The Israeli navy intercepted a catamaran carrying humanitarian aid and nine Jewish activists off the coast of Gaza on Tuesday [28th September] morning, according to the Israel Defence Forces and the mission’s organizers.
The boat was diverted to an Israeli port, according to a post on an official Israeli military blog, headlined, “Provocation Yacht on Its Way to Ashdod Port, Boarded by Israel Navy Without Incident.” On their Web site, JewishBoattoGaza.org, the mission’s organizers said in a statement:
The Irene, a boat carrying nine passengers and aid for Gaza’s population, has been taken over by the Israeli navy and denied access to Gaza. The boat is flying a British flag and its passengers include citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel. Two journalists are also on board.
Last contact with the boat’s captain, Glyn Secker, was at 0937 G.M.T., when their path had been cut off by a destroyer. Recent reports from other news sources indicated that the boat has been surrounded and boarded. At this point they were less than 20 miles from Gaza’s shore. Since then all phones went dead.
The occupied Gaza Strip’s territorial waters end 12 nautical miles from shore, but the Israeli blockade is enforced at 20 miles from shore.
Originally posted by Chantal at BGLink.ning
Gratuitous violence during boarding; tasers; cameras stolen; invasive searches at Ashdod - "It's fantastic coming back to amazing support that’s buzzing. I’m overwhelmed with the results I think it was really successful. We made our point to the world very powerfully that there are probably hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world who are appalled at the Israeli policies to the Palestinians; the violations of their humanity and their human rights." - see JewishBoattoGaza.org for updates
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