By Canadian Boat to Gaza | October 19, 2012
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We received a message from the Finnish foreign department (the Estelle is sailing under a Finnish flag), that their Israeli counterpart informed them that the Estelle will be boarded on international water, and its passengers brought to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
“If the Israelis carry out their threat this would be another act of piracy and kidnapping to enforce the illegal and inhuman blockade of Gaza,” said Irene MacInnes of the Canadian Boat to Gaza. “The world should not remain silent anymore,” she added.
The Estelle is currently in international waters approx. 120 NM (Nautical Miles) from the shores of Gaza. Jim Manly, retired Canadian MP, is on board.
See our previous releases on the Estelle and Jim Manly here and here. For more information, visit GazaArk.org
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Canadian civil society has a responsibility to fight the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and to expose the Canadian government’s unjustified support for Israel. The time has come to send a Canadian boat to challenge the blockade of Gaza, in coordination with similar international efforts. Check out the Boat to Gaza’s website at http://tahrir.ca or follow us at twitter.com/CanadaBoatGaza.
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Source Article from http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/israel-threatens-to-board-the-estelle-with-former-canadian-mp-on-board-in-international-waters/
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