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Israeli Navy Encircles “Dignity” at Sea

Three Israeli navy ships are encircling the French boat “Dignity” and blocking it from continuing its sail to the Gaza Strip on a humanitarian mission, press reports said on Tuesday.

FJP Condemns Israeli Blocking of French Vessel Headed for Gaza

Freedom and Justice Party Secretary General Dr. Saad Katatny strongly criticised the Israeli naval forces which forcefully took over the French vessel Dignite al-Karama en route to Gaza to break

Libyan medical aid convoy arrives in Gaza

A Libyan aid convoy carrying medicine and ambulance vehicles is expected to arrive in Gaza Strip on Tuesday via the Rafah border terminal with Egypt.

Internat’l Lifeline 5 aid convoy to Gaza delayed by side factors

Delays on the Lifeline 5 aid convoy’s departure were caused by an extortion attempt by the ship’s cargo operators, the Palestinian Information Center learned.

European Lifeline 5 convoy to land in Egypt within days

Spokesman for the Lifeline 5 land-sea aid convoy Zahir Beirawi said efforts are being made to convince Egyptian authorities to ease the task of the humanitarian mission en route to

Israeli navy storms ship Irene, takes it to Ashdod port

Israeli marines on Tuesday boarded and took control of the Gaza-bound aid ship "Irene", operated by Jewish human rights activists.

Israeli authorities bent on barring Jewish aid ship to Gaza

Israeli authorities announced that they are determined to stop the Irene boat carrying Jewish activists from landing in the Gaza Strip in an official attempt to break the siege imposed

The BBC’s gift to Israel: a distorted documentary about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

If you haven’t already seen it, check out BBC Panorama’s “Death in the Med” programme and you’ll be treated to first class propaganda as only the BBC can deliver.

Middle East history buff Hague whitewashes Israel’s villainy on the high seas

My MP, a Foreign Office minister in the shiny new coalition government, has written to me saying he believes the foreign secretary was "extremely fair, tough and statesmanlike" in his

Khudari: The Israeli navy intercepted the Libyan aid ship

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, said that the Israeli navy intercepted a few hours ago the Libyan aid ship 100 kilometers off Gaza