--- On Wed, 29/10/08, red kimba <redkimba@...> wrote:

> From: red kimba <redkimba@...>
> Subject: Gaza siege broken again!!! SS Dignity arrives safely in Gaza!!
> To:
> Date: Wednesday, 29 October, 2008, 9:10 AM
> Dear friends,
> wonderful and exciting news!!! Once again the siege of
> Gaza has been
> broken!
>
> The SS Dignity has arrived safely in Gaza! Israel had
> threatened to stop
> the boat, board it and tow it to stop it reaching its
> destination. However,
> Greta reports that while they faced some harassment, with
> Israeli naval
> vessels following them, jamming their radar and satellite
> phone etc, they
> were able to make it in just after 8am.
>
> Please find below the media release issued regardnig the
> arrival of the SS
> Dignity!
>
> in solidarity, Kim
> www.livefromoccupiedpalestine.blogspot.com
>
> ****
>
> For Immediate Release
> October 29, 2008
>
> For More Information, Please Contact:
> Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 / iristulip@...
> Osama Qashoo (Cyprus) +44 (0)78 3338 1660 /
> osamaqashoo@...
> Angela Godfrey Goldstein (Jerusalem) +972 (0)54 736 6393 /
> angela@...
>
> LARNACA - The Free Gaza Movement is delighted to announce
> that their third
> boat, the SS Dignity carrying 27 crew and passengers
> arrived in Gaza at 8:10
> Gaza time, in spite of Israeli threats to stop them. In the
> pouring rain,
> the boat pulled into port amid cheers from the people of
> Gaza and tears from
> the passengers.
>
> David Schermerhorn, one of the crew members called an hour
> before the boat
> entered the waters of Gaza and said, "There is a
> rainbow stretching across
> the Mediterranean from where we are right now."
>
> Yesterday, The Israel Navy said they would stop the stop
> our vessel once it
> reached Israel's territorial
> waters<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1032271.html>.
> Apparently to save face, they said they would harm our
> boat, arrest us and
> tow us IF we entered Israeli waters. The problem for Israel
> is that the SS
> Dignity had no intention of getting anywhere near those
> waters.
>
> One of the organizers, Huwaida Arraf cheered, "Once
> again we've been able to
> defy an unjust and illegal policy while the rest of the
> world is too
> intimidated to do anything. Our small boat is a huge cry to
> the
> international community to follow in our footsteps and open
> a lifeline to
> the people of Gaza."
>
> For the second time, the Free Gaza Movement has
> demonstrated that the might
> of the Israeli navy is no match for a small boat of human
> rights activists
> determined to call to the attention of the world the
> occupation of the
> people of Gaza.
>
> Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, member of the Palestinian
> Legislative Council added,
> "Despite the injustice against the Palestinian people,
> we believe in justice
> and will keep on trying to break Israel's siege. The
> occupation has divided
> the Palestinians, but our nonviolent resistance has united
> us."
>
> Osama Qashoo, one of the organizers of the Free Gaza
> Movement, overjoyed for
> the second time in three months, "We are all capable
> of leading a nonviolent
> and effective movement to end the Israeli Apartheid and
> expose the injustice
> that has been meted out to the Palestinians. We in the FG
> movement have
> provided the new dictionary, it's up to the
> Palestinians and the Israelis
> and the Internationals to add the words."
>
> --
> Greta Berlin
> Media Team
> Free Gaza Movement
> 357 99 08 17 67
> www.freegaza.org
> www.anis-online.de/office/events/FreeGazaSong.htm
> www.flickr.com/photos/29205195@N02/
>
>
> --
> There will be a day for the oppressor when he will be
> crushed like garlic -
> Palestinian proverb.
>
> Some came and took our land, forced us to leave, forced us
> to live in camps.
> I think this is terrorism. Using means to resist this
> terrorism and stop its
> effects - this is called struggle." — Leila Khaled
>
> Remember the solidarity shown to Palestine here and
> everywhere... and
> remember also that there is a cause to which many people
> have committed
> themselves, difficulties and terrible obstacles
> notwithstanding. Why?
> Because it is a just cause, a noble ideal, a moral quest
> for equality and
> human rights - Edward Said