Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 30 June 2011
The Irish Ship to Gaza campaign released documentation today that they say shows the MV Saoirse, docked in the Turkish coastal port of Gocek, was sabotaged in way “intended to endanger and/or inflict injury or death on Irish citizens as they went about their lawful right to sail on the high seas.”
The MV Saoirse was meant to take part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was scheduled to make its way to Gaza this week to break Israel’s naval blockade and siege on the occupied terroritory. It is the second ship to be found damaged and most likely sabotaged.
Meanwhile, Israel, the US State Department and Zionist groups are threatening activists and exerting pressure on all fronts to try to stop the flotilla from sailing.