Al Jazeera English: French flotilla boat sets sail for Gaza

Activists sail from Corsica as others pledge to continue efforts to reach Palestinian territory with humanitarian aid.

Al Jazeera English
05 Jul 2011

Activists on board the Tahrir were forced by the Greek coast guard to sail back to Crete on Monday

A French boat has set sail for Gaza from Corsica in the latest attempt by activists to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory, according to a journalist aboard the vessel.

The Dignite al Karama, which left the western Mediterranean island overnight is, thus far, the only boat in a flotilla organised by pro-Palestinian activists to successfully sail for Gaza, with most confined to ports in Greece.

The vessel’s passengers include Olivier Besancenot, head of the New Left Party in France, French politician and member of the European Parliament Nicole Kiil-Nilsen, and other well-known French personalities.

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