FREEDOM FLOTILLA 2 Press Release
Athens -- The Freedom Flotilla 2 Steering Committee met in Athens 9
and 10 April to continue preparations for the upcoming flotilla. Since
the last meeting in Amsterdam, Israel has launched an international
campaign of incitement against the Flotilla and its coalition members
who are participating from around the world.
The Greek government should have pressured Israel to release immediately the ships, as Israel did for the Turkish ships in August, 2010.Now, on the eve of the second Freedom Flotilla 2 voyage, the Israeli government is threatening to attack us again. As occurred last year before the first Freedom Flotilla, Israeli leaders are busy developing an atmosphere of hostility that should leave no doubt as to their intentions if and when they illegally attack this civilian flotilla.
Therefore, we are calling on all our governments, the international community and the United Nations not to succumb to Israel's intimidation. Governments need to fulfill their "responsibility to protect" their own citizens. The threats against the Flotilla are not just at sea, but also in our home countries, as Israeli agencies are targeting individual groups and personalities. Flotilla partners insist that their governments take preemptive action to assure that Israel will not use force to interfere with this peaceful international effort to secure Palestinian human rights, human dignity and humanitarian assistance.
On May 10, Freedom Flotilla 2 partners will go to the European Parliament for meetings with MEPs as well as the United Nations and other international bodies, and to present Freedom Flotilla 2 and its goals. In addition to the partner organizations, there will also be participants from more than 50 countries on board the ships. This past week the European Jews for a Just Peace announced that they will join the Flotilla as a delegation and in sending humanitarian assistance to Gaza."
We are putting Israel on notice...
We are Coming...
We are Unarmed...
We are Civilian...
You have no right to threaten us...
We Expect to Reach Gaza Without any Interference.
