Donor states to PA condemn provocative flotillas to Gaza

17.04.2011                      13.Nisan, 5771

Gaza-Flottille II:

Donor states to PA condemn provocative flotillas to Gaza

Israel concerned about the large aid flotilla that leftist and Muslim organizations plan for May, marking a year since the IDF raid on the the Mavi Marmara, which ended in the death of nine activists.

The donor states to the Palestinian Authority, which held a conference last week in Brussels, condemned in its concluding statement uncoordinated aid flotillas to Gaza. The conference called on all parties to use land terminals to the Strip and avoid provocations. The statement is signed by the chairman of the conference, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store.

A major force behind the clause was intense lobbying from the Israeli delegation to the conference, comprised of the coordinator of government activities in the territories, Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot, and Foreign Ministry diplomats. The government and the defense establishment are both concerned about the large aid flotilla that leftist and Muslim organizations plan for late May, marking a year since the Israel Defense Forces raid on the Turkish ship the Mavi Marmara, which ended in the death of nine activists….