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Deadly raid on Gaza aid fleet: Israeli government not releasing numbers killed, injured, arrested

By rabble staff
| May 31, 2010

6 p.m. EST update: The number of people killed by Israeli commandos who stormed the Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla early Monday has been estimated to be around 10, though the Israeli government has so far not named those killed or the several dozen injured.

Details remain sketchy. Earlier reports said the majority of those killed were Turkish nationals.

At least 650 uninjured activists remained with their ships as they were towed into the Israeli port of Ashod throughout the day Monday. The largest ship in the flotilla, the Mavi Marmara, arrived at Ashod just before 1 p.m. EST.

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The flotilla and the siege of Gaza

On Friday, November 4, the Israeli Navy intercepted two activist boats in international waters, violently arresting those on board and transferring them to an Israeli jail. The boats, according to the activists, were badly damaged during the operation that was meant to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Real News' Lia Tarachansky spoke with Sari Bashi, the Executive Director of Gisha, an Israeli organization that works with Gazans on freedom of movement about how the siege and blockade evolved since implemented in 2007. Tarachansky also speaks with Gaza- based journalist Safa Joudah.

 

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Freedom Waves to Gaza delegate Karen Divito released from Israeli prison, while others remain

By rabble staff
| November 8, 2011

Karen DeVito is the first Canadian to finally be released from prison in Israel, after the Canadian Department Foreign Affairs sided with Israel in making her pay for her own deportation flight.

Canadians David Heap and Ehab Lotayef are still being held as political prisoners by Israel at Givon Prison.

Canadians and internationals aboard the Tahrir, as part of Freedom Waves to Gaza, were assaulted, tasered, beaten, kidnapped, robbed, strip-searched and imprisoned. These kinds of human rights abuses are daily occurrences in the occupied territories, and the Canadian Boat to Gaza is dedicated to challenging the impunity currently enjoyed by the government of Israel.

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Hassan Ghani reports live from Tahrir as Israeli military surround ship

Press TV correspondent reports live from the Tahrir as freedomwaves flotilla is surrounded by Israeli warships and helicopters.

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At approx 7:40AM EST, organizers lost contact with the Tahrir

The Tahrir sails to Gaza to end the blockade.

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Canadian Boat to Gaza intercepted by Israeli forces #freedomwaves
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Canadian Boat to Gaza intercepted by Israeli forces #freedomwaves

By Kim Elliott
| November 4, 2011

Update: 10:20 AM EST IDF reports that both ships are being towed to Ashod, Israel, where activists will be handed over to police and deported.  IDF reports that there have been no injuries.

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Messages from aboard the Canadian Boat to Gaza -- as they enter international waters

Ehab Lotayef and David Heap report from aboard the Tahrir, shortly after they entered into international waters on November 2, 2011. In his video message, Lotayef explains: "The goal is to say that the blockade is inhumane and must end. We are not going to challenge Israel physically. We are a peaceful mission, committed to the safety of the Tahrir and the Irish boat as well." Filmed by fellow passenger, Michael Coleman.

 

 

The boat continued into international waters today, moving closer to Gaza. See a report back from PressTV here.

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Follow the Canadian Boat to Gaza, the Tahrir, as it heads to Gaza #FreedomWaves

By rabble staff
| November 3, 2011

The Canadian Boat to Gaza left Turkey on November 2 and is now in international waters, en route to Gaza in an act to break Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza.

Follow their movements as they move closer to Gaza here.

Find out more about this action, and learn what you can do to help here.

Read a first person account from the boat by David Heap, of London Ontario.

Paddling a special treat for Harper

By Canadian Boat to Gaza
| October 31, 2011

On Sunday October 30, Canadian Boat to Gaza supporters delivered a special treat for Stephen Harper, as we brought our opposition to the illegal blockade of Gaza home to Canada.

On the day before Halloween in Ottawa and Vancouver we challenged the illegal blockade that has turned Gaza into a "house of horrors." We did so at the doorstep of the institution that has become one of the most complicit in the world with Israel's illegal blockade: the office of the Prime Minister of Canada (Also known as Israel's second embassy in Ottawa).

Dylan Penner

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What's next for the Tahrir? With your continued support, we will sail again

By Canadian Boat to Gaza
| August 2, 2011

Following Israel's outsourcing of the blockade to Greece, which prevented the Tahrir from reaching international waters, we have learned many important lessons about how to proceed with the next phase of the Freedom Flotilla.

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