Campaigners accuse Israel of 'outsourcing' its blockade as Greek coastguard stops flotilla sailing from Athens
Jack Shenker in Athens
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 2 July 2011
"Greece has banned all ships in the Gaza-bound "freedom flotilla" from leaving port, dealing a further blow to activists trying to break Israel's blockade on the Palestinian territory.
Greek authorities said an international group of vessels planning to sail from its ports and deliver aid to the Gazan population would be stopped, a move that lends the support of the Prime Minister, George Papandreou's administration to Israel's contentious four-year naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.....
Campaigners accused Israel of "outsourcing" its blockade to Greece. "Greece sold its body to the banks and its soul to Israel and the United States," flotilla activist Dror Feiler told Israeli news outlet Ynet. "I don't think – I know – that Israel and US pressure caused this..."
Jack Shenker in Athens
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 2 July 2011
"Greece has banned all ships in the Gaza-bound "freedom flotilla" from leaving port, dealing a further blow to activists trying to break Israel's blockade on the Palestinian territory.
Greek authorities said an international group of vessels planning to sail from its ports and deliver aid to the Gazan population would be stopped, a move that lends the support of the Prime Minister, George Papandreou's administration to Israel's contentious four-year naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.....
Campaigners accused Israel of "outsourcing" its blockade to Greece. "Greece sold its body to the banks and its soul to Israel and the United States," flotilla activist Dror Feiler told Israeli news outlet Ynet. "I don't think – I know – that Israel and US pressure caused this..."
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