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Israel Continues to Cripple Gaza with its Sea Blockade
Littlewood, Stuart
http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/07/israel-continues-to-cripple-gaza-with-its-sea-blockade/Date Written: 2015-07-01 Publisher: Dissident Voice Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17677 The Jerusalem Post reports that the Swedish boat Marianne with 18 passengers has been "interdicted" by Israeli commandos 85 miles from the Gaza coast and towed to Ashdod. The three other vessels in the flotilla turned back and another big-hearted mission ended "with a whimper". Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon called his operation to deprive desperate, poverty stricken Gazans a "success". The Marianne‘s passengers would be be deported. "There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza," he added. Subject Headings |