Tag Archives: Freedom Flotilla

South Africa launches investigation into the attack on the Mavi Marmara

[ PIC 25/12/2012 – 07:57 PM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation announced that the Republic of South Africa has launched an investigation into the case of the Mavi Marmara ship, attacked by Israeli forces in 2010. The investigation is to be launched at the request submitted in 2011 by lawyers of journalist […]

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#Flotilla | Freedom Flotilla participants refuse Israeli compensation for personal belongings

Middle East Monitor | Dec 20, 2012 Sheikh Salah suggested that the luggage is being held by the authorities so that details of the murderous attack cannot be revealed by access to his diary. Participants in the 2010 Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israeli have rejected an offer of compensation for their personal belongings. Israeli commandos […]

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#Flotilla | Family Of Marmara Victims File Lawsuit Against Israel

Al Qassam Website | 06-10-2012,10:20 Turkey – The Turkish Hurriyet Daily reported that 33 family members of Turkish citizens who were shot and killed by the Israeli army when Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara solidarity ship that was heading to Gaza in 2010, filed on October 5 a lawsuit against Israel demanding compensation. The families […]

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#Flotilla | Solidarity Ship Sailing to Gaza

Saturday October 06, 2012 00:52 by IMEMC News The Helsingin Sanomat Swedish paper reported that Estelle, a Swedish-owned ship sailing under a Finnish flag, is on en route to the besieged Gaza Strip carrying tons of aid supplies to the besieged coastal region. Image by Helsingin Sanomat The ship used to be owned by the […]

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#Flotilla | “Freedom Flotilla”ship to sail for Gaza from Naples

Khaleej Times | Oct 4, 2012 The Estelle, the latest ship to try to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza as part of the “Freedom Flotilla” movement, will set sail from Naples in southern Italy on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the movement told AFP. “The Estelle will be leaving in two days time, probably towards sundown. […]

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#Flotilla | The #Estelle reached Naples!

Oct 4, 2012 @viva_palestina Naples is waiting for #Estelle #FreedomFlotilla3 pic.twitter.com/J3XE0Iss — Spazio Me-ti (@SpazioMeti) October 4, 2012 The #Estelle reached Napoli!!!! Former Canadian MP Jim Manly will board the boat there to break the blockade of #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/2QsIRXLH — Gaza's Ark (@GazaArk) October 4, 2012 PRESS RELEASE #Estelle #Flotilla |  We are sailing again, […]

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#Flotilla | Staying Human: A Canadian reports from the Swedish Ship to Gaza in La Spezia

Rabble.ca | David Heap | Oct 2, 2012 The Swedish three-masted schooner Estelle arrived in the Italian port of La Spezia on Thursday afternoon, and on Saturday supporters from all over northern Italian came to wish her well on her voyage to Gaza, and fill her sails with the powerful winds of solidarity. There were […]

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#Flotilla | PRESS RELEASE | Estelle : We are sailing again, on our way to Gaza! (Incl.Press Info)

Ship to Gaza Press Releases 2012-10-01 The port authorities in La Spezia in northern Italy finally decided to not give in to Israeli  pressure. Just minutes ago Ship to Gaza and its vessel Estelle got final clearance to depart from port. Credit to the responsible officials who showed integrity and a sense of justice! We […]

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Activists onboard US aid boat return from Gaza – video

  PressTV –  Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:20AM Marjan Asi, Press TV, Washington Months of preparation, weeks in limbo and as charged as ever, the passengers of the US boat to Gaza have returned from the flotilla in high spirits.     Passengers aboard the Audacity of Hope, a name shared with President Barack Obama’s […]

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In Attempt to “Mute the Truth” Israel “Succeeds” in getting it’s own EL AL LIVE BLOG @ Al Jazeera !

In an attempt to mute the truth, IOA is  banning the Press from boarding on an airplane,  labeling them as terrorists. So press takes back on IOA and now AJ has a real blog for the July8 #Airflotilla mission putting even more attention on that, which IOA wants to hide for all: The EL AL […]

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Flotilla: Even state officials say Netanyahu, IDF spread lies

  Wednesday, June 29 2011|Noam Sheizaf | + 972 Magazine According to government sources, the army doesn’t have any evidence that the flotilla activists are planning violent resistance, yet it publicly accuses them of conspiring to murder soldiers Flotilla activists preparing weapons for their encounter with IDF soldiers (photo: Mya Guarnieri) The top story in […]

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French rally to support Flotilla 2 – video

PressTVSun Jun 19, 2011 12:41PM Pro-Palestinian activists in France rally to support their nation’s efforts in the upcoming Freedom Flotilla 2, which will attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. “We are not going to Israeli waters or Egyptian waters we are going to international waters and Palestinian waters, this is our objective” Claude […]

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Press Release | Gaza Freedom Flotilla II – June 17, 2011. (61)

FREEDOM FLOTILLA II-STAY HUMAN WILL SAIL TO GAZA! PRESS RELEASE Istanbul,                                                                                                                     17.6.2011 This is a rainbow coalition of human rights defenders. It does not only concern Muslims, but everyone, be they Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu, secular or whatever. This is world citizenry united, Our destination is Gaza. Our means are non-violent. Our goal […]

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Free Gaza Movement Issues Statement Regarding Freedom Flotilla II

  PNN – Palestine News Network -13.06.11 – 13:05 Gaza-PNN-Victoria Delacroix- In a released statement in regards to how many countries around the world have responded with some trepidation regarding the Freedom Flotilla II, a group of ships that will set sail to Gaza this month from different European ports, the Freedom Gaza Movement has […]

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German activists set sail for Gaza in support of Freedom Flotilla

Sunday, June 5, 2011 | Hurriyet Daily News ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires A humanitarian aid ship will set sail for Gaza from the German port city of Hamburg on June 19 to support an international initiative to break the Israeli siege by sending ships carrying humanitarian supplies. The ship, named Freedom Flotilla II, […]

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