They’re doing it again, the SS Dignity is about to sail-
Please come and say ‘farewell’ to the passengers and crew who are leaving for Gaza to, once again, break the blockade and challenge Israel’s claim that they no longer occupy 1.5 million Palestinians.
The media is invited to come into the port Tuesday, October 28 at 15:00 (3:00 pm) to interview the people on board and take pictures of the boat leaving.
Contact details here.
Predictably the Israeli government have launched a pre-emptive ‘warning’
Israel plans to interdict a boatfull of far-left wing protesters if it crosses into Israeli territorial waters on its way to Gaza to “break” Israel’s blockade, senior government officials said Monday. The Free Gaza movement is planning to set sail Tuesday from Cyprus to Gaza, for the second such demonstration since August. Israel, eager to avoid a well-publicized incident on the high seas and believing the protesters were just seeking a provocation, allowed the protesters in two boats to make their way to Gaza then, but has no plans to tolerate a repeat performance this time, the officials said.
‘far-left wing protesters’? Can you feel the Fox News-ism, will John McCain or Bill O’Reilly pop up and call them Marxists next? So just what rabble are on board this boat-
26 passengers from 12 countries, including Palestine and Israel. On board is Mairead Maguire, the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Mustapha Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, and several other doctors from Europe. Gideon Sprio, an Israeli journalist and long-time activist against the Israeli occupation is also coming.
Doctors, a Nobel Prize winner, a Palestinian politician, a journalist!!! Saints preserve us!
The 27 unarmed civilians sailing aboard the SS Dignity represent 13 different countries. We are doctors, lawyers, teachers, and human rights advocates. We are Christians, Muslims, Jews, and agnostics.
Shit, the Saints can’t help, they’ve got agnostics! And what devilry do they bring with them?
We are carrying 6 cubic meters of urgently needed medical supplies in sealed boxes, cleared by customs at the Larnaca International Airport. There will be a total of 26 passengers and crew on board, among them several physicians. Our boat and cargo will also have received security clearance from the Port Authorities in Cyprus before we depart.
We will be sailing from Cypriot waters into international waters, then directly into the territorial waters of the Gaza Strip without entering or nearing Israeli territorial waters.
Run for the hills! It’s that most deadly of adversaries- humanitarians! And when I say adversaries, they have invited top Israeli ministers-
We invited Aharon Abramovitz, Minister of Foreign Affairs and/or Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense, to join the voyage to witness first hand the devastating effects of Israel’s illegal policies on the occupied civilian population of the Gaza Strip (Please leave your weapons at home, we are nonviolent).
Which is quite friendly for a gang of far-left wing protesters with their sinister plot to deliver medicine to people, via their own coastline! The cheek!
Bon Voyage to the SS Dignity, www.freegaza.org for more.
