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Estelle's cargo includes two olive trees, 41 tons of cement, wheel chairs, walkers, crutches, midwifery stethoscopes, children's books, toys, 300 footballs, musical instruments, theatrical equipment (including lighting), a VHF ship-to-shore radio, and an anchor for its sister project - Gaza's Ark.
It's intended to be a Ship from Gaza. Activists are building it to help break Israel's export blockade.
Humanitarian cargo to Gaza or legitimate exports should rankle no one. Israel claims otherwise. Doing so, of course, violates fundamental international law. Attacking and arresting activists at sea compounds the crime.
Estelle participants called "the heaviest cargo on board".our solidarity with the Palestinian people." Israel thinks they're subversives up to no good.
On October 20, Haaretz/Reuters headlined "Israeli Navy boards Gaza-bound Estelle ship."
Separately, Reuters said the following:
"The Israeli navy seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship in the Mediterranean sea on Saturday to prevent it breaching its blockade of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said."Haaretz/Reuters lied, saying:
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