According to the latest update from our lawyers (of Adalah – the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) who visited the illegally detained international volunteers, some were handled roughly during or after their abduction by Israeli forces. Based on what happened with the Sumud Flotilla abductees, signing papers accepting to be deported also does … Read more
The Canadian Boat to Gaza group said during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) should take the opportunity to ask for the prompt return of the Tahrir, the Canadian Boat to Gaza. Call 514-941-9792.
The Canadian ship Tahrir and the Irish ship Saoirse have successfully reached international waters, marking the start of the Freedom Waves to Gaza campaign. The boats are currently in the Mediterranean Sea, preparing to sail for Gaza. The Freedom Waves to Gaza initiative is a non-violent, civil society movement to challenge the Israeli blockade of … Read more
The Canadian Boat to Gaza is dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON) misinformation about the upcoming flotilla, and is promising to sail with the Freedom Flotilla II next month. Baird has taken to discouraging Canadians from participating in the upcoming flotilla, which aims to break the siege of Gaza and the CBG … Read more
The Canadian Boat to Gaza is dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON) misinformation about the upcoming flotilla, and is promising to sail with the Freedom Flotilla II next month. Baird has taken to discouraging Canadians from participating in the upcoming flotilla, which aims to break the siege of Gaza and the CBG … Read more
