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Palestine | InternationalIsrael Warning to Gaza Blockade-Busters
GAZA CITY — The Israeli navy prevented on Monday, December 1, a Libyan aid ship from sailing into Gaza, sending a clear warning to Arabs not to try to break its long-running suffocating siege of the impoverished territory. "Israel does not want the Libyan ship to be the first episode in a series of Arab support ships to Gaza," Adnan Abu-Amer, a Palestinian analyst, told IslamOnline.net.
Israeli warships earlier in the day prevented the Libyan cargo vessel Al-Marwa, laden with 3,000 tones of urgently-needed aid, from sailing into the Gaza Strip. The ship was stopped several kilometers off Gaza shores and ordered to return to the Egyptian port of El-Arish. "This is an attempt to reinforce the stifling siege imposed on Gazans," MP Jamal Khodary who heads the Anti-Siege Campaign, told IOL. Despite international criticism, Israel remains adamant on closing all commercial crossings with the densely populated Gaza Strip, home of 1.6 million. More
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