Gaza-Interior Ministry
French ship leaves Marseille in late June to join the second "Freedom Flotilla" for Gaza, one year after the Israeli attack, today announced the organizers .
"We managed to collect enough money to charter a French ship. We will leave Marseille in the third week of June," said Claude Léostic, a spokesman for the campaign "a French boat to Gaza", during a press conference in Paris.
In May 2010, the French had participated in the first fleet, but not charter a boat.
"The mobilization in France has grown since the situation in Gaza is unbearable," said Claude Léostic, activists surrounded the campaigns in Spain, Sweden, Norway, Greece and Turkey.
"Several French officials, personalities from the world of entertainment and sports will board the French ship," she added, without wishing at this stage reveal their identities.
"The mobilization in France has grown since the situation in Gaza is unbearable," said Claude Léostic, activists surrounded the campaigns in Spain, Sweden, Norway, Greece and Turkey.
"Several French officials, personalities from the world of entertainment and sports will board the French ship," she added, without wishing at this stage reveal their identities.
The second fleet is expected to gather between 15 and 20 boats with 50 people aboard 60 different nationalities, according to activists, who said that the 1.5 million Gazans to 80% dependent on international aid and that more 60% of them were food insecure.
On May 31, 2010, pro-Palestinian activists had tried to break the blockade imposed on Gaza since 2006, aboard several ships. Nine Turkish passengers were killed when an Israeli commando raid against a Turkish ship in the fleet, raising a wave of international condemnation.
