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Help Challenge the Blockade of Gaza
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Legally, the ship should be able to travel to the shores of Gaza because Israel claimed to have disengaged from Gaza and should no longer be in control of its sea and air space. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza once the Palestinians had an election and voted the political party Hamas into power. The election had international monitors and was judged to be a fair.
The organizers hope this will draw attention to the de facto occupation of Gaza by Israel. Opening the Gaza port which the Israeli Navy has closed with a naval blockade would allow residents to export agricultural products and gain control over the goods and material brought into the region. Israel controls one border crossing and allows Egypt to administer the other. Egypt does not have a lot to say in how they administer the crossing and can suffer sanctions and other repercussions if they don't go along with Israel and the United States and the other influential western powers. A truce was recently signed between Hamas and Israel. Israel agreed to lift the blockade and the restrictions of essential goods. Unfortunately, food. medical supplies, cement and fuel are still only trickling in.
According to one crew member who is a Holocaust survivor in the event the ship is able to dock the crew will fish with the fishermen and help in the schools and clinics, He hopes to “remind the world that we will not stand by and watch 1.5 million people suffer death by starvation and disease”
The ship was invited to come by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, the Palestinian center for human rights and the Gaza community Mental Health Program. This voyage is also endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions, Code Pink, Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA, Noam Chomsky, Cindy Sheehan (anti-war campaigner) and many other individuals and organizations. The Carter Center is also backing this effort.
To learn more go to:
www.freegaza.org/
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Re: Help Challenge the Blockade of Gaza
25 Jul 2008
elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html
The definition of a "siege" and "blockade" are:
Siege, blockade are terms for prevention of free movement to or from a place during wartime. Siege implies surrounding a city and cutting off its communications, and usually includes direct assaults on its defenses. Blockade is applied more often to naval operations that block all commerce, especially to cut off food and other supplies from defenders.
Here is a list of what Israel allowed to be shipped to Gaza during the first half of June:
The Unit for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories reports daily on the general humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The data for the supplies transferred via the Karni and Sufa crossings are based on the reports of Palestinian merchants.
Two-way traffic at the Erez Crossing of international organizations' staff, Gaza residents seeking medical treatment together with the people accompanying them ("medical evacuations"), and Palestinian civilians has been permitted for humanitarian and medical aid since 18 January 2007 and occurs almost daily.
Via the conveyor at the Karni Crossing, hundreds of tons of grain - wheat, barley, soy beans, corn and animal feed - are transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip every week.
Via the Nahal Oz fuel depot, diesel fuel for transportation and the local Gaza power station, petrol, and gas for cooking and heating are transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip, according to an assessment of civilian needs mandated by the Israeli court.
Via the Sufa Crossing, the following supplies are transferred by truck from Israel to the Gaza Strip: food, including: baby formula and food, rice and legumes, fruits and vegetables, meat, chicken and fish, dairy products, flour and yeast, oil, salt and sugar; hygiene products; raw materials for essential infrastructures; medicines and medical equipment; and a myriad of other items - ranging from school books to wheel chairs - needed by the civilian population.
The Kerem Shalom Crossing has been closed since 19 April 2008, due to terrorist attacks directed at it.
June 15, 2008
17 trucks delivered 456 tons of food to the Gaza Strip via Sufa crossing. At the Nahal Oz fuel depot, 212,000 liters of diesel fuel for the power station were transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip.
In addition, 53 people (patients and their companions) crossed into Israel at the Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 13, 2008
51 trucks carrying mostly food products were transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip via the Sufa crossing. Via the Nahal Oz crossing, 510,000 liters of diesel fuel for the power station, 130,000 liters of diesel fuel for transportation, and 173 tons of gas were delivered.
In addition, 55 people (patients and their companions) crossed into Israel via Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 11, 2008
38 trucks carrying fruit and vegetables and other food products as well as materials for humanitarian infrastructure were transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip via the Sufa crossing.
In addition, 54 people (patients and their companions) crossed into Israel via Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 10, 2008
59 trucks carrying food, materials needed for infrastructures, and medications were transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip via the Sufa crossing. 24 trucks carrying 888 tons of grain were transferred via the Karni crossing. Via the Nahal Oz crossing, 280,000 liters of diesel fuel for the power station, 100,000 liters of diesel fuel for transportation, and 88 tons of gas were delivered.
In addition, 66 people (patients and their companions) crossed into Israel via Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 8, 2008
521,800 liters of fuel and 84 tons of heating gas were transported via the Nahal Oz terminal.
In addition, 10 people (patients and companions) crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip via the Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 4, 2008
50 trucks carrying food and hygiene products were transferred from Israel to the Gaza Strip via Sufa crossing. 64 trucks carrying 2,409 tons of wheat, corn, soy beans and animal feed were transferred via the Karni crossing. Cooking gas was transferred via the Nahal Oz fuel depot.
In addition, 17 people (patients and companions) crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip via the Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 4, 2008
Medical evacuation: A Palestinian worker was critically wounded by a mortar bomb fired by Palestinian terrorists towards the Nahal Oz fuel depot. He was rushed to hospital in Gaza City. Due to the critical wounds the worker suffered and the deterioration of his condition, an urgent request was forwarded to the Israeli Coordination & Liaison Administration at the Erez crossing, to refer the wounded man for further treatment in Israel.
Colonel Nir Press, Head of Israel's Coordination and Liaison Administration at Erez Crossing, approved the evacuation to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon as per the request. Co. Press stated that evening: "The attack earlier today caused the casualty of one Palestinian, and ultimately forced the early cessation of pumping of fuel and gas. The Hamas campaign against the Gaza Strip crossings primarily inflicts suffering on the people of the Gaza Strip."
June 3, 2008
60 trucks carrying food, and raw materials for essential infrastructures were transferred to the Gaza Strip via Sufa crossing. At the Nahal Oz fuel depot, 261 tons of gas and 1.124 million liters of fuel for transportation and electricity were transferred.
In addition, 32 people (patients and companions) crossed into Israel for medical treatment.
June 2, 2008
64 trucks carrying rice, vegetables, meat/chicken/fish, dairy and other food products, and raw materials for essential infrastructures were transferred to the Gaza Strip via Sufa crossing. 71 trucks carrying 2,577 tons of wheat, soy beans, corn and animal feed were transferred via the Karni grain depot. At the Nahal Oz fuel depot, 260,410 liters of fuel for transportation and 732,400 liters of fuel for the power station, and 210 tons of heating and cooking gas were transferred to the Gaza Strip.
In addition, 13 people (patients and companions) crossed into Israel via the Erez crossing for medical treatment.
June 1, 2008
30 trucks carrying vegetables, meat/chicken/fish, dairy and other food products, medications and medical equipment, and raw materials for essential infrastructures were transferred to the Gaza Strip via Sufa crossing. 64 trucks carrying 2,500 tons of wheat, soy beans, corn and animal feed were transferred via the Karni grain depot. At the Nahal Oz fuel depot, 1.038 million liters of fuels and 262 tons of gas were transferred to the Gaza Strip.
In addition, 29 people (patients and companions) crossed into Israel via the Erez crossing for medical treatment.
Total (June 16, 2007 - June 15, 2008):
24,375 trucks; 579,491 tons
I still have not found a single case of someone starving to death in Gaza.
This has to be the most exaggerated "humanitarian crisis" in history.
elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html