Like a dog with a bone – rather than a group of morally bankrupt individuals with a huge debt – the Free Gaza tools are coming back for thirds, with a new bunch of terror-supporting friends.
Per their latest press release:
For Immediate Release
November 6, 2008Larnaca: Tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 pm, the DIGNITY leaves for the third time for the shores of Gaza. This time, eleven past and current members of the European Parliament are on board, along with journalists from Al Jazeera English and The Independent.
These dignitaries were among the 53 Parliamentarians denied entrance by Egypt at the Rafah checkpoint.
“Egypt did not allow us to enter Gaza via the Rafah terminal, but this will not stop us from visiting the area,” Lord Nazir Ahmad, head of the European delegates stated, “We will sail to Gaza, we are determined to break the siege”.Ms Clare Short MP emphasized, “The Egyptian refusal to grant us access through Rafah Crossing is insulting to all of us, and Egypt should open the crossing now.”
They will be on a three-day fact finding tour organized by the Free Gaza Movement and the European Campaign to End the Siege as well as several of the organizations in Gaza who have worked with the Free Gaza Movement on the past two voyages.
On the past two trips, Israel has threatened to stop the DIGNITY, arrest its passengers and tow the boat to Israel. The government has been silent on its plans this time, perhaps out of respect for the dignitaries on the voyage. Members of the two organizations stress that the DIGNITY has no intention of going anywhere near Israeli waters but will enter Gaza through its own coastal waters.
The port authorities have asked the media to come between 3:30 and 5:00 pm Friday at Larnaca Port to see the boat leave and to conduct interviews.
The passenger list is posted on the Free Gaza website, www.freegaza.org.
Yes, good old Clare Short, one of the most vehemently anti-Israel European MPs there is. Notice how when Israel limits access to Gaza (as a consequence of terrorism) it is a siege. When Egypt limits access, it is an insult.
The real insult here is the one suffered by our intelligence when this movement tells us their goal is to break the siege of Gaza.
As if this is a siege.
As if this is their real end goal.
The inclusion of the likes of Clare Short should make even clearer the fact that these people do not want a “free” Gaza as much as no Israel.
