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2018-06-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla sails from Spain to raise awareness about Israeli siege

It keeps them busy and wastes their money, butotherwise will once again accomplish nothing.

[AlAhram] After gathering in Spain, Gazoo Freedom Flotilla ships set sail on Thursday from the seaport of Cadiz for the port of Cagliari in Italia on its journey to Gazoo to raise awareness about the 11-year-old Israeli siege of the Strip.

The flotilla trips are organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international coalition composed of civil society organizations and initiatives challenging the Israeli blockade of Gazoo.

Some solidarity events were held in the Spanish city to raise awareness about the siege of the Strip and the suffering of its people.

The ships stopped at some European ports in Denmark, Britannia and Spain. The last two European stops will be in Italia and Greece, before their last leg to Gazoo.

Previous flotilla ships have been stopped in international waters by Israeli naval forces and prevented from reaching Gazoo.

This nonviolent direct action aims to raise international awareness and put pressure on the international community to end the brutal blockade.

The first attempt to break the siege with a flotilla, which was organised in 2010, ended in the killing by Israeli forces of nine activists in international waters on the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish ship Mavi Marmara.

A Household Expenditure and Consumption Survey, released by the Paleostinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in May, showed a significant increase in poverty rates in Gazoo, from 38.8 percent in 2011 to 53 percent by the end of 2017.

In the wake of the ’Great March of Return’ demonstrations, which started on 30 March, Gazoo’s already overstretched health sector has been struggling to cope with the mass influx of casualties.

At least 135 Paleostinians have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli occupation forces during the protests near the border with Israel. No Israelis have been killed or injured in the protests.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [42 views ] Top

#1 With Egypt, Cyprus and Israel starting to exploit offshore reserves in that general reason there are more "exclusion zones" than there were a few years ago. They may find themselves boarded even further out by people with even less of a sense of humor.

Posted by magpie 2018-06-30 00:25|| 2018-06-30 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Another summer cruise vacation for leftists. Like magpie says, let's see how poorly this will turn out.

Posted by Raj 2018-06-30 05:17|| 2018-06-30 05:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's give the Israelis a dozen A-10s and a couple of tons of GAU-8 ammunition, and see how this "flotilla" stands up against it. The world has far too many busybodies that want to tell others how to live. Losing a couple of hundred of them would be a good start. Zero sympathy for them or the "Gazans".

Posted by Old Patriot 2018-06-30 19:41|| 2018-06-30 19:41|| Front Page Top

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