The crew on Estelle, the Finnish-flagged ship attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza -

_pakistan · Oct 20, 2012

The crew on Estelle, the Finnish-flagged ship attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza - just a couple of hours from Gaza. 19th October 2012.

The 53-metre-long, three-masted, Estelle is carrying 20 activists on board, including five parliamentarians from Sweden, Norway, Spain and Greece.

The Estelle set sail in June and has called in at several European ports, to garner support and publicity.

The ship is carrying two olive trees, 41 tonnes of cement, 300 footballs, orthopedic and medical equipment, children's books, musical instruments, theatre equipment and a radio.

Estelle is striving towards Gaza

Publiceringsdatum:
2012-10-20

Estelle is currently surrounded by several unidentified vessels, of which none are acting in a threatening manner. She is cruising ahead using both sails and engine power about 72 nautical miles from Gaza, according to the crew on board. Her position is N 31 38, E 32 52.
The atmosphere on board is good.

Estelle is striving towards Gaza

DATUM: 2012-10-20
Estelle is currently surrounded by several unidentified vessels, of which none are acting in a threatening manner. She is cruising ahead using both sails and engine power about 72 nautical miles from Gaza, according to the crew on board. Her position is N 31 38, E 32 52. The atmosphere on board is good.

Israeli defence sources confirm that Estelle will be attacked tonight

DATUM: 2012-10-19
Anonymous Israeli defence sources, cited by the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, confirm that Israel intends to attack Estelle tonight, if the ship doesn’t change her course. The source states that Estelle will not be let closer to Gaza’s coast than 12 Nautical miles. Source: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/midtosten/artikkel.php?artid=10047340

http://shiptogaza.se/en/Pressrum/Pressmeddelanden/estelle-striving-towards-gaza

Humi · Oct 20, 2012

All the best luck...I hope you don't get killed and are successful...:)

nonamina · Oct 20, 2012

they will be killed or spend their lives in jails... who cares,, muslims are sleeping with their bottles and white leather in their beds

Saboo · Oct 20, 2012

Huma said:
All the best luck...I hope you don't get killed and are successful...:)

And you should appreciate the fact that they believe in some thing as the right thing to do
and they keep doing it regardless for the fear of their lives!..Is it not amazing?(clap)

Humi · Oct 20, 2012

Saboo said:
And you should appreciate the fact that they believe in some thing as the right thing to do
and they keep doing it regardless for the fear of their lives!..Is it not amazing?(clap)

very amazing...:)...it takes a lot to stand up for someone by putting your life or freedom on line..

mrcritic · Oct 20, 2012

Gaza-bound ship Estelle 'under attack'

GN: Occupied Jerusalem: A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's naval blockade on Gaza has "come under attack" shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels, a spokeswoman told AFP on Saturday.

"The Estelle is now under attack - I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza Sweden campaign told AFP.

The military said that the Israeli navy boarded MV Estelle, indicating that the vessel was being laed to the Israeli port of Ashdod. "A short while ago, Israeli navy soldiers boarded Estelle, a vessel which was en route to the Gaza Strip, attempting to break the maritime security blockade," it said in a statement.

The vessel is carrying five parliamentarians and a former Canadian lawmaker.

THOSE ZIONISTS HAVE ATTACKED THE FLOTILLA AGAIN!!

salma · Oct 20, 2012

Re: Gaza-bound ship Estelle 'under attack'

they are basterds.........Mujahideen will learn a lesson to them soon.....

Queue Farms · Oct 20, 2012

Re: Gaza-bound ship Estelle 'under attack'

dont bother ,

1 : People are not muslim
2: they never protest on Afia Siddiqui issue
3: they never said a word abt drone
4: Jamia Hasfa destroyed and they never shed a tear

Humi · Oct 20, 2012

Re: Gaza-bound ship Estelle 'under attack'

Allah in ki hifazat karay...Ameen...:(

_pakistan · Oct 20, 2012

Children of Nariman Al-Tamimi, trying to prevent occupation army from arresting their mother ...

_pakistan · Oct 20, 2012

Re: Gaza-bound ship Estelle 'under attack'

Israel soldiers holding back Nariman Tamimi's children as she is being arrested at the entrance to Nabi Saleh's water spring on August 24, 2012, during the violent dispersal of the weekly protest against the occupation held in the village.

_pakistan · Oct 20, 2012

Re: Gaza-bound ship Estelle 'under attack'

Five Palestinians were seriously injured last Thursday
after Israeli settlers threw Molotov cocktails at their car.

Medics: Settlers hurl Molotov cocktails at Palestinian family

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Five Palestinians were seriously injured on Thursday after Israeli settlers threw Molotov cocktails at their car south of Bethlehem, medics said.

The injured were all from the Hassan family, and included four-year-olds Iman and Muhammad, their parents Ayman, 37, and Jamila, 25, and Hassan Hassan who was driving, Red Crescent official Abdul Jaafra told Ma'an.

Both children suffered first degree burns, and the adults suffered second and third degree burns, Jaafra said.

The incident happened near al-Arrub refugee camp, he added.

Jaafra said they were taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem in Magen David Adom ambulances.

The Israeli military said it was investigating the incident and that soldiers and border police had raised their alert level.

Israel's army commander in the West Bank Hagai Mordechai said the incident was a potential threat to destabilizing the area, "especially during such a period of time," the army said in a statement.

A military source said investigations indicated that Israeli civilians were responsible for the attack.

In Ramallah on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority cabinet condemned the "continued occupation and settler attacks against our people and their property."

Ministers also said "the continuation of such measures and policies of land theft and expulsion of citizens actually destroys the future of peace based on the two-state solution on the 1967 borders.

"This matter requires an effective and serious intervention to oblige the government of Israel to abide by international law and legitimacy".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the attack.

"This is a grave incident. We will do all it takes to catch those responsible and bring them to justice," he said.

Palestinians and Israeli human rights groups say that settlers are rarely prosecuted in cases of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

Over 500,000 Israeli settlers live on occupied

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