Greek coast guard blocks French yacht headed to Gaza

The Greek coast guard on Thursday blocked a French yacht from leaving a port in Crete. The yacht, carrying protesters bound for Gaza as part of a flotilla hoping to breach Israel's blockade, had previously evaded Greek authorities.

By News Wires (text)

AFP - A lone French yacht carrying activists hoping to run the Israeli blockade on Gaza was on Thursday blocked in Crete by the Greek coast guard when it stopped to refuel, an organiser told AFP.

"The Dignite/Al Karama was taken to Sitia in Crete by the Greek coast guard after being stopped in a nearby port while it was refuelling," Claude Leostic told AFP by telephone from Paris.

The boat, which is carrying 12 pro-Palestinian activists, had sneaked out of a Greek port early on Tuesday in defiance of a ban on any ships setting sail from Greece in an attempt to run the Israeli blockade on Gaza.

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Date created : 07/07/2011

Comments (2)

Acts of Provocation

by princehubert (not verified) - 08/07/2011 - 12:32

The delibrate attempt by the one sided trouble makers to force Israel's blocade of Gaza is pure hypocricy which the Greek government has done well to stop. What have they said about Mr Gilad,the kidnapped Israeli soldier? ofcourse nothing,and the world will be worst off with the so-called flotilia trouble makers.We support Israel in whatever is necessary to deal with them,and whoever is killed in such misadventure would have died in vain.Perhaps they should be allowed into Gaza and be treated like their colleague from Italy who was killed by the same blood thirsty people he was fighting their cause.