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Help Us Tell How Gaza’s Ark Will Challenge the Blockade
Gaza’s Ark is a project supporting Palestinians to rebuild a boat in Gaza, which will carry Palestinian products out to the world. With your support, Gaza's Ark will challenge the unjust blockade of civilians in Gaza. With your support, Palestinians will achieve their right to live with dignity.
We're very close to making an announcement about our boat! Meanwhile, we've made a video telling the story of how Gaza's Ark will challenge the blockade and show that global public opinion hasn't forgotten the struggle for Palestinian rights. It's just five minutes long, but we hope you'll agree it's very powerful. Please watch our video here and share with your networks.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Statement in Tunis
Gaza’s Ark and other Direct Action against the Blockade and for Freedom of Movement
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Statement in Tunis, March 31, 2013.
The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition, representing civil society solidarity organizations and individual activists from different countries, attended the World Social Forum in Tunis where we spread our call for direct non-violent action against the inhuman and illegal blockade of Gaza and in support of full freedom of movement for all Palestinians.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition embraces Gaza’s Ark campaign
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Statement
Rome, January 19-20, 2013.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in Rome for two days of discussion of our past work and future plans, as we continue our struggle against the illegal and inhuman blockade of Gaza. Representatives from campaigns in Canada, Greece, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, as well as from the International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza, were hosted by our colleagues in Italy.
Petition: End the blockade of Gaza now!
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This summer, the intensified blockade of the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip has continued into its sixth year. The blockade—referred to as “the siege” by its victims—is a violation of international law and of the fundamental human rights of the civilian population in Gaza. The blockade has devastating humanitarian consequences for more than 1.6 million people, most of them children, on this coastal strip between the Mediterranean Sea and the Negev desert.
Challenging the blockade of Gaza: Message from a Canadian on board the Estelle
September 21, 2012
http://rabble.ca/news/2012/09/challenging-blockade-gaza-message-canadian-board-estelle
The Estelle
It is a great honour to be able to accompany the Swedish sailing ship Estelle for a few days, from Barcelona to Ajaccio (Corsica), on its way towards Gaza to challenge the illegal and inhuman blockade which has lasted now for more than five years.
The Estelle in a 90 year-old three-masted schooner purchased from a Finnish fair-trade organization by Ship to Gaza Sweden in April and renovated for this sea voyage. She began a Swedish coastal tour in June, with solidarity and information events in communities to raise awareness about the blockade in Gaza.
The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) holds a meeting in Madrid
Members of the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition meet in Madrid-Sept 2012
Madrid, 3 de septiembre de 2012
The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) holds a meeting in Madrid as The Estelle makes its way to Gaza in Spanish water
The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is a movement comprised of campaigns and initiatives from all over the world working together to end the blockade of Gaza.
Attending the meeting were representatives from the Canadian, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and U.S. campaigns.
The Israeli blockade of Gaza – fully in place for six years – is causing unimaginable damage to the Palestinian society in Gaza. The solution is not to provide humanitarian aid but to end the blockade itself, solving the problem from its root.
Our action is an act of solidarity with the people of Gaza, a call to civil society to demand that governments act against the Israeli blockade of Gaza and to pressure the international community to guarantee our right to protest, non violently, and to protect us from Israeli aggression.
We cannot predict how Israel will behave as the Estelle approaches Gaza. Israeli threats and violence have never stopped Palestinians and those in solidarity with them from continuing to struggle against injustice. Those aboard the S/V Estelle are determined to reach their destination.
Meanwhile the FFC is working on a second project to assert the right of the Palestinians of Gaza to freely trade with the world and not depend on aid. Gaza’s Ark will assist the Palestinians in building a boat in Gaza that will carry local products to international markets, challenging the blockade from the inside.
See full media release in Spanish below….
Media contact in Canada:
Ehab Lotayef
514-941-9792
Media contact in Spain:
Laura Arau: +34 636 00 36 01
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