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Gaza - we've been able to defy an unjust and illegal policy while the rest of the world is too intimidated to do anything.

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…

by Greta Berlin on 29/10/08 | Read More

Gaza - We intend to break Israel's blockade as often as we can.

On October 28, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement will set sail again for Gaza.  On board will be a Nobel Peace Prize winner, five physicians, a member of the Israeli Knesset, and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.  The boat will again carry 26 passengers and crew to the port of Gaza.
“We’ve spent the past month making sure our boat is better and stronger, because the weather is getting more severe.  Since we promised the people of Gaza we’d return, we wanted to make sure we would return safely”, said Derek Graham, first mate on board the boat.  Mairead Maguire, the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work for peace in Northern Ireland and one of the…

by anonymous on 24/10/08 | Read More