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{weblog_name} - New Flotilla, New Worries
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Here we go again. This week 10 ships were set to sail from European ports and somewhere in the Mediterranean Seat form a relief flotilla to the Gaza Strip (See: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/gaza-flotilla-begins-to-form-as-first-ship-heads-toward-maritime-meeting-point-1.370261). In doing so, they are ignoring repeated requests to stop in an Israeli port for inspection or to simply deliver the aid through Egypt (which is still quietly helping Israel out with the Gaza blockade, albeit in a much less predictable manner than before the recent Egyptian revolution). Last week, in fact, the European aid group Miles of Smiles successfully coordinated their relief efforts for Gaza through Egypt. Mind you, the Egyptians slowed up those deliveries for almost a month. (What, you didn’t hear of the protests? Oh, right; there weren’t any. See more at http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239282 ). I believe the activists in the new flotilla are looking to… read more