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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ehab Lotayef</b> <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">July 28, 2014<br>
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<small>For more information:<br>
Zohar Chamberlain </small></font><font face="Times New Roman,
Times, serif"><small><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Regev
</font> (Rumbo a Gaza/Spain) <a href="mailto:zohar995@nodo50.org" target="_blank">zohar995@nodo50.org</a><br>
Dror Feiler (StG-Sweden) <a href="mailto:dror.feiler@gmail.com" target="_blank">dror.feiler@gmail.com</a><br>
İzzet Shahin (IHH/Turkey) <a href="mailto:izzetsahin@ihh.org.tr" target="_blank">izzetsahin@ihh.org.tr</a><br>
Ehab Lotayef (Gaza's Ark/Canada) <a href="mailto:lotayef@gmail.com" target="_blank">lotayef@gmail.com</a><br></small><br>
<i> for </i><i>immediate</i><i> release </i><br>
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<big><b>The Freedom Flotilla Coalition </b></big><b><br>
</b><b>Condemns Israeli Attacks on Gaza, Ongoing Blockade, and
International Complicity</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </font></b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><big><b>Planning to launch
new Freedom Flotilla to Challenge Blockade</b></big></font><br>
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The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (with participation
from England, France, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Italy, Greece,
Turkey, USA, Canada and Australia) condemns the ongoing Israeli
military assault on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, denounces the
failure of the international community to stop the assault, and
renews its opposition to the Israeli economic blockade on
Palestinians in Gaza as well as the collaboration of other
governments. <br>
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We note that the demand to lift the blockade is a central feature
of talks on ending the violence, and that governments who reject
the blockade should use their influence now to ensure that an
agreement that ends the violence, also ends the destructive
blockade. <br>
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We hereby announce that we are planning another flotilla </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> in the near future, </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">to challenge the blockade</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> of Gaza </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">, with participants from
around the world. We announce our intention to sail back from Gaza
carrying Palestinian exports, continuing the work of Gaza’s Ark. <br>
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We are a peaceful civil society initiative, acting out of
solidarity with the Palestinian people, independently from any
government. <b>Contrary to recent media reports, we have not
asked for military escort, have no intention to, and will not
sail with a military escort.</b><br>
<br>
The Mavi Marmara – the lead ship in the 2010 Freedom Flotilla,
which bore the brunt of the Israeli naval assault and on which
nine Turkish citizens and a U.S. citizen were killed by Israel -
will soon be ready to join the flotilla with hundreds of peace
activists from all around the world on board. <br>
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More news on our plans will be available in a few weeks. <i>We
urge our supporters around the world to stay alert for updates
and to ready themselves to join and escalate our campaign</i> to
bring down the Israeli blockade of Gaza.<br>
<br>
<b>Freedom Flotilla Coalition</b><b>:</b><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <small>European
Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza<br>
International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza (ICBSG)<br>
</small></font>
<div><small><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Freedom
Flotilla Italia<br>
Gaza's Ark<br>
</font></small></div>
<small><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> IHH<br>
Rumbo a Gaza<br>
Ship to Gaza Greece<br>
Ship to Gaza Norway<br>
Ship to Gaza Sweden</font></small><br>
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