Israel blocks protest boats with medical supplies from reaching Gaza

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The Israeli navy has intercepted and boarded two boats which were trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The Canadian and Irish boats with 27 activists from the US and eight other countries on board had set sail from Turkey on Wednesday.

They were carrying medical supplies for the coastal enclave.

The navy said no-one was hurt in the operation and the boats would be towed to the Israeli port of Ashdod, north-east of Gaza.

The Irish Saoirse (Gaelic for freedom) and the Canadian Tahrir (Arabic for liberation) were about 50 nautical miles from the Gaza shoreline when they were contacted by the Israeli navy and told to turn back, the flotilla organizers said.

The navy said it “advised the vessels that they may turn back at any point, thereby not breaking the maritime security blockade” or could sail to Ashdod or an Egyptian port.

“The activists refused to co-operate,” AFP quoted the navy as saying.

This time there appeared to be little prospect of a violent confrontation. An organizer on the Canadian boat, Ehab Lotayef, a Canadian electrical engineer of Egyptian origin, said in a video message on Wednesday after leaving Turkey that the participants “are not going to challenge Israel physically. We are a peaceful mission that is committed to the safety of the personnel on board” the two vessels, he said.

Mr. Lotayef added that the goal was “to say that the blockade is illegal and inhumane.”

“We would want to see everybody manage to go to Gaza freely from any country in the world,” he added.

BBC & New York Times

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17 responses to “Israel blocks protest boats with medical supplies from reaching Gaza”

  1. Patience2 Avatar

    And then you have your Israeli savages …… seems like they intend to not only rip off the west bank, but Gaza, too.

    1. 7akibalash Avatar
      7akibalash

      Didnt Israel give gaza to the so called “palestinkians”? why in the hell would they have ever done that if they intended on keeping it?
      the answer is, they dont want that shithole, they just want palestinkians to stop attacking their citizens.
      you sir, are a brainwashed donkey, that much is clear.

      1. Patience2 Avatar

        Gee whiz … I guess there’ll be no ‘like’ this time??

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar

          I’ll put one there, dear Patience. 😉

      2. master09 Avatar

        I only wish people would see it that way, but the problem is when you only know and follow one side of the story, the brain can not and will not understand. People forget how many times Isreal offered 95% of Gaza and some other land and they ( Palestinians) kept saying NO  because the Arabs do not want peace.

  2. Patience2 Avatar

    And then you have your Israeli savages …… seems like they intend to not only rip off the west bank, but Gaza, too.

    1. 7akibalash Avatar
      7akibalash

      Didnt Israel give gaza to the so called “palestinkians”? why in the hell would they have ever done that if they intended on keeping it?
      the answer is, they dont want that shithole, they just want palestinkians to stop attacking their citizens.
      you sir, are a brainwashed donkey, that much is clear.

      1. master09 Avatar

        I only wish people would see it that way, but the problem is when you only know and follow one side of the story, the brain can not and will not understand. People forget how many times Isreal offered 95% of Gaza and some other land and they ( Palestinians) kept saying NO  because the Arabs do not want peace.

  3.  Avatar

    And then you have your Israeli savages …… seems like they intend to not only rip off the west bank, but Gaza, too.

    1.  Avatar

      Didnt Israel give gaza to the so called “palestinkians”? why in the hell would they have ever done that if they intended on keeping it?
      the answer is, they dont want that shithole, they just want palestinkians to stop attacking their citizens.
      you sir, are a brainwashed donkey, that much is clear.

      1.  Avatar

        Gee whiz … I guess there’ll be no ‘like’ this time??

        1.  Avatar

          I’ll put one there, dear Patience. 😉

      2.  Avatar

        I only wish people would see it that way, but the problem is when you only know and follow one side of the story, the brain can not and will not understand. People forget how many times Isreal offered 95% of Gaza and some other land and they ( Palestinians) kept saying NO  because the Arabs do not want peace.

      3.  Avatar

        I only wish people would see it that way, but the problem is when you only know and follow one side of the story, the brain can not and will not understand. People forget how many times Isreal offered 95% of Gaza and some other land and they ( Palestinians) kept saying NO  because the Arabs do not want peace.

    2.  Avatar

      Didnt Israel give gaza to the so called “palestinkians”? why in the hell would they have ever done that if they intended on keeping it?
      the answer is, they dont want that shithole, they just want palestinkians to stop attacking their citizens.
      you sir, are a brainwashed donkey, that much is clear.

  4. There was no aid aboard… verified…Just the activists..
    And Patience, Dont worry the fat Pals in Gaza are doing just fine

  5. There was no aid aboard… verified…Just the activists..
    And Patience, Dont worry the fat Pals in Gaza are doing just fine

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