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Israeli navy commandos board Gaza-bound boat (09-29) 04:00 PDT Tel Aviv - -- Israeli navy commandos on Tuesday peacefully commandeered a catamaran sailed by an international group of Jewish activists trying to break Israel's blockade on Gaza. The nine activists, from Israel, the United States, Britain and Germany - among them an Israeli 82-year-old Holocaust survivor - responded defiantly to the Israeli navy when it hailed them from a frigate demanding they identify themselves and give their destination. "We are going to Gaza," the group responded from the deck of the 30-foot catamaran, Irene, festooned with peace flags and carrying humanitarian aid, according to a Twitter update posted on its website. The Israeli military said in a statement that the vessel was boarded without incident and that "no violence of any kind was used by neither the passengers onboard nor the Israel naval forces." The military nicknamed the boat, "the Provocation Yacht." The boat's voyage from Cyprus was another attempt to thwart the blockade after a May 31 Israeli assault on a Turkish Gaza-bound aid boat in which Israeli commando forces opened fire, killing nine Turkish Islamic activists on board and setting off an international dispute. [...] Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2010/09/29/MNTS1FL4SH.DTL ======================= Jewish boat activists: Israel treated us harshly By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Associated Press September 29, 2010 07:58 AM (09-29) 07:58 PDT JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) -- Jewish activists who sought to breach Israel's Gaza blockade this week said Wednesday that navy commandos treated them harshly when they intercepted their boat. The claims of rough treatment present another headache for Israel, which has had to fend off several recent attempts by pro-Palestinian activists to break the Jewish state's three-year naval embargo of the seaside strip. [...] Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/29/international/i043729D13.DTL ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
