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Naharnet
June 17, 2010

Israel has warned both Lebanese and Iranian organizers against sending
aid ships to the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said attempts by
Lebanese and Iranian activists to break the blockade of Gaza “would be
seen not just as a provocation and a breach of law, but as a hostile
act because the ships and their cargo are from enemy states.”

A d v e r t i s e m e n t
“They are coming from an enemy state and it means that, of course, the
treatment is different, because legally they are different,” Palmor
warned.

Two non-governmental organizations — the Free Palestine Movement and
the Beirut-based Journalists Without Limits – had announced their
intention to send ships to Gaza soon.

Head of the Free Palestine Movement Yasser Qoshlok called on “all
those who consider themselves ‘free’ to participate in this convoy,”
dubbed “Naji al-Ali Fleet to break the siege on the children and the
people of Gaza.”

Qoshlok said the convoy will carry assistance and educational
materials for Palestinian children.

He said the ship will also carry journalists to focus on Gaza under
siege and cover the humanitarian crisis that exists for Gazans under
the Israeli blockade.

“This campaign is launched after the Freedom Fleet because the media
has become the first authority rather than the fourth,” Qoshlok said.

Thaer Ghandour of the Journalists Without Limits said the ship —
carrying 50 journalists and 25 European activists including European
MPs, will leave Beirut port this week.


http://www.infowars.com/israel-warns-lebanese-iranian-activists-against-sending-ships-to-gaza/