Tag Archives: Free Gaza Movement

Press intimidation, frivolous lawfare, and sabotage, it’s hasbarapocalypse

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Eric Verlo

You’re looking at an underwater photo of the starboard propeller of the passenger ship “Juliano” berthed in Piraeus, Greece, waiting to sail with the “Stay Human” Freedom Flotilla II departing soon to break the siege of Gaza. Reports of sabotage … Continue reading →

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Gaza we are coming

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Plans are once again underway for another attempt to run the blockade of Gaza. Two ships are set to sail from Lebanon today or tomorrow, despite intimidation from Israel –which worked to prevent the aid ship INFANTS OF GAZA scheduled … Continue reading →

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Accounting for IDF missing intelligence

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Eric Verlo

The results of Israel’s self-investigation of the Mavi Marmara Massacre are in: surprise, the IDF commandos did no wrong, but were set back by a deficiency of intelligence. It’s what many of us were already thinking, but there’s another punchline … Continue reading →

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MV Rachel Corrie outsmarts Israeli navy, Hasbara pundits, US media, itself

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Eric Verlo

All eyes are on the MV Rachel Corrie, but where are the pictures?! There hasn’t been a photograph of the relief ship since she left Ireland, even then in darkness. Worrying everyone that her attempt to run the Gaza blockade … Continue reading →

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Flotilla video evidence escapes Israel, IDF has to conduct pantie raids now

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Norman Finkelstein mentioned anticipated photographic footage that may have escaped confiscation by Israel which has been monopolizing the narrative with their selective accounts. A released Irish activist recounts how nonviolent resistance on the Challenger allowed time for an Australian journalist … Continue reading →

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Which was more awesome: power of nonviolence, or right of self-defense?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Give praise to Allah where praise is due   As the Freedom Flotilla made its slow approach last week, a popular Huffpo article pronounced the convoy a testament to the awesome power of nonviolence. That sentiment went about as viral … Continue reading →

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Flotilla not a Love Boat, it was a lynch, says Netanyahu, describing beating of IDF soldiers, not deaths of aid workers

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Eric Verlo

What’s a lynch? I find it intriguing that Israel’s spin machine can drop an American pop culture reference like Love Boat, and simultaneously flub basic usage with “a lynch.” According to Israel, that describes what befell their crack-troop Mavi Marmara … Continue reading →

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Israeli pirates commandeer Freedom Flotilla, kill, injure, unarmed activists

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Although it had turned away from the coast, Israeli commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla at 4am. Turkish TV is reporting two dead, thirty injured on the 600 passenger ship Mavi Marmara.   UPDATE: Israeli media reports 10 deaths, ships … Continue reading →

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Hello London, Hello London. Warships hailing convoy in international waters

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Eric Verlo

AT 23:00GMT, two Israeli ships are approaching IHH Mavi Marmara, drones heard overhead, satellite connection becoming interrupted. Passengers have donned life jackets, some prepare gas masks, maybe equipment Israel may prefer not reach Gaza. Descending on Freedom Flotilla: one large … Continue reading →

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As navy stalks Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Israeli measures already effective

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Eric Verlo

First among the Israeli navy’s expressed strategies to confront the international relief convoy approaching Gaza was to “pick off the participants before they could join the convoy.” Today only five of intended nine ships have made it to the rendezvous. … Continue reading →

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Unusual mechanical failures delay, but fail to scuttle, Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Eric Verlo

First the MV Rachel Corrie suffered a breakdown shortly after leaving port. Then the Challenger I lost its steering mechanism and another Greek ship has to return to port. Though derided by Israeli critics as “tin buckets,” the ships had … Continue reading →

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The Gazan People’s Front or People’s Front of Gaza less funny than Nazirene

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Eric Verlo

A Gaza Flotilla PR mishap, as minor as a participant speaking out of place, was seized upon by one reporter to suggest rivalry between co-sponsors of the relief convoy due to convene Saturday at Gaza’s door. When an interviewee said … Continue reading →

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla sea rendezvous

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Two vessels from the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid convoy met up this morning between the Aegean Islands of Amorgos and Astypalaia. The Swedish/Greek cargo Ship To Gaza FREE MEDITERRANEAN (formerly the Sofia) is now cruising along side the SFENDONI, a passenger … Continue reading →

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Live webcam on Gaza Freedom Flotilla Turkish passenger ship Mavi Marmara

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Eric Verlo

GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA- DAY TWO. You can follow events from a live webcam on the Turkish passenger ship MAVI MARMARA, with camera pointing over bow. The Swedish/Greek cargo ship SOFIA is still livestreaming her loading in Athens. We await details … Continue reading →

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Relief convoy to bring media Armada

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Eric Verlo

What this Freedom Flotilla has over previous relief efforts like the Viva Palestina caravans is a momentum building in the international press. It’s the big ship effect that works for gunship diplomacy, brought to bear this time to enforce social … Continue reading →

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T -6 for humanitarian convoy to Gaza

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Eric Verlo

FREEDOM FLOTILLA UPDATE- As the MV Rachel Corrie steams past the Straits of Gibraltar, loading operations quicken in Istanbul and Athens and Gaza. Israel announces a counter-protest fleet to carry banners which finger Hamas and harangue Turkey for its Armenian … Continue reading →

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Freedom Flotilla video streaming so far

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Freedom Flotilla organizers have released video of the Rachel Corrie’s setting sail from Ireland, presaging I hope, improved visual coverage of the Gaza blockade- running expedition. The Israel navy’s past successful repulsions have been executed in darkness, eluding damning visuals, … Continue reading →

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John Pilger: Gaza flotilla is one of most important direct actions of our lifetime

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Still waiting for aerial photos of MV Rachel Corrie leaving Ireland for the Mediterranean. Feel like you’re missing out? This quote from Journalist-superstar John Pilger won’t help: “The Freedom Flotilla is one of the most important direct actions of my … Continue reading →

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Freedom Flotilla flagship off to Gaza

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Eric Verlo

The rechristened MV Rachel Corrie sails today from Dundalk, Ireland, to join the Freedom Flotilla intent on running the blockade of Gaza. Israel is already warning Cyprus against allowing the humanitarian convoy to shelter in its ports, rehearsing plans to … Continue reading →

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla building steam

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Eric Verlo

The Free Gaza Movement’s FREEDOM FLOTILLA III is assembling itself ship by ship at European ports. Departure is set for later this month. You can already track the passenger ship MS Mavi Marmara and cargo ships Gazze, Sofia and MV … Continue reading →

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MV Rachel Corrie to run Gaza blockade

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Final preparations are underway at Brown’s Quay in Dundalk, Ireland, to launch the Free Gaza Movement‘s next run against Israel’s blockade of Gaza. FGM were able to acquire the 1,800 ton MV Linda impounded by the ITF for failure to … Continue reading →

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Where is humanitarian airlift for Gaza?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Eric Verlo

    When the Soviet Union laid siege to West Berlin in 1947, the Western powers mounted a famous airlift to supply the city’s inhabitants for ten months until the siege was broken. At its height, the Berlin Airlift hauled … Continue reading →

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