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Israeli Arab leaders vow to sail to Gaza to break blockade
By News Agencies
Tags: blockade, Jordan, Gaza 

Leaders of Israel's Arab community said Wednesday they'll head to Gaza on a boat laden with humanitarian aid to defy their government's blockade of the territory.

Zahi Nujeidat, a spokesman for Israel's Islamic Movement, said dozens of Arab Israelis will set sail Sunday from the Israeli port of Jaffa. It is the first such aid shipment sent from Israel.

A Qatari charity on Wednesday said it will send a ship with humanitarian aid to Gaza despite the Israeli blockade that prevented a Libyan boat from reaching the coastal strip.
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Abdallah Naema, executive director of Qatar Charity, said the organization didn't ask for Israeli permission to send a ship with activists, medicine and other aid for the Palestinians in Gaza.

Naema is quoted in a statement published by three Qatari newspapers on
Wednesday.

Israel has previously ordered back the Libyan aid ship. Naema expects a
similar order for his boat, but says his nonprofit organization is determined.

Qatar doesn't have a peace treaty with Israel, but the tiny Arab country hosts Israeli diplomats. Hamas officials, who rule Gaza, also visit Qatar.

Meanwhile, the leader of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood movement announced Tuesday that a group of Jordanian Islamists will set sail for the Gaza Strip from the Jordanian port of Aqaba on December 20 with the aim of breaking the siege of the Palestinian territory.

The decision was announced at a press conference attended by leaders of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood movement and its political arm, the Islamic Action Front (IAF).

The Brotherhood's leader, Hammam Saeed, said that the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip were being exposed to "a tragedy as represented by an appalling and inhuman blockade that had reached new proportions by preventing them from performing pilgrimage."

Gazan Muslims have been prevented from performing their obligatory pilgrimage, or Hajj, duties due to the ongoing blockade of Gaza and infighting between Hamas and Fatah, the two rival Palestinian factions.

Saeed urged Egypt to reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in order to allow thousands of pilgrims to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj rituals at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, due to begin on Saturday.

The Brotherhood leader also unveiled a series of activities and demonstrations to be launched throughout the country in the run-up to the ship's sailing on December 20.

On Monday Israeli authorities turned back a Libyan ship carrying humanitarian aid that had been bound for Gaza.

Earlier this year several vessels with foreign pro-Palestinian activists on board succeeded in docking at Gaza's seaport.

