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Palestinians: Libya sends ship to Gaza in bid to break blockade
By Haaretz Service and Reuters
Tags: Israel News, Gaza blockade 

Libya has recently sent a ship carrying 3,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Palestinian media outlets reported Wednesday, in an attempt to break the blockade Israel has imposed on the coastal territory.

The Palestine News Network reported on Tuesday that supplies were official aid from Libya, a state with which Israel has no diplomatic relations.

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he network quoted Libyan officials as saying that, "The Palestinians are starving from this attack.


"There is also political isolation and the media is ignoring the situation. This mission was not created to show our messages of solidarity, but to provide concrete assistance."

The International Middle East Media Center, a Palestinian news organization, quoted a Gaza official as calling on other Arab states to flout the blockade.

According to the organization, Jamal al-Khudary, the head of the Palestinian Popular Anti-Siege Committee protest, also said: "This ship is a practical measure against the siege... it is not for media consumption."

If the boat reaches Gaza, it will be the fourth to have done so since Israel imposed the blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory in response to cross-border rocket fire.

The boats that have sailed to Gaza until now have been manned by political activists. The reported Libyan voyage would constitute the first such one by a sovereign state.

Israel allows limited aid into Strip

Israel reopened its border crossings with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday, allowing in limited amounts of food and fuel.

It was the third time Israel opened the crossings since Nov. 4, when a deadly army raid into the coastal territory triggered a surge in rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

The violence has threatened a five-month-old truce along the Israel-Gaza frontier.

In addition to truckloads of food, Israel opened the crossings to gas for cooking and fuel for Gaza's sole power plant. Palestinian officials said the quantities were too small to alleviate the shortages.

The UN has warned of a looming humanitarian crisis if the crossings remained closed.

At a conference in Jerusalem, UN officials said the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip deteriorated in the course of 2008.

They estimated some 80 percent of Gaza's 1.5 million residents was dependent on food handouts.

