Tag: Mavi Marmara

  • Palestinians remember Freedom Flotilla martyrs in Gaza port

    31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement – Gaza Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Mina, the port of Gaza City, to remember the nine Turkish activists killed by Israeli naval commandos during their attack on the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May 2010. The gatherings occurred over Monday, 30 May and Tuesday, 31 May. The Palestinian…

  • CCR files lawsuit seeking US knowledge of and role in Flotilla raid

    24 May 2011 | Center for Constitutional Rights Center for Constitutional Rights Launches Case Seeking U.S. Knowledge of and Role in Deadly Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Flotilla to Gaza U.S. Victim’s Father Hopes Documents May Shed Light on Son’s Killing CONTACT: Jen Nessel, 212.614.6449, jnessel@ccrjustice.org; David Lerner, Riptide Communications, 212.260.5000 May 24, 2011, Washington, D.C.…

  • International aid convoy to Gaza due to sail Sunday

    15 October 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign LONDON – October 15 – A ship loaded with vehicles and aid for Gaza is due to leave Syria for Egypt this Sunday, carrying members of Palestine Solidarity CampaignUK. The ship will pass the exact place in international waters where Israel boarded the Mavi Marmara in May and…

  • A call from Gazans to the world: “Keep trying to break the siege”

    In a press conference at the port of Gaza city yesterday government officials, fishing associations, non-governmental organisations and civil society groups reiterated their support for the attempts by international activists to break the Israeli siege of Gaza by sea. Yesterday (July 14th 2010) many people amassed at the Gazan port to urge on the latest…

  • Flotilla: Did Israel deliberately murder civilians aboard Freedom Flotilla?

    Witness Gaza Israeli Ambassador to the United States admits that ships were “too large to stop with nonviolent means.” On May 31st, 2010, elite Israeli military commandos stormed six humanitarian aid ships taking part in the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ to Gaza, killing between 9-20 civilian passengers and injuring dozens more. As the facts of the attack…