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Green Friends,<br>
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If there is a way for the GPUS to publicly give moral support for the
safe journey of the "eight vessel Freedom Flotilla" that will help
break Israel's illegal siege of Gaza, I suggest that he GP media team
be given the Green light.<br>
<br>
Fred Duperrault<br>
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P.S. Please note, below, that Mehmet Kaplan, a Swedish parliamentarian,
is a Green.<br>
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<td>Israel Can't Intimidate Humanitarian Ships Sailing to Gaza</td>
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<td>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:15:54 -0700</td>
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<td>John O. Sutter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:josutter@juno.com"><josutter@juno.com></a></td>
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This article was published on 14 May. Since then Israel has threatened
most of the countries from which a flotilla of ships have departed to
break the illegal Israeli siege of Gaza, which Israel has illegally
turned into a concentration camp. Among the sailors are progressive
Jews.<br>
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<p align="justify"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b><br>
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London – 14 May 2010 – At 22:45 local time tonight, the MV Rachel
Corrie, a 1200-ton cargo ship, part of the eight-vessel Freedom
Flotilla, set sail from Ireland on its way to the Mediterranean Sea.
There, ships from Turkey and Greece will join her, then sail to Gaza.<br>
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This past week reports from Israel have indicated that the Israeli
authorities will not allow the Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza with its
cargo of much-needed reconstruction material, medical equipment, and
school supplies. According to Israeli news sources, clear orders have
been issued to prevent the ships from reaching Gaza, even if this
necessitates military violence.<br>
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The Free Gaza Movement, which has launched eight other sea missions to
Gaza, confirms that Israel has tried these kinds of threats and
intimidation tactics before in order to try to stop the missions before
they start. "They have not deterred us before and will not deter us
now," said one of the organizers.<br>
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Ship to Gaza -- Sweden, a Freedom Flotilla coalition partner, together
with parliamentarian Mehmet Kaplan (Green Party) yesterday asked for an
audience with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Carl Bildt, to
discuss what measures the Swedish government and the European Union
will take to protect the Freedom Flotilla’s peaceful, humanitarian
voyage. Earlier this week during a meeting with the European Campaign
to End the Siege on Gaza – another coalition partner, Turkish Prime
Minister Tayyib Erdogan expressed his support for "breaking the
oppressive siege on the Gaza Strip...which is at the top of Turkey’s
list of priorities."<br>
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Coalition partners, Ship to Gaza – Greece and the Turkish relief
organization IHH, stressed that the ships, passengers, and cargo will
be checked at each port of departure, making it clear that we
constitute no security threat to Israel.<br>
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Israel’s threats to attack unarmed civilians aboard vessels carrying
reconstruction aid are outrageous and indicative of the cruel and
violent nature of Israel’s policies towards Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla
is acting in line with universal principals of human rights and justice
in defying a blockade identified as illegal by the UN and other
humanitarian organizations. Palestinians in Gaza have a right to the
thousands of basic supplies that Israel bans from entering, including
cement and schoolbooks, as well as a right to access the outside world.
The Freedom Flotilla coalition calls on all signatories to the Fourth
Geneva Conventions to pressure Israel to adhere to its obligations
under international humanitarian law, to end the lethal blockade on
Gaza, and to refrain from attacking this peaceful convoy.<br>
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For more information:<br>
Free Gaza Movement – Greta Berlin - +33 607374512<br>
ECESG – Mazen Kahel - +33 1 46 81 12 92<br>
IHH – Ahmet Emin Dag – +90 530 341 1934<br>
Ship to Gaza / Greece – Vangelis Pissias - +30 697 200 9339<br>
Ship to Gaza / Sweden – Dror Feiler - +46702855777<br>
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is comprised of: Free Gaza Movement
(FG), European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza (ECESG), Insani Yardim
Vakfi (IHH), Ship to Gaza Greece, Ship to Gaza Sweden, and the
International Committee to Lift the Siege on Gaza, with hundreds of
groups and organizations around the world supporting the effort.<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.freegaza.org/"
target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">www.freegaza.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.savegaza.eu/"
target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">www.savegaza.eu</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ihh.org.tr/"
target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">www.ihh.org.tr</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.shiptogaza.gr/"
target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">www.shiptogaza.gr</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.shiptogaza.se/"
target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">www.shiptogaza.se</a><br>
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