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Commentary Cyprus says will not allow Gaza-bound aid ship Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Gaza-bound aid ship aims to leave Lebanon on Sunday Thu, Aug 19 2010 Timeline: Gaza since the end of a truce with Israel Tue, Aug 17 2010 Israel wasn't ready for flotilla resistance: general Wed, Aug 11 2010 Iran plans help to Lebanon army as U.S. locks aid Wed, Aug 11 2010 Libya to fund Gaza homes after Israel approves aid Tue, Aug 10 2010 Analysis & Opinion U.S. lawmakers wonder, where did our love go? with Turkey Related Topics World » NICOSIA | Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:55pm EDT NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus will not allow a ship carrying women activists and aid for the blockaded Palestinian territory of Gaza to sail from its ports, the island's police said on Friday. Women activists said they planned to take aid to Gaza next week and their vessel, the Mariam, would set sail from Lebanon for Cyprus on Sunday. Israel has said it will not allow ships to reach Gaza, controlled by the militant Palestinian group Hamas since 2007. Nine pro-Palestinian Turks were killed on May 31 when Israeli commandos boarded a flotilla of aid vessels heading for Gaza. "Our position is clear. The arrival and departure of vessels to or from Gaza via Cyprus ports is prohibited and we will implement that decision," Cypriot police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos told Reuters. In New York, Israel's U.N. Ambassador Gabriela Shalev sent a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and her Russian counterpart Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, president of the Security Council this month, complaining about the aid ship and the reported approval of its departure by Lebanon. Shalev said the organizers were "individuals with suspected ties to the Hezbollah terrorist organization" who intended to break through the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Israel fought a 34-day war against Lebanese Hezbollah militants in the summer of 2006. "In addition, there exists other information that an additional ship, the Naji al-Ali, will depart from a Lebanese port with the intention of violating the aforementioned naval blockade," she said in the letter, obtained by Reuters. "Such confrontational actions by the organizers of these vessels, as well as those that offer their consent, is deeply troubling and requires the attention of the international community," Shalev added. Cyprus was used as a launch pad for activists to reach Gaza by sea from 2008 until mid-2009. Authorities introduced a ban last year, citing the island's national interests. Yasser Qashlaq, an organizer of the Mariam expedition, was undeterred, saying the vessel would still leave Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli on Sunday evening. Qashlaq said Cyprus had no right to stop ships sailing to Gaza and would need to explain any ban in writing. He said on Thursday that Lebanese authorities had given permission for the Mariam to sail to Cyprus. Lebanon does not authorize ships to sail directly to Gaza because it is in a formal state of war with Israel, which controls Gaza waters. Israel eased its Gaza blockade after an angry international backlash to its lethal seizure of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in May. It has said it has the right to use "all necessary means" to bar ships from reaching Gaza. (Additional reporting by Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations; Writing by Michele Kambas and Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Jerry Norton) World Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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