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May 20, 2013 In the media

Shut In, Shut Down, Shut Up: Three Years after Mavi Marmara

20 May 2013

Passengers on the Mavi Marmara were attacked by heavily armed Israeli commandos.

By Greta Berlin

Three years ago, the Free Gaza movement was wrapping up final preparations for a flotilla of eight ships to head out to Gaza, determined to break Israel’s illegal siege on 1.5 million Palestinians shut into an open-air prison. Most of us were already in Cyprus or Turkey or Greece, as we were the primary organizers, having already sent eight voyages, five of them successful in 2008.

Why a flotilla of boats?

April 6, 2013 In the media

An Israeli Apology Means Little to the Families of the Nine Passengers Murdered on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

The Families of the Nine Passengers Murdered on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Demand That the Israeli Blockade of Gaza Be Lifted

By Ann Wright

Representatives of IHH, the international humanitarian organization that organized the passengers on the Mavi Marmara in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, have told the author that families of the nine murdered by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) commandos on May 31, 2010, consider the “apology” of the Israeli government to the Turkish government as meaning very little until the Israeli government lifts the blockade on Gaza.

March 26, 2013 In the media

Zoabi to Netanyahu: Apologize for blockading Gaza

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RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hanin Zoabi, the Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, has said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology to Turkey over the deadly attack on Mavi Marmara ship was not enough.

She said in press statement that apology was not enough as long as “we are talking about human life”, adding that nine political activists were killed in the incident.

She said that a real apology should include acceptance to the formation of an international fact-finding committee to probe the attack.

February 27, 2013 In the media

US investigated Gaza flotilla passengers for terror ties but not Israel’s slaying of citizen, new docs show

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/22/2013 – 22:14

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Nine passengers killed by Israeli commandos on the Mavi Marmara were commemorated during a June 2010 ceremony in Gaza City.

(Ashraf Amra / APA images)

Recently-released US government documents related to Israel’s deadly May 2010 raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla shed new light on the extent to which the US disregarded the rights and safety of US citizens participating in the humanitarian mission to the besieged Gaza Strip — and the lengths to which it shielded Israel from accountability.

January 18, 2013 In the media

Spain prosecutor requests ICC referral of case against Israel’s Netanyahu for 2010 flotilla attack

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 01/17/2013 – 04:00

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A protest outside Spain’s foreign ministry in Madrid on 31 May 2010, the day of the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara (source).

(Olmo González / Flickr)

The prosecutor of Spain’s national court has formally requested a judge to begin steps to refer a case against Israeli leaders for the attack on the Gaza flotilla in 2010 to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

November 12, 2012 In the media

Turkey: Trial for Mavi Marmara Attack

Israel describes the Turkish trial as a kangaroo court, but Turkish lawyers pushing ahead and say an Interpol notice for the arrest of the former Israeli commanders will be issued if they fail to attend.

September 12, 2012 In the media

Blockade Busters – Activists and Ships Attempting to Break the Israeli Blockade of Gaza

By Ann Wright (about the author)

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Blockade-Busters–Activi-by-Ann-Wright-120823-585.html

After two years of continuous demands to the Israeli government and pressure on the Greek government for assistance, in mid-June, 2012, Greek activists succeeded in getting released from Israel two ships that had sailed in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

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The passenger ship “Sfendoni” and the cargo ship “Eleftheri Mesogeios,” or “Sofia” had to

be towed out of the Haifa, Israel harbor due to damage caused by Israeli commandos and intelligence agents when they attacked the ships on May 31, 2010. The “Sofia” was towed to Turkey and the “Sfendoni” was towed to the Greek port of Piraeus arriving on June 20, 2012. See here.Israeli commandos attacked all six ships in the flotilla and murdered nine persons on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara and wounded 50 more passengers. Activists on each of the six ships were beaten up, tased, put in Israeli prison and eventually deported from Israel.