{"id":9380,"date":"2009-07-02T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=9380"},"modified":"2009-07-02T17:35:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T22:35:50","slug":"mel-frykberg-how-israels-naval-blockade-denies-gazans-food-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=9380","title":{"rendered":"Mel Frykberg: How Israel’s naval blockade denies Gazans food, aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

A boat carrying foreign activists and three tons of medical supplies was rerouted Tuesday. Meanwhile, the fishing industry \u2013 a key source of jobs and protein \u2013 has been crippled.<\/p>\n

By Mel Frykberg<\/a> | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor<\/p>\n

Ramallah, West Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Spirit<\/a>

Spirit of Humanity sails for Gaza - Leaving the port of Larnaca <\/p><\/div>Bringing fresh attention to its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Israel on Tuesday turned back a boat attempting to deliver three tons of medical supplies to Gazans.<\/p>\n

After a radio message asking the small ferry to turn back was ignored, the Israeli Navy boarded the boat and redirected the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod. Reuters quoted a police source as saying that the activists aboard, members of the US-based Free Gaza movement, would “likely be deported.”<\/p>\n

“Yesterday evening the Israeli Navy contacted the boat while at sea clarifying that it would not be permitted to enter Gaza coastal waters because of security risks in the area, and the existing naval blockade,” the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that humanitarian aid would be sent to Gaza “subject to authorization.”<\/p>\n

The naval blockade \u2013 part of a wider Israeli effort to seal off<\/a> the tiny coastal strip controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas \u2013 not only prevents such shipments, it is also devastating a key Gazan industry and source of food: fishing.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read about fisherman Mohammed Hassuna, who says he and his crew were recently surrounded by Israeli Navy boats, shot at, forced to strip, and swim in frigid water to the Navy gunboat, where they were handcuffed, blindfolded, and their feet chained.<\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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