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Last update - 00:00 28/08/2008 Blockade-busters sail from Gaza, with 7 Palestinians By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press Tags: activists, blockade, Cyprus  Two boats run by the pro-Palestinian Free Gaza group sailed back to Cyprus from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, carrying seven Palestinians, including five children. One of them is a 10-year-old boy who lost a leg to an Israeli tank shell. The boy, accompanied by his father, hopes to be fitted with an artificial leg abroad. Initially, the group had also planned to take 12 Palestinian students who have been accepted to foreign universities but barred from leaving Gaza by Israel. However, that plan was dropped when it turned out that the students had no visas for the countries in which they sought to study. Advertisement The group's goal in organizing the voyages was to break the Israeli siege of Gaza, and a few of the activists decided to stay in Gaza to organize local support for additional such trips. Those who sailed - most of the several dozen activists - said the boats left Gaza's territorial waters with no interference from the Israel Navy. Bookmark to del.icio.us   The closest thing to war Israel's strike on Gaza is near as it gets to a war with Hamas. Israel seeks support As it confronts terror, Israel expects understanding of the international community.   1.   predicition 07:36  |  vik 29/08/08   2.   Proof of their antisemitism 08:17  |  Binyamin Dissen 29/08/08   3.   "BUSTERS"??? They sailed unopposed to Gaza !! 10:03  |  PETER SM 29/08/08   4.   Cyprus shuttle needs to become permanent 10:05  |  Chanalau, Tova 29/08/08   5.   Why "antisemitism", Binyamin Dissen # 2 10:50  |  Clickfool 29/08/08   6.   Condoms for the Natives? 10:52  |  FOX 29/08/08   7.   For Peter SM # 3 10:56  |  Clickfool 29/08/08   8.   As long as we`re not responsible for them 11:02  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/08/08   9.   Why not put all of the Arab terrorists on boats to Cyprus? 11:03  |  Dani 29/08/08   10.   To no 5 11:13  |  dvora 29/08/08   11.   Oh no, Clickidiot you`re talking about what Hamas did to Shalit 11:30  |  x-ray 29/08/08   12.   Too little 11:31  |  Dr D 29/08/08   13.   #4 tova the bad and misinformation about cyprus 11:59  |  vhardman 29/08/08   14.   My apologies # 7 12:30  |  Clickfool 29/08/08   15.   # 2 to binyamin dissen re: huh? 12:32  |  eric 29/08/08   16.   # 3 to peters m re: "busters" 12:34  |  eric 29/08/08   17.   # 9 to dani re: peace 13:10  |  eric 29/08/08   18.   # 10 to dvora re: "antisemites" 13:38  |  eric 29/08/08   19.   Interesting that israel has let this ship go but has fired 14:04  |  lakshmi 29/08/08   20.   No blockade and no busters but questions asked 15:05  |  H.H.M. 29/08/08   21.   No blockade and no busters but questions asked 15:05  |  H.H.M. 29/08/08   22.   prediction 15:16  |  dave 29/08/08   23.   Give them big boats to empty Gaza, hahaha 17:19  |  maurice 29/08/08   24.   A better question is 17:44  |  Dave Duncan 29/08/08   25.   "Hate Israel", "Anti semitic"? ..are you that desperate? 06:20  |  Gray 30/08/08   26.   Dave Duncan; A Good Question.... 06:50  |  Gray 30/08/08   27.   Dave D. Clearification to earlier post 06:54  |  Gray 30/08/08   28.   The Time is Now! 20:09  |  Nor-min 30/08/08   29.   Re Blockade-busters 19:18  |  Maria 27/12/08

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