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La nave "ebraica" per Gaza è partita oggi da Cipro. http://jewishboattogaza.org/

La notizia è stata ripresa dalla CNN: 

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/26/gaza.aid.ship/  

Jewish Boat to Gaza sets sail from Cyprus    A boat carrying aid for 

Gaza's population and organized by Jewish groups worldwide has set  

sail from Cyprus today 

at 13:32 local time.  

Jewish Boat to Gaza sets sail from Cyprus

A boat carrying aid for Gaza's population and organized by Jewish groups

worldwide has set sail from Cyprus today at 13.32 local time.

The boat, Irene, is sailing under a British flag and is carrying ten passengers and

crew, including Jews from the US, the UK, Germany and Israel as well as

an Israeli journalist.

The boat's cargo includes symbolic aid in the form of children's toys and musical

instruments, textbooks, fishing nets for Gaza's fishing communities and prosthetic

limbs for orthopaedic medical care in Gaza's hospitals.

The receiving organization in Gaza is the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme,

directed by Gaza psychiatrist Dr. Eyad Sarraj.

The boat will attempt to reach the coast of Gaza and unload its aid cargo in a

nonviolent, symbolic act of solidarity and protest - and call for the siege to be lifted

to enable free passage of goods and people to and from the Gaza Strip.

The boat will fly multicolored peace flags carrying the names of dozens of Jews

who have expressed their support for this action, as a symbol of the widespread

 support for the boat by Jews worldwide.

Speaking from London, a member of the organizing group, Richard Kuper of Jews

for Justice for Palestinians, said today that the Jewish Boat to Gaza is a symbolic

act of protest against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and the

siege of Gaza, and a message of solidarity to Palestinians and Israelis who seek

peace and justice.

'Israeli government policies are not supported by all Jews,' said Kuper. 'We call

on all governments and people around the world to speak and act against the

occupation and the siege.'

Regarding the threat of interception by the Israeli navy, Kuper said 'This is a

nonviolent action. We aim to reach Gaza, but our activists will not engage in

any physical confrontation and will therefore not present the Israelis with any

reason or excuse to use physical force or assault them.'

Passenger Reuven Moskovitz, 82, said that his life's mission has been to turn

foes into friends. "We are two peoples, but we have one future", he said.

Satellite phone on board for contact to the passengers: 00 8821668610337

Media Contact in London for interviewing the Boat's organizers: Yosh,

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Media Contact in Israel: JNews 00972 549270796

Passengers and crew for interview:

Reuven Moskovitz, from Israel, is a founding member of the Jewish-Arab village

Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace) and a holocaust survivor. Speaks German,

Hebrew and English.

Rami Elhanan, from Israel, lost his daughter Smadar to a suicide bombing in

1997 and is a founding member of the Bereaved Families Circle of Israelis and

Palestinians who lost their loved ones to the conflict. Speaks Hebrew and English.

Lilian Rosengarten, from the US, is a peace activist and psychotherapist. She was a

refugee from Nazi Germany. Speaks English and German.

Yonatan Shapira, from Israel, is an ex-IDF pilot and now an activist for Combatants

for Peace. Speaks Hebrew and English.

Glyn Secker, from the UK, is the boat's captain and a member of Jews for Justice

for Palestinians. Speaks English.

Dr. Edith Lutz, from Germany, is a peace activist and a nurse. She was on the first

boat to Gaza in 2008. Speaks German and English.

Alison Prager, from the UK, is a teacher and peace activist. She is media coordinator

for the boat. Speaks English.

Itamar Shapira, from Israel, is Yonatan's brother, and a member of the boat's crew.

Speaks Hebrew, Spanish and English.

Eli Osherov,  Israeli reporter from Israel Channel 10 News.

Supporters: Jewish organizations and individuals from UK, Holland, Germany,

US, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, France, Austria, Australia and Israel.

Organizers and sponsors: European Jews for a Just Peace, Jews for Justice for

Palestinians (UK), Juedische Stimme fuer einen gerechten Frieden in Nahost (Germany),

American Jews for a Just Peace (USA), Jewish Voice for Peace (USA), Jews Against

the Occupation Sydney.

Visit www.jewishboattogaza.org and join us on Facebook and Twitter

                     -----AGGIORNAMENTO----

HANNO FERMATO IL BATTELLO IRENE.   «Dieci navi da guerra 

israeliane hanno costretto il battello a fare rotta  verso Ashdod 

(porto israeliano)», lo ha annunciato all’AFP uno degli organizzatori che 

si trova a terra a Gaza, Amjad al-Shawa. «Si sono arresi  perché erano 

accerchiati, non avevano scelta», ha aggiunto.  «La marina ha preso il 

controllo del veliero per portarlo al porto di Ashdod»,  ha, dal canto suo, 

confermato l’esercito in un comunicato, precisando che l’ arrembaggio non 

ha dato luogo a violenze, né da una parte né dall’altra.   «Ci hanno detto 

che ci avvicinavamo a una zona sottoposta a blocco marittimo e  ci hanno 

chiesto di cambiare rotta», aveva prima spiegato un passeggero del  battello, 

Yonatan Shapira, in una telefonata col telefono satellitare.  Il battello Irene, 

un piccolo veliero battente bandiera britannica, con a  bordo sette militanti 

ebrei pro-palestinesi e due giornalisti, aveva preso il  largo domenica da 

Famagusta, nel nord di Cipro.  (martedì 28 settembre 2010, con le agenzie 

di stampa)  fonte francese: http://www.aloufok.net/spip.php?article2524  

Qui due articoli in inglese:

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/28/israeli-navy-diverts-gaza-ship 

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318813