Turkish charity will try to break Gaza blockade

[grassfed]

A Turkish charity IHH ( http://www.ihh.org.tr/13572/en/ ) vowed to send a flotilla of 20 ships, laden with building materials that Israel otherwise does not let into Gaza, with other goods, and with human rights activists.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7095-NY-Israel-Conflict-Examiner~y2010m2d21-Turkish-charity-will-try-to-break-Gaza-blockade

[shergald]

1. Thanks for putting this news back up on the board.

And thanks to this Turkey charity org for taking the lead, where America seemed impotent to do so. There was a time when Americans were in the front lines on these sorts of inhumane actions. Look at Sudan, where we seem concerned, but Gaza, not at all. We can thank the American press for keeping us protected from the knowledge that we are supporting a humanitarian crisis.

[Hardrada]

2. I agree.

[Ken Burch]

3. Good for them

ALL people with humane values should join them. The blockade can never have a positive effect, it can never succeed in making Gazans break with Hamas, and it can never result in Hamas changing its tactics. Why, after all this time, does the Israeli government still refuse to accept this reality?

[shergald]

4. A Jewish ship to Gaza

Jews for Peace, a German group, is intending to join the Turkish plan to send 20 ships to Gaza this spring. Their announcement was translated by Philip Weiss.

"We are a group of German Jews who want to send a ship with goods and musical instruments to Gaza. We intend to cooperate with a European project that is sending supplies in the spring of 2010. We are acquiring a ship, loading it up in Germany, then picking up passengers (Jewish and non-Jewish, German and non-German) at a Mediterranean port.

Among the goods being shipped will be urgently needed things like medicines, baby food, bedding, children’s clothes, school materials; also painting equipment and especially musical instruments. We believe cement is not the only thing necessary for rebuilding – we call on our politicians to provide these urgently needed building materials! – but also things to help cure the soul.

We hope our musical instruments will contribute a little towards this. Our schools can also make a very significant contribution: Children in Gaza are prevented from studying through lack of materials. This is why we are looking for schools to donate school material. Later perhaps we can work on twinning schools or classes."

http://jewish-ship-to-gaza.jimdo.com/