Marmara to return to Gaza in May
Vessel involved in deadly raid in May 2010 scheduled to take part in another flotilla to Gaza Strip next month, IHH declares. Total of 15 ships to participate in 'Freedom flotilla 2'
Elior Levy
Published: 04.07.11, 15:30 / Israel News
The Marmara ship which was involved in the deadly IDF raid last May is scheduled to return to Israel as part of the "Freedom flotilla 2" next month, head of the IHH Bülent Yildirim said Thursday.
The flotilla is slated to depart in the second half of the month of May. "What happened in last year's flotilla will not affect us or the next flotilla," Yildirim said. He noted that the Marmara will depart from Europe and will carry artists, journalists and politicians. The organizers claim more than 15 vessels are slated to take part in the flotilla.
Israel never should have returned any of the ships involved in flotillas to Gaza.
I hope Israel learns it's lesson this time around, seize every ship. Sell them and take the funds and divide the amount of the sales first to those soldiers that were wounded and then to all the soldiers that assaulted the ships.
Israel must also declare war on the groups behind the flotillas and hunt down the leaders and kill them.
