Erdogan: “We Will Protect Our Ships En Route To Gaza”

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Thursday September 08, 2011 23:25 by Alaa Ashkar – IMEMC & Agencies Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdgan, stated Thursday that Ankara intends to protect and support all Turkish ships, loaded with humanitarian aid, bound to the besieged Gaza Strip. Turkish PM Receb Tayyip Erdogan – sonara.net “Turkey will be [...]


#Flotilla2 | World is Watching | Israel Navyvessels after Non-Violent Mission to #Gaza Vessel the Dignity

Continuous live updates… keep reloading Follow @TahrirCanada@TahrirCanadaTahrir Canada Dignité: three Israeli navy boats on left, another on the right. 500 meters away and closing. Coordinates 31.25 N 33.25 E #ff2stayhuman 59 minutes ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite Follow @CanadaBoatGaza@CanadaBoatGazaCanada Boat to Gaza Israel vs Dignity. The world is watching. Free Gaza, Free Palestine. 55 minutes ago via [...]


#Flotilla2 | Undeterred, two Freedom Flotilla ship heads to Egypt

  Sunday July 17, 2011 06:15 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After weeks of threats by the Israeli and US governments, sabotage by unknown parties, and a public relations campaign by the Israeli government aimed at discrediting the Freedom Flotilla in the international media, the peace activists with the Freedom Flotilla to break the [...]


Lieberman–Israel was behind the Greek ban on departure of ships, claims Greek government “understands” Israel’s needs

July 3, 2011 by crescentandcross | The Ugly Truth Blog Haaretz Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday that the Gaza flotilla activists, who had accused Israel of purposely sabotaging their ships, are just trying to place the blame for their failure on Israel. “The activists are trying to blame someone for their failure – no [...]


Why every flotilla succeeds and the siege of Gaza will end

Paul Woodward on July 3, 2011 | Mondoweiss Is it possible to break the siege of Gaza if no one notices? As an exercise in directing global attention to the plight of a population subject to collective punishment, the first flotilla in August 2008 was a bit of a flop — even though it reached [...]


Audacity of Hope to PNN: The Greek Navy is Holding Our Ship Near Athens

  PNN | 02.07.11 – 12:59 Ghassan Bannoura – PNN Exclusive – Jane Hirschmann, one of the American boat Audacity of Hope organizers, taking part on Freedom Flotilla Two to Gaza told PNN on Saturday that the Greek Navy have arrested the Captain of the ship and are holding the boat in a naval base [...]


Freedom Flotilla Alliance accuses the IOA of deliberately destroying ships

[ 01/07/2011 - 07:56 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The Freedom Flotilla Alliance has accused the Israeli occupation authorities of standing behind damaging two of their ships planning to break the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, asserting that the method of damaging the two ships was one. The alliance issued a statement in this regard [...]


#Flotilla2 activists deny Israeli claims of violent intent

Published June 28, 2011 Activists hold banners reading ‘Free Gaza’ and ‘Let freedom ring’ during a press conference in Athens. Israel will be able to handle any violence from “hardcore activists” on board a new Gaza-bound flotilla, the foreign minister said, amid claims some were planning attacks with chemicals.[AFP Jean-Philippe Ksiazek] JERUSALEM (AFP) — International [...]


Resheq calls on world community to protect Freedom Flotilla II

[ 26/06/2011 - 11:01 AM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has urged the world community and human rights groups to provide protection for the Freedom Flotilla II and to reject any attempt to impede its arrival at Gaza harbor. Resheq criticized the US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, in a [...]