Irish Ship to Gaza

Jerzy Buzek, the European Parliament’s president, waits several days before asking Israel to release a fellow MEP.

Prison messages from Irish and Canadian activists contradict Israeli claims that boats were intercepted peacefully.

The Irish Ship to Gaza campaign released documentation today that they say shows the MV Saoirse, docked in the Turkish coastal port of Gocek, was sabotaged in way “intended to endanger and/or inflict injury or death on Irish citizens as they went about their lawful right to sail on the high seas.”

Irish activists in Dublin say they are preparing to hold “a loud and colorful” protest at an upcoming Riverdance performance “to highlight the shameful fact that Riverdance is scheduled to tour Israel this September.”