On May 31, 2010 was an important date in the history of the blockade in Gaza: the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy with humanitarian aid for the Palestinians, was attacked by the Israeli navy. Yet another act of violence in Israel has made headlines because the ship Rachel Corrie was the Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire.
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| Mairead Maguire with the Palestinians |
"Israeli navy, this is the Freedom Flotilla. We count six motor boats, carrying only passengers and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. We do not carry anything that poses a threat to your army, so you may not use any force against us. The blockade of Gaza is illegal under international law. " A quick repartee between the Mavi Marmara and the Israeli navy, the exhortation of the Navy to dock at the port of Ashdod, the determination of the crew to bring humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, the clash. Ten activists dead, thirty wounded soldiers and activists. The Freedom Flotilla is a convoy of humanitarian NGOs, made up of associations such Free Gaza Movement , International Committee to Lift the Siege on Gaza and various other engaged in helping the population of the Gaza Strip. The siege by the people which prevents the unfolding of a normal life, in fact the economy is collapsing, 95% of the factories had to close, 93% of water resources in Gaza are polluted; the living conditions of its inhabitants are tragic, but even more tragic is the fact that since 2007, when the area of \u200b\u200bthe Gaza Strip has been subjected to the block, and the borders with Egypt and Israel have been closed with concrete walls and barbed wire, the load of humanitarian aid has been drastically reduced because Israel allows only a limited supply by humanitarian organizations in the Strip. Who decided to take part in the delivery of humanitarian Freedom Flotilla May 31, 2010 intended to not only bring relief to the people of Gaza, Israel put in difficulty by action of strong media impact, which or as a result had to be able to break the blockade of Gaza or oblige Israel to take action to ban it put in evidence that the brutal and repressive methods. These methods, in fact, have been used and have caused the deaths of more than ten activists, the seizure of the material in this video 'boat Mavi Marmara , the' arrest of sixteen activists who refused to provide their identity, the expulsion of the other militants from Israel. Much of the crew was detained in prison Beer Sheeva , near the port of Ashdod, a place where they are been notified of the boats Freedom Flotilla the Israeli navy after docking. Within this group there was also Mairead Corrigan-Maguire , Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, activists of non-violence in Northern Ireland, working for years for the cause Palestinian who took part in the expedition climbing on the boat Rachel Corrie , named in honor of U.S. peace activist to death twenty-three wounded while protesting against the Israeli occupation, in an attempt to prevent a bulldozer ' army Israeli destruction of Palestinian houses. The Irish peace activist tried to return to Israel, just arrived and was rejected because of signature that was also forced to put at the bottom of a declaration of "voluntary" commitment not to set foot in Israel ten years after the episode of the Flotilla. Israel says the blockade on the Gaza Strip is necessary to prevent Hamas from receiving arms from the outside. It is however clear that with this method is weakening Hamas, but it is preventing humanitarian organizations and those pro-Palestinian enough to carry a load of food, medicines and building materials to the oppressed Palestinian people, as the same Freedom Flotilla intended.
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