Peace Activists To Land Boats in Gaza (The New York Sun)

18 August 2008, 7:31 pm

JERUSALEM — Peace activists planning to land two boats on a beach in Gaza are no better than "pirates" and will be turned back by the navy, Israeli officials said yesterday. The SS Free Gaza and the SS Liberty, which are sailing from Crete to Cyprus and then on to Gaza, will carry about 40 protesters campaigning against Israel's economic sanctions on the Palestinian Arab territory. Among those ...... read more

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