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Israel
asks UN to help block planned Gaza flotilla
Saturday April 02, 2011 03:28:52 PM,
Reuters
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Jerusalem:
Israel asked the United Nations on Friday to help prevent activists
sailing to Gaza on the first anniversary of the bloody Israeli
seizure of a Turkish ship that tried to reach the blockaded
Palestinian enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office quoted him
telling UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that a mission of around 15
ships expected in late May “was being organized by extremist
elements, among others, with the goal of creating a provocation and
bringing about a flare-up.”
The Free Gaza Movement, a
pro-Palestinian activist umbrella group, said the May flotilla would
comprise 15 ships with international passengers including Europeans
and Americans.
“We sail not just for Gaza,” the group said in a March 31 posting on
its website. “We sail to confront an entire apartheid regime that
must be dismantled through citizen action.” Citing security needs,
the Israeli navy stopped a six-vessel flotilla in international
waters on May 31, 2010 as it tried to reach Gaza.
Marines killed nine Turkish activists in melees aboard the lead
ship, fraying Israel’s once-strong ties to Ankara.
Israel has since eased commercial traffic over its land crossings
with Gaza, many of whose 1.5 million Palestinians are aid-dependant,
but still keeps close control of the sea access.
Regarding the new sailing, Netanyahu said Israel was “committed to
acting firmly against the flotilla,” according to the statement. It
did not say what the prime minister expected the United Nations to
do.
The Free Gaza Movement has called the blockade illegal and flagged
persistent Palestinian poverty in the territory. It has championed
non-violent political action in a comprehensive challenge to Israel.
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