Icelandic MP visits US flotilla boat to show solidarity, urges other parliamentarians to do the same
Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic parliamentarian for The Movement, is the first MP from any country to visit the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this year.
She went aboard a ship called ‘The Audacity of Hope’ — which was turned round and sent back to port on Saturday by an armed Greek coastguard patrol. The ship is docked in Athens, where Birgitta Jonsdottir is currently visiting, Visir.is reports.
The ship was on its way to the Gaza strip hoping to distribute aid in defiance of the Israeli blockade.
Jonsdottir released a statement on her website encouraging her political colleagues all across Europe to travel to Greece, where civil unrest continues over the country’s severe economic problems. She also called upon the Greek foreign minister to stand up to Israel. more
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