[E-rundbrief] Info 731 - Free Gaza Boat-trip delayed

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 731 - Free Gaza Movement: Delaying our Trip to Gaza.

Bad Ischl, 29.9.2008

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Delaying our Trip to Gaza

Free Gaza Movement
	
26.9.2008

We, the members of the Free Gaza Movement, regret to announce a delay in
our plans to return to Gaza this week.  Last month, 44 ordinary people
challenged Israel's stranglehold on the Gaza Strip, knowing that
ordinary people can help create extraordinary change.

People said that it could not be done; we did it.

This week 22 of us came to Cyprus to fulfill our promise to return to
Gaza.  Because our two original boats were not suitable for this trip,
we decided to lease or buy a sturdier boat. Unfortunately, every time we
thought we reached an agreement with a boat owner, our agreement has
fallen through, in part, we believe, due to outside pressure. Though it
is a very difficult decision to make, we have decided to temporarily
delay our voyage.
When we left Gaza at the end of August, we made promises to the people
there: we will continue to tell the world that Israel still unjustly
occupies Gaza; we will continue to support our friends in Gaza as they
work to overcome the brutal policies of the occupation; and we will
return to Gaza. These are promises we will keep
We will continue to draw attention to the suffering that Israel has
imposed on ordinary people just like us, in Gaza. We will continue to
support our friends in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian
territory as they work to end Israel's occupation of their land and
lives. And, very soon, in the coming weeks, we will return to Gaza.
In the meantime we call on countries to live up to their obligations
under the Fourth Geneva Convention and to take action to challenge
Israel's collective punishment of 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip.

www.freegaza.org/index.php?module=latest_news&id=b9ee69903f0d4a766fdd3ced473f2b29&offset=

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Greta Berlin
Media Team
Free Gaza Movement
357 99 08 17 67
www.freegaza.org
www.anis-online.de/office/events/FreeGazaSong.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/29205195 at N02/

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