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      1.   They better bring supplies to needy Egypt or Libya 23:37  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/12/08
      2.   Hungry people don`t go on a pilgrimage or think about it 23:42  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/12/08
      3.   many islamists on one ship .... hmmm 23:42  |  Vitaly 02/12/08
      4.   Hey Israelis....do you ever think... 02:54  |  David James Vickery 03/12/08
      5.   72 mermaids? 04:32  |  17 03/12/08
      6.   No DJV we don`t think about it but you for sure do 04:47  |  Genuine Tosefta 03/12/08
      7.   No, Vickery 05:07  |  Stephen in New York 03/12/08
      8.   Is this one the President Warfield? 05:45  |  Mark Lincoln 03/12/08
      9.   Hard people 06:14  |  Avinash 03/12/08
      10.   The race that launched a thousand ships? 07:40  |  hala 03/12/08
      11.   #6 Pointy fingered Genuine Tosfeta and DJV 07:52  |  hala 03/12/08
      12.   Jordan a ?Western-oriented? country ? 08:25  |  Jean Van Daem 03/12/08
      13.   Avinash 08:30  |  Michael D. 03/12/08
      14.   Nice; Mark Lincoln now tries to equate Islamic Jihadists with 08:47  |  Jacob Blues 03/12/08
      15.   HALA How do those"captives"intend to go on the Haj? 11:56  |  PETER SM 03/12/08
      16.   Bockade Busting Ships to Gaza Port...! 12:28  |  Stephen. 03/12/08
      17.   Michael.D 12:47  |  Avinash 03/12/08
      18.   Considering... 13:22  |  Walid 03/12/08
      19.   : Avinash 13:30  |  lady from USA 03/12/08
      20.   Lady from the US 14:01  |  Walid 03/12/08
      21.   Heads up. The Arabs are getting really dangerous 14:59  |  Mark Lincoln 03/12/08
      22.   MOVE THE ILLEGAL SQUATTERS FROM ISRAEL 15:43  |  Petra 03/12/08
      23.   #11 Michael D. 15:49  |  Boycott 03/12/08
      24.   Correction MarkL they`re learning how to manipulate 16:06  |  x-ray 03/12/08
      25.   What impudence !!!! 17:12  |  Judy 03/12/08
      26.   Mark Lincoln mistakes bloodshed for peace 17:28  |  Jacob Blues 03/12/08
      27.   Consider This Walid 17:33  |  Jacob Blues 03/12/08
      28.   Mark Lincoln 17:35  |  Walid 03/12/08
      29.   Proper Response 17:50  |  Budding 03/12/08
      30.   During WW2, Could German-Americans sail to Berlin to deliver aid? 18:08  |  Arrest the Traitors 03/12/08
      31.   Left decries "settlers," but ignores "Israeli" Arab traitors 18:18  |  Yaakov K. 03/12/08
      32.   #22 Petra There is no place like home 18:23  |  Jim 03/12/08
      33.   At last at last at last 18:32  |  Tzfonit 03/12/08
      34.   During WW2, Could German-Americans sail to Berlin to deliver aid? 18:51  |  Mark Lincoln 03/12/08
      35.   Send humanitarian supplies with US Warships 18:56  |  Lou Medel 03/12/08
      36.   Let them in to Gaza 18:58  |  Arie 03/12/08
      37.   #21 Mark Lincoln This is where the Gulag ends 19:01  |  Jim 03/12/08
      38.   #11 hala 19:05  |  Lou Medel 03/12/08
      39.   They are not Israeli-Arab leaders... 19:10  |  Rami of Nazareth 03/12/08
      40.   Excellent 19:14  |  Jasper 03/12/08
      41.   Boats to Gaza 19:29  |  pamela 03/12/08
      42.   "a tragedy as represented by an appalling and inhuman 19:39  |  Akiva P 03/12/08
      43.   Tzfonit 19:43  |  Walid 03/12/08
      44.   let them go 19:58  |  Philippe 03/12/08
      45.   excellent let them stay in gaza 20:11  |  harzion 03/12/08
      46.   Arab MK to Gaza Blockade PLS free Gilad 20:31  |  mother from north 03/12/08
      47.   Let them go,Mossad has an agent among them for sure 20:38  |  Absolute Sweden 03/12/08
      48.   To Walid and Rami 20:57  |  Bin Musa 03/12/08
      49.   All Gaza has to do is to stop firing rockets 21:46  |  x-ray 03/12/08
      50.   Tzfonit? arab countries thzt have tried to break the seige: 22:33  |  egypt, lybia 03/12/08
      51.   18, Walid.....Considering 22:40  |  Gerald 03/12/08
      52.   Muslim religion should be banned! 23:34  |  Meishke 03/12/08
      53.   Make sure that they are not allowed back into Israel 23:35  |  S freedman 03/12/08
      54.   MEDELL The supplies get through the Gaza crossings. 23:38  |  PETER SM 03/12/08
      55.   Always ever ready to undermine the state,and get paid for it 23:46  |  S freedman 03/12/08
      56.   ONE WAY TO GAZA FOR TRAITORS 23:53  |  B Mezritch 03/12/08
      57.   WHY don`t these grandstaders give the supplies to the UNWRA? 00:54  |  PETER SM 04/12/08
      58.   Israel and the USA have the same problems. 03:28  |  John Allen 04/12/08
      59.   not quite sure what he have said 03:54  |  Capt Ahab 04/12/08
      60.   no where to go 04:14  |  Capt Ahab 04/12/08
      61.   not quite sure what he have said, part 2 04:28  |  Capt Ahab 04/12/08
      62.   An Option 05:01  |  Ron 04/12/08
      63.   People of Sinai are much poorer than people in Gaza 06:00  |  Zvi 04/12/08
      64.   Meishke 06:51  |  Avinash 04/12/08
      65.   Israeli Arabs to break blockade to Gaza 07:43  |  Fredy Ross 04/12/08
      66.   Bin Musa in Libnan 07:44  |  Tzfonit 04/12/08
      67.   UNRWA restrictions-Peter SM 08:03  |  mich 04/12/08
      68.   I am sailing, I am sailing, home again, cross the sea.... 09:43  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/12/08
      69.   #50 How long did it take them? 11:10  |  Tzfonit 04/12/08
      70.   MICH A refugee agency is not a diplomatic pouch 11:12  |  PETER SM 04/12/08
      71.   israel should separate from its arab population 11:30  |  harzion 04/12/08
