EXCLUSIVE: Video Report From Gaza-Bound Flotilla Attempting to Break Israeli Blockade

www.DemocracyNow.org - A Canadian boat and Irish boat quietly left a Turkish port Wednesday, bound for Gaza. Democracy Now! first broke the news on our live broadcast yesterday. This flotilla, named Freedom Waves to Gaza, marks the latest attempt by international activists to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The ships are hoping to reach Gaza by Friday, but Israel has threatened to stop the ships. "I anticipate that the Israeli army, the navy, is probably considering boarding us, at some point, on our way to Gaza and the siege," said passenger Kit Kittredge of the group, Code Pink. "I am not feeling fearful. I am feeling actually pretty peaceful. And that's what we are: We are a peaceful boat and a peaceful flotilla going to end the siege." Democracy Now! correspondent Jihan Hafiz filed this video report from the Tahrir boat from international waters and interviewed live on the program by the telephone from the ship in international waters.

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[ramihamouri]

go flotilaaa

[YolandaGuadalupe]

Bless you Flotilla <3<3<3

Go go go....

[Crusade950]

Why are these flotila activists not in New York? All the other socialists/anarchists/islamist­s are there. They use drugs there. I hope Israel will do its job. Turkey is provoking Israel. Turkey? Do we mean Cypres? Armenian holocaust? Yes Turkey!

[Brunodiaz3rd]

search for Rachel Corrie 

[Brunodiaz3rd]

@timewilltell7 not yes there was an Armenian genocide but Armenians don't go do evil deeds and hide behind as the Jews and their holocaust besides Israel don't like Christians not even muslims, God bless turkey and Armenia 

[Nasira777Channel3]

Allah bless the Flotilla and protect all these brave people from evil, Ameen

[timewilltell7]

Turkey is provoking Israel

Get out of Cyprus

Apologise for Armenia

Turkish history is barbaric and we know it and we are spreading the truth all over the net

Israel should blow their fucking ship up

[vivascargill1]

Goodman screwed up on Libya bad!! it speaks to a certain kind of moronic american leftism who have not figured out what "dictator" means (or doesn't mean--it is a moral I like you I don't like you --it is stupid and I cannot forgiver her Good luck to the flotilla!!

[urcritic]

Israel is a rouge, aggressive and lawless state that needs to be reigned in. If the world was a just place (well we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place, but imagine it suddenly became a just place) then UN forces would be landing in Israel and Gaza right now to oversee the Palestinian land reclamation and complete Israeli withdrawal. A peaceful resolution for Israel and Palestine would propagate around the world in waves.

[petersz98]

@landlogger

Harper is evil. You must get rid of him in Canada.