[Peace-discuss] Freedom Flotilla Coalition: Planning a new peaceful Flotilla to Gaza

[Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss]

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From: Ehab Lotayef

 July 28, 2014

For more information:
Zohar Chamberlain Regev (Rumbo a Gaza/Spain)  zohar995 at nodo50.org
Dror Feiler (StG-Sweden)  dror.feiler at gmail.com
İzzet Shahin (IHH/Turkey) izzetsahin at ihh.org.tr
Ehab Lotayef (Gaza's Ark/Canada)  lotayef at gmail.com

* for **immediate** release *

*The Freedom Flotilla Coalition *
*Condemns Israeli Attacks on Gaza, Ongoing Blockade, and International
Complicity*

*Planning to launch new Freedom Flotilla to Challenge Blockade*


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.

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.


We hereby announce that we are planning another flotilla in the near
future, to challenge the blockade of Gaza , 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.

We are a peaceful civil society initiative, acting out of solidarity with
the Palestinian people, independently from any government. *Contrary to
recent media reports, we have not asked for military escort, have no
intention to, and will not sail with a military escort.*

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.

More news on our plans will be available in a few weeks. *We urge our
supporters around the world to stay alert for updates and to ready
themselves to join and escalate our campaign* to bring down the Israeli
blockade of Gaza.

*Freedom Flotilla Coalition**:*
 European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza
International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza (ICBSG)
 Freedom Flotilla Italia
Gaza's Ark
 IHH
Rumbo a Gaza
Ship to Gaza Greece
Ship to Gaza Norway
Ship to Gaza Sweden

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