SCALED BACK FROM 25 TO 10 FLOTILLA 2 SET TO SAIL TUESDAY FOR GAZA AFTER DELAYS
JUNE 26 2010
WE WILL SEE TUESDAY BUT THE BEST STRATEGY WOULD BE TO FLOOD YOUR ENEMY WITH MORE SHIPS THAN THEY ARE PREPARED FOR AND RUN THEM RIGHT TO GAZA AND IF THEY ATTACK THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING.
Gaza flotilla to set sail Tuesday
Significantly smaller fleet to set sail to Strip from
Greece. Jerusalem believes
flotilla will include only 10 vessels, 500 people
Ronen Medzini
Scaled sail? Jerusalem sources said Sunday that the second Gaza flotilla
stands to be significantly smaller than originally planned.
According to Israel's assessments, only 10 vessels, carrying approximately 500
people, will take part in the Gaza-bound convoy, meant to set sail from Greece
on Tuesday.
Jerusalem believes that the reduced scope of the convoy can be attributed to
the Foreign Ministry's intensive "anti-flotilla" campaign vis-à-vis its
European counterparts.
Saturday saw the first vessel a French ship leave from Corsica carrying six
people.
Meanwhile, the organizers of the Gaza flotilla said that the Greek authorities
have barred the American ship the "Audacity of Hope" from taking part in the
sail.
The passengers said the decision followed an anonymous complaint regarding the
ship's mechanical state.
Dror Fyler, an Israeli expat who is among the flotilla's organizers, confirmed
that the American vessel, which is supposed to carry dozens of activists, has
indeed been ordered to stay behind.
Passengers on the ship are asking Greek government officials to clarify
whether the boat they are leasing is being blocked from leaving Greece because
of the anonymous request or whether a political decision has been made by the
Greek government in response to US and Israeli government pressure.
"Israel has said openly that it is pressuring governments to try to stop the
flotilla, and clearly Greece is a key government since several of the boats
plan to leave from Greece. It is unconscionable that Israel would take
advantage of the economic hardship the Greek people are experiencing to try to
stop our boat or the flotilla," passenger Medea Benajmin said.
"The Americans are worried that a ship carries 60-70 passengers, 30% of them
Jewish, would be attacked. They don't know what they would do under such
circumstances, so they are trying every trick in the book to stop us. But it
won't do them any good – the ship will sail," Fyler added.
"We have no doubt that Israel and the US are in cahoots here, and that the
Greek government, which is weak, is capitulating to pressure," he added. "In
any case, this will not deter us. We'll find a way to fix the problems and be
on our way."
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor dismissed the allegations
suggesting Israel had something to do with Athens decision: "These are
paranoid and crybaby allegations, which goes to demonstrate the organizers
infantile viewpoint and just how far detached they are from reality."
Organizers of the second flotilla have been under growing pressure to cancel
the sail, denounced by the United States, the UN and the EU as unnecessary
provocation.
The sail suffered a blow when Turkey-based IHH group, considered the driving
force behind the Gaza flotilla announced its ship, the Mavi Marmara, will not
be taking part in the Strip-bound sail.
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