'The European Campaign': Funds are secured for the first three ships of the fleet of 'Freedom 2'
Brussels- June 2 - 2010
The "European Campaign to End Siege on Gaza", announced that it already obtain the funding of the first three ships of the new fleet which will go to the Gaza Strip, which will be named "fleet of Freedom 2", related to the name of the First Fleet, who was exposed to piracy and a bloody massacre by Israel against the peace activists on board.
Dr. Arafat Madi, president of the Campaign, one of the founders of the fleet of freedom’s coalition, said in a statement:" The extensive calls are taking place to launch a new fleet to the Gaza Strip, involving many ships, will be carrying on board more aid and more peace activists than “Freedom 1” which was carrying ten thousand tons of aid and hundreds of peace activists from more than forty countries around the world.
Madi added, “following the massacre committed by Israeli forces against the peace activists on board the fleet of freedom, in regional and international territorial waters; Arab, Islamic, European and Western calls increased to form a fleet, larger than “freedom1”, in clear defiance by the liberals of the world, who rose up around the world to condemn the horrible massacr and against the Israeli arrogance.
The President of the European Campaign , the Brussels-based, confirmed that the “fleet of Freedom 2” is expected to start sailing in the coming weeks, adding that it would be larger inthe quantity and quality than “fleet of Freedom 1”, and would be formed by the will of the free world to break the Israeli unjust siege on Gaza.
Dr. Madi didn’t rule out the semi-official participation in the new fleet sailing to the Gaza Strip, especially from the Turkish side, which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will continue to provide aid and assistance to the Gaza Strip at all costs.
Referred in this regard that the fleet of “freedom” which the Israeli military forces have seized six ships of it, The fleet of “Freedom 1” consisted of six ships which are: A cargo ship funded by Kuwait raising the flag of Turkey and Kuwait, A cargo ship funded by Algeria, and a cargo ship funded by Europe from Sweden and Greece, and 3 vessels to transport passengers; one of the boats is named "boat 8000" taking after the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The fleet settled with carrying 750 participants from more than 60 countries, although it had received dozens of requests for participation. Meanwhile 44 governmental, parliamentary, political, European, and Arab officials will be among the participants in the fleet, including ten Algerian MEPs.
The ships of the fleet also carry more than 10 thousand tons of medical supplies, building materials, timber, 100 prefab houses to shelter tens of thousands of people who lost their homes during the Israeli war on Gaza in early 2009, it also carries 500 electric vehicles for the handicapped, especially since the recent war that left nearly 600 disabled people in Gaza.
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