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      1.   Stop it, screen it, and let it pass 10:05  |  David G 26/11/08
      2.   I Suppose That... 10:10  |  Yosemite 26/11/08
      3.   Deep-six it 10:23  |  JD 26/11/08
      4.   Bravo Libya 10:45  |  Walid 26/11/08
      5.   David G. If the ship is an "official" ship, 10:59  |  spyguy 26/11/08
      6.   a regular maritime vessel must observe international convention 11:07  |  victor hardman 26/11/08
      7.   Humanitarian bullets, rifles, antitank weapons yeah 11:45  |  x-ray 26/11/08
      8.   Thank YOU Libya, thank God the dollars did not blind you yet 11:46  |  Gisele 26/11/08
      9.   Good news 11:53  |  Steve_j 26/11/08
      10.   Got it there, Mr. Hardman 12:06  |  Murray 26/11/08
      11.   David G. - right to the point agree 100% 12:20  |  Taly 26/11/08
      12.   the same Lybia that threatened to crash a jetliner into Tel Aviv 12:22  |  PETER SM 26/11/08
      13.   Deliberate provocation. 12:26  |  Charles Smyth 26/11/08
      14.   WALID &GISELLE bombing Israeli civillians causes problems 12:27  |  PETER SM 26/11/08
      15.   bravo libya........ 12:53  |  Al Khansa 26/11/08
      16.   Peter Sm 13:02  |  Al Khansa 26/11/08
      17.   Correction to Post No.4 13:13  |  Walid 26/11/08
      18.   Re #16 13:13  |  Steve J 26/11/08
      19.   libyan response 13:21  |  JL 26/11/08
      20.   Well done, Libya 13:22  |  whodey 26/11/08
      21.   10 for all the cretins !! murray its called customs union 13:26  |  victor hardman 26/11/08
      22.   Al Khansa.Missiles from Gaza never stopped 13:37  |  PETER SM 26/11/08
      23.   #16 Al Khansa : why don`t you preach Hamas ? 13:38  |  tristan 26/11/08
      24.   After the success of the peacenik boats.... 14:09  |  Natallie Durson 26/11/08
      25.   Whodey re whopey Qhaddafi wants publicity not peace 14:19  |  PETER SM 26/11/08
      26.   NATALIE The boats have nothing to do with peace. 14:23  |  PETER SM 26/11/08
      27.   We prefer western aid than third world arab aid 14:44  |  Tamir Palestine 26/11/08
      28.   International law 14:46  |  Murray 26/11/08
      29.   I have the most awful things to say 15:23  |  Bitin Dawg 26/11/08
      30.   Escort it to Ashdod, 15:26  |  David Plane 26/11/08
      31.   Tamir, I agree, Kaddafi strings are not for the good 15:37  |  Simon 26/11/08
      32.   ...in an Egyptian port. 15:39  |  Peter 26/11/08
      33.   LIBYA: BE KIND, EVACUATE GAZA 16:12  |  Barry S. Roffman 26/11/08
      34.   Wow, Walid`s upset because Israel released people 16:15  |  Jacob Blues 26/11/08
      35.   We see the defining line of acceptable behaviour of Arab Leaders 16:22  |  Jacob Blues 26/11/08
      36.   #8 Thank you Libya! 16:29  |  John Allen 26/11/08
      37.   #10 Murray in Italy 16:37  |  John Allen 26/11/08
      38.   No, No, No 16:40  |  Angel 26/11/08
      39.   #28 There you go again ,Murray in Italy! 16:48  |  John Allen 26/11/08
      40.   #28 Murray - Milan 16:53  |  * BEN JABO 26/11/08
      41.   #32 Well said Jacob, cudos. 17:02  |  John Allen 26/11/08
      42.   qadafi is another ME kewl dresser!! whether in his bush jacket 17:20  |  or in mullah robes 26/11/08
      43.   Libya sends ship to Gaza 17:30  |  Vaclav Baloun Dvorak 26/11/08
      44.   David G. Workable, and plays to Israel`s strengths 17:33  |  Mark Lincoln 26/11/08
      45.   29Hey hypocritical bitin dawg of Tallahassee Florida... 18:30  |  bat yam 26/11/08
      46.   food shortage 18:53  |  Jasper 26/11/08
      47.   Terrible offense 19:02  |  Murray 26/11/08
      48.   Libyan Freighter sailing into Gaza. 19:03  |  Stephen. 26/11/08
      49.   40 jasper 19:09  |  Axel 26/11/08
      50.   2nd try c`mon Haaretz stop taking so many dinner breaks 19:24  |  Big Sur 26/11/08
      51.   Peace loving Palestinians in D West Bank have no food problem 20:36  |  Simon 26/11/08
      52.   Israel wouldn`t let any OTHER enemy ship into 20:37  |  Yaakov K. 26/11/08
      53.   Axel (#49) Do we have to Teach the Palestinians Everything 21:09  |  Gil 26/11/08
      54.   50 Big Sur - Mubarak Doing Bush`s Bidding 21:17  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/11/08
      55.   #12 Peter SM talking about Libyan Air Lines Flight 114?? 21:25  |  Ben Alofs 26/11/08
      56.   Axel (#49) Do we have to Teach the Palestinians Everything 21:42  |  Gil 26/11/08
      57.   #54 Mark of Lewiston 22:58  |  Big Sur 26/11/08
      58.   #55 Ben Alofs - Ever head of radar? 23:03  |  * BEN JABO 26/11/08
      59.   #52 Yaakov K Did you not hear--Libya is a new found friend 23:06  |  Labhras 26/11/08
      60.   #58 Ben Jabo 23:27  |  Ben Alofs 26/11/08
      61.   49 Axel. Your ignorance belies you. Get your facts straight. 23:27  |  bat yam 26/11/08
      62.   #59 Lahbras Say buddy listen try to read your info carefully 23:37  |  Big Sur 26/11/08
      63.   9 Axel. Your ignorance belies you. Get your facts straight. 23:54  |  bat yam 26/11/08
      64.   #60 Ben Alofs Howza about the `67 war? 00:53  |  * BEN JABO 27/11/08
      65.   Ben Alofs 55 - you left out the part 00:55  |  ChanahS 27/11/08
      66.   #49 Axel - No perhaps` 01:21  |  * BEN JABO 27/11/08
      67.   #6 vistor hardman 01:54  |  Jim 27/11/08
      68.   #8 Gisele 02:14  |  Jim 27/11/08
      69.   #4,#15,#16 Walid & Al Khansa 02:55  |  Jim 27/11/08
      70.   Ben Alofs - I have read the accident reports 02:56  |  Mark Lincoln 27/11/08
      71.   #19 JL 02:59  |  Jim 27/11/08
      72.   Ben Jabo - Ever heard of radar? 03:03  |  Mark Lincoln 27/11/08
      73.   Ben Alofs - you forgot about 03:05  |  Mark Lincoln 27/11/08
      74.   Forget Dana Reichraver - here is the real gouge 03:08  |  Mark Lincoln 27/11/08
      75.   #22 Peter SM 03:10  |  Jim 27/11/08
      76.   #24 Natalie Durson 03:19  |  Jim 27/11/08
      77.   #26 Peter SM 04:09  |  Jim 27/11/08
      78.   #29 Bitin Dawg 04:25  |  Jim 27/11/08
      79.   #37 John Allen 04:42  |  Jim 27/11/08
      80.   Mark of Lewiston - the big end run 04:49  |  Mark Lincoln 27/11/08
      81.   #43 Vaclav Baloun Dvorak 04:53  |  Jim 27/11/08
      82.   Mark of Lewiston - the situation now 04:55  |  Mark Lincoln 27/11/08
      83.   Simon Says: ...the West Doesn`t Use the Palestinians. 05:28  |  Reader 27/11/08
      84.   For once Libya is showing the right thing 10:04  |  christa 27/11/08
      85.   victor hardman 10:06  |  christa 27/11/08
      86.   It`s amazing a third world country like Libya shows Israel theway 19:29  |  Dutch 28/11/08
      87.   Block the ship 02:37  |  real vision 30/11/08
      88.   #72 Lincoln -Yes, I`ve heard of it 06:14  |  * BEN JABO 30/11/08
      89.   Dutch - Maybe Libya can show you the way 06:18  |  * BEN JABO 30/11/08
      90.   Libya sends ship to Gaza in bid to break blockade 03:40  |  Zarina Bhatia 02/12/08
      91.   #90 Zarina Bhatia UK 18:57  |  * BEN JABO 02/12/08
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