Let the Freedom Boats Reach Gaza!

The Paris based human rights organization, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has been informed that two boats, carrying a total of sixty passengers, are scheduled to depart from Cyprus on Wednesday August 12, 2008. The boats are bound for the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. The passengers include human rights observers, aid workers, journalists, plus doctors from Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and another fifteen countries. - Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories / une

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Source: fidh.org

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