[E-rundbrief] Info 1748 - Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in Wilhelmshafen 27.5.2018

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1748 - Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, in Wilhelmshafen, 
May 26-28_2018 - Sailing for the Right to a Just Future for Palestine, 
to arrive in Gaza end of July 2018.

Bad Ischl, 27.5.2018

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Sailing for the Right to a Just Future for Palestine
Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in Wilhelmshafen, May 26-28. UPDATE: the 
boats will enter the port May 27 in the morning.

Sunday 13:00 arrival, official welcome with music flag-waving.​ Short 
communication with chief organizers from the boats, with time for 
interviews with media if present.

https://jfp.freedomflotilla.org/news/freedom-flotilla-to-gaza-in-wilhelmshafen-germany-may-26-28

Contacts in Germany:
Annette Groth, +49 176 7047 6563, anngroth at posteo.de
Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy (US, currently in Germany): 
+1-217-979-2857 / naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Contact on boat (Al Awda)
Zohar Chamberlain Regev: +34 647077426 or +34 674640483 / 
zohar995 at gmail.com)

The Freedom Flotilla ship Al Awda (The Return), together with Ship to 
Gaza Sweden vessels Hurriya (Freedom), Falestine (Palestine) and 
Mairead (named for Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire who previously 
sailed against the blockade) arrive in Wilhelmshafen from Brünsbuttel 
on Saturday May 26 and will be in port in Wilhelmshafen May 26-28. 
Expected arrival in Wilhelmshafen is 21:00 on May 26. A reception with 
local activists is expected on Sunday morning May 27.

The boats will visit many European ports on their way to challenge the 
illegal and unjust Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza in late July.

The Freedom Flotilla is sailing in 2018 for the right to a just future 
for Palestine. We challenge the blockade of Gaza and demand an end to 
our governments’ complicity with the blockade, which has created a 
humanitarian crisis, with civilians lacking clean water, electricity, 
and medical care. For more information about our mission and about the 
blockade of Gaza, see our website: jfp.freedomflotilla.or 
g/about-just-future-palestine

Participants on board Al Awda include Zohar Chamberlain Regev, Israeli 
Spanish resident and Freedom Flotilla Coalition boat leader; Elizabeth 
Murray, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer from the United 
States; Mikkel Grüner, Danish national and city councillor in Bergen, 
Norway; indigenous activist Heather Milton-Lightening from Canada, 
professor of Business Nazari Ismail and CEO of MyCARE Malaysia Kamarul 
Zaman, both from Malaysia; sailor and human rights advocate Charlie 
Andreasson from Sweden.

On Monday, May 28, around noon, in Wilhelmshafen, the boats will be 
met by former German parliamentarian Annette Groth, who will travel 
with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla from Wilhelmshafen to Amsterdam. Groth 
says: “The blockade of Gaza, biggest outdoor prison worldwide, is a 
violation of Human Rights and International Law! Not even severely 
injured people may leave Gaza for urgent medical treatment. The 
Hospitals are in dire need of medicines  and supplies, the stocks are 
depleted as more than 10 000 Palestinians are injured. The soil and 
water is contaminated from chemicals in the bombs Israel used during 
its last attack on Gaza in 2014. I call upon the German Government to 
put pressure on the respective governments of Israel and Egypt, to 
lift the blockade of Gaza, following the motion adopted by the German 
Parliament back in June 2010!”

Groth’s own rendition of her comment in German: “Die Blockade von 
Gaza, das größte Freiluftgefängnis weltweit, ist eine Verletzung der 
Menschenrechte und des Internationalen Völkerrechts. Selbst 
Schwerverletze dürfen Gaza für dringend erforderliche medizinische 
Behandlung nicht verlassen.Die Krankenhäuser brauchen dringend 
Medikamente und  andere medizinische Versorgungsgüter,  denn durch die 
Versorgung von über 10 000 Verletzten sind alle benötigten 
medizinischen Hilfsmittel aufgebraucht. Boden und Wasser sind durch 
die Bomben mit chemischen Substanzen verseucht,  die Israel während 
des letzten Krieges gegen Gaza 2014 abgeworfen hat. Ich fordere die 
Bundesregierung auf, Druck auf die Regierungen Israels und Ägyptens 
auszuüben,  um die  Blockade Gazas aufzuheben. Dies hat der Bundestag 
bereits im Juni 2010 gefordert.”

For more information about the Freedom Flotilla 2018:

Website: jfp.freedomflotilla.org
Twitter @GazaFFlotilla
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FreedomFlotillaCoalition/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/gazafreedomflotilla


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