AhlulBayt News Agency - The International Committee to Break the Siege of Gaza said that the Greek Port Authority is concocting justifications to prevent launching the fifth Freedom Flotilla boat and that it thoroughly checked the boat's papers on Sunday and postponed its launching.
The International Committee said that this is a deliberate act aimed at preventing the boat from reaching the four other boats (small ships) that are waiting in the international waters to head to Gaza.
Head of the International Committee Zaher Birawi said in a press statement that this will not negatively affect Freedom Flotilla; because most of its objectives have already been achieved so far and he affirmed that the fifth boat will reach Gaza as soon as possible.
Birawi revealed that political leaders in the ruling party in Greece are trying to remove these fabricated obstacles.
In this context, Birawi called for more popular and official pressure to break Israel's unjust blockade on Gaza, and demanded all pro-Palestinian committees and institutions to stage sit-ins in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla in front of the Israeli embassies all around the world and to increase pressure on Israel by all possible means.
The last group of activists, who are waiting for sailing permission, consists of 20 participants including two Jordanian MPs, a Spanish member of the European Parliament, a South African university professor and others.
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