Although Israel says it plans to stop this mission, the aim is clear and should be warmly supported:
The biggest attempt by international aid groups to break the Israeli siege on the Gaza… Strip has gotten underway.
Nine ships under the banner, Freedom Flotilla, began their journey to Gaza on Saturday, despite warnings from Israel that… they will be stopped… for “breaching Israeli law”.
The vessels are carrying… 5,000 tonnes of reconstruction materials, school supplies and medical equipment.
The biggest of the nine ships set off from Istanbul, Turkey,… heading to the south western city of Antalya where… two other Turkish ships will be waiting to join the convoy.
The three… ships will then travel to the waters off Athens and Crete to rendezvous with the other six, before making the four-day journey to Gaza.