The Free Gaza Movement ship Spirit of Humanity, with 29 activists from Greece, the UK, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, Iraq and France on board, leaves Monday for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.
Coordinator of the mission and Free Gaza Movement representative Vangelis Pissias said that the effort to travel to the Gaza Strip comes after the attack against the movements vessel Dignity and after the destructive operation of the Israelis against the people of Gaza.
He said that we cannot remain indifferent, adding that their message is that human beings have to help other people when they suffer and they are in pain. Pissias said that no offensive against this mission is justified and that if Israel wants to live peacefully in the Mediterranean, it will have to consider some rules, morals and values.
He also noted that there have been threats against the mission, adding that they have received a note which defines the area which Israel has declared as war zone, approximately 20 nautical miles south of Gaza.
Responding to a question, he said that they will try to enter Gaza through the normal way and will not provoke anybody.
Member of Greek opposition PASOK party (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) Sofia Sakorafa said that activists know about the diplomatic note which the Republic of Cyprus has received from Israel to prevent the sailing of the ship and added that the mission was informed by the Cyprus government about the issue.
He said that the Israelis had no right to put pressure on the Cyprus government regarding the sailing of the ship, adding that we do not intend to cause any trouble, we are just transporting humanitarian aid, doctors and media, we are not terrorists.
