Greece prohibit the Freedom Flotilla sailing to Gaza

Greece - After a delayed one week from the date of departure should be, due to
the sabotage of two ships and the pressure on the U.S. ship by the Israel Law Center is politically motivated, finally on Friday (01/07/2011) The U.S. boat to Gaza decided Friday to compel Greek government to remove the fleet from Greece toward Gaza.

Before leaving the territorial waters of Greece, they were surrounded by a Greek coast guard and forced to return to port. In addition, the Canadian ships are still docked in Athens, said that the Office of the President had ordered the confiscation of their vessels.

At the same time, Greece's cabinet allegedly made the decision to keep from the Freedom Flotilla left Greece. The sound comes in the midst of economic crises and domestic politics in Greece, apart from that pressure also came from the U.S. and Israel to stop the fleet went to Gaza.

Organizers U.S. ship to join the Freedom Flotilla Gaza also decided to challenge
the authority of Greece and sailed out of port and into international waters. But they were intercepted and escorted back to the port of Greece.

Greek authorities still have not given permission to sail. Organizers say they have met all requests to inspect their boats and who have been regarded as seaworthy and that external pressure on Greece is politically motivated.

Earlier on Thursday (30 / 6) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked
the prime minister of Greece and world leaders who have helped Israel in working to stop the flotilla.

Greek and Irish boat boats have been damaged while the U.S. ships were detained by Greek authorities at the port of Piraeus, where the organizers of the fleet revealed the presence of an attempt by Israel to undermine the flotilla.

As is known, the Freedom Flotilla is a humanitarian assistance mission aimed at breaking the Israeli siege in Gaza four years and brings attention to the suffering people of Gaza. 80% of whom are refugees of Israel's house a house robbery. People in Gaza are isolated by the Israeli military occupation since the closure of the border either by air, land and sea.