Category: In the Media

  • Leftist Greek MPs accuse government of caving to Israeli pressure to stop Gaza flotilla

    3 July 2011 | Ha’aretz, Amira Hass Eight ships in the Gaza-bound flotilla were barred from leaving the Greek ports where they are anchored in the wake of an order issued on Friday by the Greek government. Flotilla participants and members of the leftist opposition in Greece have accused the Socialist government of caving in…

  • International solidarity and history in the making

    28 June 2011 | Codepink, Medea Benjamin Today we had a great international press conference. There were representatives from Greece, Sweden, France, Norway, Canada, Spain, Turkey and of course, the U.S. The room was packed with press and passengers; there was really a feeling that we are part of something historic. Our US speakers were…

  • Gaza flotilla activists: One of our ships was sabotaged

    28 June 2011 | Ha’aretz, Amira Hass One of the ships due to participate in the Gaza flotilla was deliberately tampered with while it was docked in Greece’s Piraeus port, Gaza flotilla activists told Haaretz on Monday. The ship, due to carry Greek, Norwegian, and Swedish passengers to Gaza, was found with its propeller shaft…