US boat to sail 'imminently' despite Netanyahu's baseless claims about 'efforts to smuggle missiles'
(pic: US boat, The Audacity of Hope, awaits departure in Greek dock as part of Gaza-bound international flotilla [MaanImages/Mya Gu)
ATHENS, Greece (Ma'an) -- Organizers of a US boat participating in the Gaza-bound flotilla said Thursday afternoon that they hoped to sail "very very soon," with some expecting an immanent departure.
Speaking to reporters and passengers alongside the ship, organizer Anne Wright said "we will sail to challenge the naval blockade of Gaza ,we have ten ships, we have passengers aged 22-87 ... we have carpenters, retirees, acupuncturists; these are the people that the state of Israel fears."
Organizers stressed, following a press inspection of the ship, that the 3,000 letters from Americans to the Palestinians in Gaza were not "very dangerous cargo." more
Meanwhile Netanyahu continues with his fantastical rants in his very own parallel universe:
Speaking at IAF pilot's graduation, Netanyahu praises int'l leaders for working against Gaza-bound "provocation flotilla"; says Hamas holding Schalit in "criminal captivity".
Israel is fully entitled to work against attempts by the upcoming Gaza-bound "provocation flotilla" to smuggle arms into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a speech to graduating cadets of the IAF Pilot's Course at the Hatzerim Air Base near Beersheba on Thursday.
"Israel has the full right to operate against efforts to smuggle missiles, rockets and other weapons to Hamas's terror enclave. Hamas is a ruthless enemy, who maliciously harms our cities and children," Netanyahu said at the graduation ceremony. more
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