Mavi Marmara

Activists determined to sail despite sabotage, threats

Apostolis Fotiadis
28 June 2011
ATHENS (IPS) - Activists are being confronted by Israeli authorities days before the international “Freedom Flotilla II — Stay Human” sets sail towards the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the naval blockade Israel has imposed since 2007.

Israel escalates pressure, threats against flotilla

Begoña Astigarraga
Bilbao
23 June 2011
As the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla, made up of some 10 ships carrying 1,000 activists from 20 countries, gets ready to sail for the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities are stepping up their threats.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2 to sail with Turkish group's support, but without Mavi Marmara

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 12:50

The Mavi Marmara will not be going back to Gaza, the Turkish group sponsoring it, IHH said today. But the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2 will sail and IHH will remain part of the international coalition to break the siege of Gaza.

US activists prepare to break Israel's blockade on Gaza

Alex Kane
10 June 2011
Final preparations are underway for the next big flotilla to Gaza, which is scheduled to occur in late June. The US Boat to Gaza will take part in the largest planned fleet yet, with an estimated 1,000 passengers from an array of countries collaborating to break Israel’s blockade.

Video: Israeli police wrestle US citizen to ground, put knee on his neck

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 22:45
In this video which appears to have been shot on “Jerusalem Day” — marked this earlier this month by thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers who provocatively marched in Jerusalem — a young American Jew states his solidarity with the Palestinian people before being roughly arrested by Israeli police.

Second flotilla set to sail one year after massacre

Eva Bartlett
Gaza City
1 June 2011
A gleaming new memorial towers over the center of Gaza City’s battered port, bearing the names of the Turkish solidarity activists who died one year ago when Israeli commandos firing machine guns air-dropped onto the Freedom Flotilla.

Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Looking back a year later

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 13:00

In the early morning hours of 31 May 2010, Israeli forces carried out a violent, unprovoked assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as it sailed in international waters in the eastern Mediterranean. A look back at what happened and how it was covered.

Campaign to vilify Gaza flotilla underway in Europe

David Cronin
25 May 2011
A campaign of vilification against the flotilla that will soon try to break Israel’s siege of Gaza appears to be gathering momentum in Europe.

Lawsuit filed to seek information on US role in deadly flotilla attack

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 22:15

The Center for Constitutional Rights launched a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today seeking documents regarding the US government’s knowledge and role in the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this time last year.

US boat will sail to Gaza, despite Israeli threats

Jane Hirschmann
18 May 2011
Our boat to Gaza — the American boat — is named “The Audacity of Hope.” It will be carrying approximately sixty students, nurses, artists, journalists and filmmakers, lawyers, academics and ordinary civilians of many beliefs from around the country.

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