palestinians, like iraqis, like saudis.

      Please JOSEPH or should I call you Yossi, go educate yourself and stop thinking that your people are above all other people on earth and that you are God’s chosen ones and that you have the right to do whatever the hell you feel like, wether its killing innocent people or stealing their homes and lands or making them suffer daily humliaition.

      TFFFFFFFFFFOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

    3.  Avatar

      Joseph, you zionist moron, are you not done spewing your ignorant views on her?

      The UN gave Palestinians a state side by side with Israel and they refused…that was your statement right?

      so what about the lands that Israel is occupying now that are not part f what the “UN” (which is a joke) had given them in 1948?

      the palestinians offered peace in exchange for the lands pre-1967 and Israel has always refused…

      we can see through Israel’s BS, THEY are the ones who dont want peace, in fact, they think just like you, that palestinians should be moved to one of those vast arab countried that surrounds them. as if all arab cultures are the same, as if lebanese are like palestinians, like iraqis, like saudis.

      Please JOSEPH or should I call you Yossi, go educate yourself and stop thinking that your people are above all other people on earth and that you are God’s chosen ones and that you have the right to do whatever the hell you feel like, wether its killing innocent people or stealing their homes and lands or making them suffer daily humliaition.

      TFFFFFFFFFFOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  7. kareemthehippy Avatar
    kareemthehippy

    I’m part of the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at my university. all the SJP groups in the state gathered for a big fundraiser for the American ship sailing to Gaza. We raised about 4,000 and had Chomsky and Diana Buttu speak. It was quite awesome. So far, all the organizations in the US (or most) have raised about 268,000 dollars, and our target is a bit more than that..btu I really hope those unfortunate in Gaza and the West Bank see justice. I don’t care if some of them caused problems in Lebanon; I’m not gonna generalize a whole population of families who want to live like humans and not animals, based on a few militant jackasses.

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      Good for you Kareem! Nice work… ๐Ÿ™‚

  8.  Avatar

    I’m part of the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at my university. all the SJP groups in the state gathered for a big fundraiser for the American ship sailing to Gaza. We raised about 4,000 and had Chomsky and Diana Buttu speak. It was quite awesome. So far, all the organizations in the US (or most) have raised about 268,000 dollars, and our target is a bit more than that..btu I really hope those unfortunate in Gaza and the West Bank see justice. I don’t care if some of them caused problems in Lebanon; I’m not gonna generalize a whole population of families who want to live like humans and not animals, based on a few militant jackasses.

    1. Good for you Kareem! Nice work… ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. Abousteif Avatar

    wallah 7aram il isem “joseph” feek…. Ou phd kaman! lol!!

  10. Abousteif Avatar

    wallah 7aram il isem “joseph” feek…. Ou phd kaman! lol!!

  11.  Avatar

    wallah 7aram il isem “joseph” feek…. Ou phd kaman! lol!!

  12. joseph_phdmath Avatar
    joseph_phdmath

    hannibal
    you should be proud that your son is an american millions of people in the world just dream of comming to america and beeing an american it is a pride for me
    as far asthe united nations they are trying to make peace when they created two states to separate irael from plaestine because its people never stop fighting
    now you are going to tell me why they did not split lebanon
    lebanon is two small and they 4 different religion they coul,dnt split over 4 peaces
    yes you have to obey the united nation because the represent 165 countries in the world and they are in charge when countries have problem with others they are to meet and vote for a solution to resolve the disputes between a sate and another and there goal to maintain the peace and believe it or not there resolution will be enforced sooner or later if the peaceful means will not help then they will use the 165 countries fire power to enforce there resolution roughly the entire world do you get it?

    1. Hannibal Avatar

      So stay in the U.S. Joseph, nobody really wants you back with that unfair mentality to stand beside an unfair authority and displace people from their homeland. I never said I am proud nor did I say I am not proud to have my son “Americanized”. All I am saying that he is losing MY Lebanese identity and it will be very hard for him to adapt later to our culture if and when I decide to go back. As for me, I already put in my will that I want to be buried near my mother and father in the North of Lebanon where their mother and father were buried before them. I dream to retire there as does many Palestinians aching to go back home to Palestine.
      One final thought, for you, as “echec et mat”, Albert Einstein said: “as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” I think that Math Ph.D. of yours screwed your reality and you unfortunately live in that “beautiful mind” of yours. I know you saw the movie.

  13.  Avatar

    hannibal

    you should be proud that your son is an american millions of people in the world just dream of comming to america and beeing an american it is a pride for me

    as far asthe united nations they are trying to make peace when they created two states to separate irael from plaestine because its people never stop fighting

    now you are going to tell me why they did not split lebanon

    lebanon is two small and they 4 different religion they coul,dnt split over 4 peaces

    yes you have to obey the united nation because the represent 165 countries in the world and they are in charge when countries have problem with others they are to meet and vote for a solution to resolve the disputes between a sate and another and there goal to maintain the peace and believe it or not there resolution will be enforced sooner or later if the peaceful means will not help then they will use the 165 countries fire power to enforce there resolution roughly the entire world do you get it?

    1. So stay in the U.S. Joseph, nobody really wants you back with that unfair mentality to stand beside an unfair authority and displace people from their homeland. I never said I am proud nor did I say I am not proud to have my son “Americanized”. All I am saying that he is losing MY Lebanese identity and it will be very hard for him to adapt later to our culture if and when I decide to go back. As for me, I already put in my will that I want to be buried near my mother and father in the North of Lebanon where their mother and father were buried before them. I dream to retire there as does many Palestinians aching to go back home to Palestine.
      One final thought, for you, as “echec et mat”, Albert Einstein said: “as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” I think that Math Ph.D. of yours screwed your reality and you unfortunately live in that “beautiful mind” of yours. I know you saw the movie.

  14. joseph_phdmath Avatar
    joseph_phdmath

    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0804479.html
    cathy
    i am not zinonist just your ignorance of history make you talk shit
    after beeing attack so many timesby arabic countries only a stupid like you would want an arabic state by there side

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