Agorism
05-29-2010, 03:56 PM
http://www.freegaza.org
and
News on the Flotilla. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100528/wl_afp/mideastconflictgazademoaid_20100528153029;_ylt=Anu 8HAAv4697e4Y3n0.0.KABS5Z4)
NICOSIA (AFP) – Hundreds of activists braced on Friday for the final leg of their attempt to bust the Gaza Strip embargo, a bid Israel vowed to defeat, as each side accused the other of violating international law.
Two cargo ships and five smaller boats loaded with thousands of tonnes of supplies and hundreds of passengers steamed towards a rendezvous off Cyprus where they planned to group before setting out for the Palestinian territory.
Organisers said an eighth ship, the Rachel Corrie that had left from Ireland, was lagging behind and would travel towards Gaza separately.
The ships will meet in international waters, they said.
"The Cypriot government does not want us to leave from Cyprus. I can only assume pressure was put on them," said Audrey Bomse, a member of the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) that organised the flotilla.
A Cypriot government official said of the flotilla that Nicosia had not received any formal request from the Palestinian Authority for humanitarian aid.
and
Israeli gunships head to sea to block flotilla (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100528/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ships_to_gaza)
But they may be having trouble getting out of Cyprus..
Cyprus stops MPs from joining Gaza flotilla (http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/cyprus-stops-mps-joining-gaza-flotilla/20100529)
CYPRIOT authorities prevented pro-Palestinian activists, including 30 MPs from nine European countries, from leaving the island yesterday to join a flotilla in international waters, which is on its way to blockaded Gaza.
and
News on the Flotilla. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100528/wl_afp/mideastconflictgazademoaid_20100528153029;_ylt=Anu 8HAAv4697e4Y3n0.0.KABS5Z4)
NICOSIA (AFP) – Hundreds of activists braced on Friday for the final leg of their attempt to bust the Gaza Strip embargo, a bid Israel vowed to defeat, as each side accused the other of violating international law.
Two cargo ships and five smaller boats loaded with thousands of tonnes of supplies and hundreds of passengers steamed towards a rendezvous off Cyprus where they planned to group before setting out for the Palestinian territory.
Organisers said an eighth ship, the Rachel Corrie that had left from Ireland, was lagging behind and would travel towards Gaza separately.
The ships will meet in international waters, they said.
"The Cypriot government does not want us to leave from Cyprus. I can only assume pressure was put on them," said Audrey Bomse, a member of the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) that organised the flotilla.
A Cypriot government official said of the flotilla that Nicosia had not received any formal request from the Palestinian Authority for humanitarian aid.
and
Israeli gunships head to sea to block flotilla (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100528/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ships_to_gaza)
But they may be having trouble getting out of Cyprus..
Cyprus stops MPs from joining Gaza flotilla (http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/cyprus-stops-mps-joining-gaza-flotilla/20100529)
CYPRIOT authorities prevented pro-Palestinian activists, including 30 MPs from nine European countries, from leaving the island yesterday to join a flotilla in international waters, which is on its way to blockaded Gaza.