German aid ship for Gaza leaving Hamburg on June 19 to join Freedom Flotilla II in Greece

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(pic: Left-wing German MPs at a press conference in 2010 called after the attack on the Mavi Marmara)

Hurriyet story posted on GazaTV News
A humanitarian aid ship will set sail for Gaza from the German port city of Hamburg on June 19 to support an international initiative to break the Israeli siege by sending ships carrying humanitarian supplies.

The ship, named Freedom Flotilla II, is sponsored by Professor Udo Steinbach, a well-known German expert on the Middle East, and the German Initiative to Break the Siege of Gaza...

...German journalist Peter Wolter and Swiss writer Henning Mankell will also be onboard the flotilla. All aid ships bound for Gaza are expected to meet in Greece on June 27. more

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