Date: 19 / 06 / 2009 Time: 10:20 www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38666

Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Free Gaza movement will set sail on 25 June with 15
tons of cement, a material strictly prohibited entry into the area by
Israeli crossing authorities.

"We are putting Israel on notice that they cannot continue to starve a
population into submission and deny them basic building materials to
rebuild," said a statement from the Free Gaza movement, "And we put Israel
on notice that they cannot continue to make money on their occupation of
Gaza by forcing supplies to come through their portals and charging for
them."

According to organizers the June voyage will be the first of three summer
deliveries, the second and third of which the group hopes to sail a cargo
ship into the area carrying large loads of materials for reconstruction. The
voyages are set for July and August, the last to mark the first year
anniversary of the first successful Gaza ship convoy.

Crew on the first voyage, according to organizers, include Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate Mairead Maguire, former US Congressional Representative Cynthia
McKinney, 84-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein and representatives
from 17 countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar. "The oldest
passenger is 84 and the youngest is 23," a statement from the group said.

If Israel would have done just that by now it would all be over and a distant memory.