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We did not leave Cyprus today
Free Gaza Movement 25 June 2009 This is not the statement we in the Free Gaza Movement intended to release today. We had hoped to announce that our two ships, the Free Gaza and the Spirit of Humanity, departed from Larnaca Port on a 30-hour voyage to besieged Gaza, carrying human rights activists who have […]
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Children ‘very scared’ in Israeli incursion
Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 25 June 2009 Benjamin Netanyahu’s government hopes the move will help defuse growing tensions with the Obama Administration in America. A rift between the two countries appears to be widening over Israel’s refusal to halt settlement building. A meeting between Mr Netanyahu and US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell has […]
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‘Free Gaza’ boats stopped in Cyprus
The Jerusalem Post 25 June 2009 Cyprus’ Merchant Shipping Department on Thursday prevented international activists from sailing to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid in defiance of Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory. Department chief Sergios Sergiou said that a fishing boat and a small ferry that the Free Gaza Group were to use […]