11.05.2011                      07.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 21 des Omer

"Friedensflottille II":

EU lawmakers pledge to take part in new Gaza flotilla

A number of European Union parliamentarians have said they will take part in the flotilla, which is due to reach waters off Gaza in June; Israel's EU ambassador calls activists' plans an unnecessary 'provocation.'

The organizers of a new Gaza flotilla on Tuesday vowed to carry out their plan to break an Israeli naval blockade and deliver aid to the Gaza Strip, in what an Israeli official warned would be a "political provocation."
The flotilla is expected to reach the waters off Gaza in the third week of June, Greek organizer Vangelis Pissias said at a press conference hosted by European Union parliamentarians in Strasbourg….