[Peace-discuss] Gaza's Ark attacked

[Robert Naiman]

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From: Gaza's Ark <info at gazaark.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:44 AM
Subject: [GazaArk] Gaza's Ark attacked
To: Gaza's Ark <gazaark at lists.riseup.net>


  *Gaza's Ark Attacked*






*for immediate release Gaza City - Gaza*

At 3:45 AM Gaza time on April 29th, the night guard on board Gaza's Ark
received a call to leave the boat because it was going to be attacked.

The guard left, but when nothing happened, he returned after 5 minutes. A
few minutes later, a large explosion rocked the boat causing extensive
damage.

The boat sank part way and is now sitting on the shallow sea floor. The
guard was not injured but was taken to hospital for tests.

Mahfouz Kabariti, Gaza’s Ark Project Manager, says: “The extent and nature
of the damage are currently being investigated. We will provide an update
when available.”

"Gaza’s Ark and all our partners in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition are
considering our next move in response to this cowardly act of terrorism,
but our position remains clear: Neither this nor any other attack will stop
our efforts to challenge the blockade of Gaza until it ends," adds David
Heap of Gaza's Ark Steering Committee.

"Freedom Flotilla boats have been sabotaged before. This attack comes as we
were almost ready to sail. You can sink a boat but you can't sink a
movement," concludes Ehab Lotayef, another member of the Steering Committee.

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898, extension 1.
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