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Israel blocks bid by Arab MPs to break Gaza blockade
AFP - Monday, December 8
JERUSALEM, (AFP) - - Israeli security forces boarded a boat in the port of Jaffa on Sunday to prevent a bid by Arab members of parliament to deliver aid to Gaza in defiance of a crippling blockade.
"We were preparing to set sail for the Gaza Strip to deliver hundreds of kilogrammes (pounds) of medicines and basic goods and the maritime police stopped us weighing anchor," said Israeli Arab MP Ahmed Tibi.
"The Israeli authorities allow the settlers to do what they want to the Palestinians in the West Bank but at the same time they stop us providing humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip. We remain determined to provide it," Tibi added.
Other Israeli Arab MPs, including Taleb al-Sana and Mohammed Barakah, were also on board the vessel along with Jewish left-wingers and peace activists.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confrimed that the boat had been prevented from leaving the marina.
"Three Israelis from the Galilee who had brought a lorry-load of food and medicine to the dock were detained for questioning," he added.
Israel has imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip since the Islamist Hamas movement seized control of the aid-dependent territory in June last year.
It has tightened the blockade since an eruption of cross-border violence on November 4, allowing in food and fuel on just four days in as many weeks.
Last week, Israeli warships prevented a Libyan cargo vessel laden with 3,000 tonnes of goods from reaching Gaza in the first attempt by a foreign government to break its blockade.
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