[ 19/04/2011 - 10:54 AM ] IHH in a press release said Israel does not want any international humanitarian efforts to break its land, sea and air blockade on Gaza, so it wants to thwart the launch of the second flotilla after it attacked the first one last year killing and wounding dozens of passengers.
It affirmed that Israel is working nowadays on influencing the international community and institutions in order to prevent Freedom Flotilla from heading to Gaza.
For its part, the national consensus committee called on the international solidarity movement to intensify and continue its efforts to break the Israeli blockade imposed on the people of Gaza.
"The doors of our homes, cities, villages and refugee camps are open to embrace and defend them (anti-siege activists) with all precious things," the committee highlighted in a statement on Monday.
The committee strongly denounced the killing of Arrigoni by a suspicious deviant group and called for naming one of Gaza streets after the slain Italian activist.
MP Mansour: World should follow footsteps of foreign solidarity activists
[ 19/04/2011 - 05:12 PM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Several international human rights organizations coordinating with health and humanitarian institutions in the Palestinian territories are ”working togething to give Gaza children life”, as preparations are underway for the third Miles for Smiles convoy.
”After the first and second miles for smiles missions culminated in success and were able to breach the siege wrapped around the necks of Gaza's children, and despite the suffering and obstacles faced by the convoys and participants, we are happy once again to put smiles on the faces of the children of Gaza and give them some of the warmth and tenderness they've been denied,” the groups said in a fresh statement released Tuesday.
It is expected to depart for the Gaza Strip between April 20-26, 2011, according to the responsible parties and specifically targets the medical needs of Gaza children, as that has been severely affected by the Israel siege on the tiny enclave for the past four years.
Organizers have been in close contact with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to arrange for the convoy's entry and avoid procedural obstacles.
They have also coordinated with the Gaza Ministry of Health to identify the specific needs of the Strip's residents.
Miles for Smiles 2, which included 45 activists from Europe, managed to enter the Strip in August 2010 and remained there for an entire year to survey the reality in Gaza. The first convoy carried out its mission in 2009.
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