Alwaght-The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) insists that Freedom Flotilla 3 will continue its voyage to Gaza despite the Israeli regimes act of piracy against Marianne boat that was leading the flotilla.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, a member of the ECESG Rami Abdo said that one additional ship will set sail from Greece within 48 hours.
Abdo called on Arab countries and the international community to take firm positions against the Israeli act of piracy in the Mediterranean.
The leader of the campaign Mazen Kahil said that the Freedom Flotilla will continue to sail till breaking the siege on Gaza.
He pointed out that Israeli hijacking of Marianne reveals Israel’s ugly image and its crime against humanity and peaceful activists,
The international coalition to support the Freedom Flotilla sent appeals to the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to protect the former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki who is among 18 other activists aboard Marianne which was intercepted by Israeli regime forces at dawn Monday.
The head of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza and founding member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition Zaher Birawi has confirmed in a press release on Monday that three boats of the Israeli navy had surrounded Marianne in international waters, while sailing approximately 100 nautical miles from Gaza coast.
Birawi said the Israeli regime officials announced that they had “visited and searched” Marianne, adding that they captured the boat and detained all on board “in international waters” as they admitted themselves.