Tag: Naval Blockade
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Israeli navy arrests passengers on Free Gaza Movement boat
Free Gaza Movement Updates from the Free Gaza Movement The Free Gaza Movement is reporting that the passengers have been transferred to a prison in Ramle for illegal immigrants and will be tried for “entering Israel illegally”. Adam Qvist and Adam Shapiro taken away in a truck for deportation. Mairead forcibly removed from rest of…
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Israeli Navy takes control of aid boat headed for Gaza
Ali Waked & Anat Shalev | YNet News 30 June 2009 At around noon Tuesday the Israeli Navy intercepted and took control of a boat that had set sail for the Gaza Strip with three tons of medical supplies, Palestinian sources said, adding that the Navy jammed the boat’s radio signals. The IDF Spokesperson’s Office…
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Free Gaza Movement: ‘We do not seek a confrontation.’
Free Gaza Movement “ALL WE WANT IS TO REACH GAZA. WE DO NOT SEEK A CONFRONTATION.” Activists aboard Gaza justice boat demand they be allowed to visit their friends & family in besieged Gaza, and deliver their cargo of medical supplies, children’s toys, and reconstruction kits. They invite the world to join them. (At Sea,…