      72.   #33, Tzfonit, what are you advocating? 11:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      73.   #69, Tzfonit 11:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      74.   #21, MarkL the Arabs are "learning to wage peace" 11:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      75.   #16, Stephen, excellent post 11:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      76.   where all this started 11:49  |  harzion 04/12/08
      77.   israel is hated in europe 11:53  |  harzion 04/12/08
      78.   doron almog a very able military officer 12:00  |  harzion 04/12/08
      79.   #76, harzion 12:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      80.   why the arabs in israel have become so cheeky 12:09  |  harzion 04/12/08
      81.   Avinash wake up 12:13  |  Jane 04/12/08
      82.   ms kohen it is not olmert`s presence that is the problem 12:18  |  harzion 04/12/08
      83.   Stephen`s theory #16 `Gazan`s sado masochism` 12:21  |  Roo 04/12/08
      84.   ms kohen "efforts in the north" 12:28  |  harzion 04/12/08
      85.   who are the arab blockade breakers targeting 12:31  |  harzion 04/12/08
      86.   #11 Hala 12:38  |  in der Tat 04/12/08
      87.   Hello Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:38  |  Tzfonit 04/12/08
      88.   arab treatment of palestinians 12:44  |  harzion 04/12/08
      89.   #82, harzion 12:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      90.   when israel closded the border with gaza 12:47  |  harzion 04/12/08
      91.   qatar tries to break the blockade 12:50  |  harzion 04/12/08
      92.   It Depends On The Last Port Of Departure 12:54  |  Jeff Northridge 04/12/08
      93.   let palestinians try and emigrate to saudia arabia 12:57  |  harzion 04/12/08
      94.   #87, Tzfonit 13:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      95.   Tzfonit/cjk and `collective punishment` 13:16  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/12/08
      96.   Hey Cipora 13:47  |  Tzfonit 04/12/08
      97.   Jasmine Murphy 13:52  |  Tzfonit 04/12/08
      98.   Tzfonit # 87 Collective Punishment 14:02  |  Jeff Northridge 04/12/08
      99.   Israel had better revise her strategy on Gaza quick... 14:04  |  tristan 04/12/08
      100.   #94 CJK.`blockade and collective punishment` 14:05  |  Roo 04/12/08
      101.   JUST TO MAKE SURE 14:10  |  indrajaya 04/12/08
      102.   Tzfonit, 96-97, basic needs are not denied 14:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/12/08
      103.   Jasmine Murphy #95 and "our propensity to mercy" 14:25  |  Roo 04/12/08
      104.   To David James Vickery - Palestine ..... 14:39  |  Onlooker 04/12/08
      105.   Tzfonit 14:53  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/12/08
      106.   Roo 14:55  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/12/08
      107.   Roo # 100 Those Politicians Don`t Know The Law 15:16  |  Jeff Northridge 04/12/08
      108.   Jasmine Murphy #106 15:47  |  Roo 04/12/08
      109.   Tzfonit, Arabs used the Palestinians to divert attention 16:08  |  Simon D.Weaver 04/12/08
      110.   Roo, if you`d like to see some real examples 16:15  |  T 04/12/08
      111.   Jasmine Murphy #106 16:17  |  Roo 04/12/08
      112.   dont give up... 16:25  |  ravi 04/12/08
      113.   #4 Vickery....the rest of the world 16:26  |  Lynn 04/12/08
      114.   tristan # 99 Trust But Verify 16:32  |  Jeff Northridge 04/12/08
      115.   Walid....Considering Hamas is trying 16:34  |  Lynn 04/12/08
      116.   Israeli Arab leaders vow to sail to Gaza to break blockade ? 17:09  |  Akram Zekaria 04/12/08
      117.   Roo and the quality of mercy 17:20  |  Jasmine Murphy 04/12/08
      118.   Well, they can`t .... 17:32  |  Angel 04/12/08
      119.   Well it looked like a good idea at the time. 17:54  |  Dan 04/12/08
      120.   Roo, if you`d like to see some real examples 18:16  |  Tzfonit 04/12/08
      121.   roo and the killer of sabra chatilla 18:35  |  harzion 04/12/08
      122.   Walid 19:02  |  mariapalestina 04/12/08
      123.   Jasmine Murphy 19:51  |  Roo 04/12/08
      124.   Tzfonit "as restrained as Israel" #117 19:54  |  Roo 04/12/08
      125.   #86 Bought land 20:16  |  hala 04/12/08
      126.   My money`s on them being stopped 20:31  |  Colin Wright 04/12/08
      127.   102~ You forget about the tunnels Cipora ! 21:29  |  Akram Zekaria 04/12/08
      128.   Colin wrong again your helots are among our bosses 21:44  |  x-ray 04/12/08
      129.   Why don`t they break the Egyptian siege of Gaza? 22:07  |  Jewboy 04/12/08
      130.   Hala why do you need ships? Just drive... 22:16  |  Jewboy 04/12/08
      131.   hala # 118 Let`s Get A Few Things Straight 22:37  |  Jeff Northridge 04/12/08
      132.   #118 Hala 22:45  |  in der Tat 04/12/08
      133.   #4 David James been there since Moses 22:54  |  Big Sur 04/12/08
      134.   #1`0 Hala isn`t it odd, they have enough Quassams in Gaza 22:57  |  Big Sur 04/12/08
      135.   #113 sorry Jordan is WHAAT? 23:01  |  Big Sur 04/12/08
      136.   118 Hala do your research again plz 23:18  |  Big Sur 04/12/08
      137.   #126 Even so... 01:19  |  hala 05/12/08
      138.   #127 No "but on the other hand"--theft is theft 01:30  |  hala 05/12/08
      139.   They want a "do-over" 02:36  |  Former PeaceNow 05/12/08
      140.   People in the US will cheer them on.... 07:17  |  Dutch 05/12/08
      141.   Justice 10:21  |  Torquemada 05/12/08
      142.   Sink Terror Boat If it Violates Israel`s Waters 10:29  |  Baruch Gold 05/12/08
      143.   130~ Big Sur. "look it up". I looked it and.. 11:57  |  Akram Zekaria 05/12/08
      144.   #132 hala 15:12  |  in der Tat 05/12/08
      145.   #132 hala continued 15:26  |  in der Tat 05/12/08
      146.   128, I think David#4 was referring to the mass migration 00:32  |  lydia 06/12/08
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