Tag Archives: vessels

#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli navy fires 3 shells at Gazan coast

[ PIC 03/05/2013 – 01:41 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy fired a number of shells at Gaza coast near Alwaha area west of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip targeting Palestinian houses and agricultural lands on Thursday night. The Israeli navy fired 3 artillery shells, and opened machinegun fire heavily toward fishermen off […]

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PCHR Statement on Israeli Forces Arrest 14 Fishermen, Confiscate 3 Fishing Boats

Sunday December 02, 2012 23:26 by The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR – IMEMC Number of Arrested Fishermen Increases to 29 and Confiscated Boats to 9 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) repeats its condemnation of Israel’s violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip. PCHR is concerned over the escalation of […]

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#Estelle Ship to Gaza | The Estelle is being surrounded by 3 Israeli vessels

Estelle October 19 at 18:28. A picture of the crew on Estelle Estelle’s position at 17:43 October 19 FIB.se | Oct 19, 2012 (Original article in Swedish) BREAKING – Radio Darone the “Israeli army radio” Announced That the Israeli Navy have started to surround the Estelle with three ships. They have late signal through the […]

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Erdogan: Turkish forces to escort aid to Gaza

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Defying Israel’s blockade, PM Erdogan says Turkey will send aid shipments to Gaza under the protection of naval forces. Last Modified: 08 Sep 2011 23:58 – Al Jazeera In May 2010, Israeli commandos raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, killing nine Turks and igniting a diplomatic row [EPA] Turkey’s naval forces would escort […]

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Turkish warships will escort aid vessels to Gaza

08 September 2011, Thursday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH REUTERS,Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year’s Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally.  Raising the stakes in Turkey’s […]

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LIVE UPDATES | #Flotilla2 | World is Watching | Israel Navyvessels after Non-Violent Mission to #Gaza Vessel the Dignity

Continuous live updates… keep reloading Now from Dignité: Two Israeli army boats coming towards us; Dont know how long we can be in contact. We are at: 31 25 N 33 25 E #flotilla2 — Huwaida Arraf (@huwaidaarraf) July 19, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/TahrirCanada/status/93217341986439168 https://twitter.com/#!/CanadaBoatGaza/status/93217682106761216 Israel vs Dignity. The world is watching. Free Gaza, Free Palestine. — […]

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Israeli Navy Following Flotilla Ship

LIVE UPDATES:  #Flotilla2 | World is Watching | Israel Navyvessels after Non-Violent Mission to #Gaza Vessel the Dignity PNN – Palestine News Network – 19.07.11 – 10:59 Mediterranean Sea – PNN – The Israeli navy has closed in on and begun following the French ship “Dignité Al-Karam” in the Mediterranean sea as it tries to […]

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Israel expands its borders into Europe

  Recent clampdowns on Palestinian solidarity activists underscore Israel’s ability to outsource its security operations. Dahr Jamail Last Modified: 12 Jul 2011 09:57 | Aljazeera   French police at Charles de Gaulle airport, where several airlines stopped dozens of Palestinian solidarity activists heading for a ‘fly-in’ protest in Israel from boarding planes in Paris [REUTERS] […]

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█▌ACTION ALERT #FLOTILLA2 ▶ DEMAND ACTION TO RELEASE SOHA KNEEN – MICHAEL COLEMAN – SANDRA RUCH

THIS TOPIC WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED LATEST UPDATE! Michael Coleman and Soha Kneen are free from custody. We just saw them at the boat. Court appearances tomorrow. #Flotilla2 #Canada4Gaza — Canada Boat to Gaza (@CanadaBoatGaza) July 5, 2011 3 Internationals, risking their lives on #Flotilla2 to bring Palestine’s misery under world’s attention, have been arrested […]

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Sabotaging Flotilla II: Waging War Against Civil Society ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk

by Richard Falk | Foreign Policy Journal | July 5, 2011 The reports that two of the foreign flagged ships planning to be part of the ten vessel Freedom Flotilla II experienced similar forms of disabling sabotage creates strong circumstantial evidence of Israeli responsibility. It stretches the imagination to suppose that a sophisticated cutting of […]

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Who’s behind the attacks on flotilla ships? Perhaps it was Israel’s very own underwater sabotage unit

by Max Blumenthal on June 30, 2011 | Mondoweiss Shayetet 13, the Israeli naval commando unit, contains an underwater sabotage division Two boats among the fleet of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla have been sabotaged. Passengers scheduled to sail on the second boat, the Saoirse, which hails from Ireland, discovered that the propelled had been cut and […]

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Text of official Greek order prohibiting all sailings bound for Gaza (English below Greek text)

Απαγόρευση του απόπλου των πλοίων με ελληνική και ξένη σημαία από τα ελληνικά λιμάνια με προορισμό τη θαλάσσια περιοχή της Γάζας Δημοσιεύθηκε από tidis την Παρ, 01/07/2011 – 15:39 ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ  Απαγόρευση του απόπλου των πλοίων με ελληνική και ξένη σημαία από τα ελληνικά λιμάνια με προορισμό τη θαλάσσια περιοχή της Γάζας Με σημερινή απόφαση του […]

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#Flotilla2 activists deny Israeli claims of violent intent

Published June 28, 2011 Activists hold banners reading ‘Free Gaza’ and ‘Let freedom ring’ during a press conference in Athens. Israel will be able to handle any violence from “hardcore activists” on board a new Gaza-bound flotilla, the foreign minister said, amid claims some were planning attacks with chemicals.[AFP Jean-Philippe Ksiazek] JERUSALEM (AFP) — International […]

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Resheq calls on world community to protect Freedom Flotilla II

[ 26/06/2011 – 11:01 AM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has urged the world community and human rights groups to provide protection for the Freedom Flotilla II and to reject any attempt to impede its arrival at Gaza harbor. Resheq criticized the US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, in a […]

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