PRESS Campaign Heading for Gaza - Second Freedom Flotilla Madrid, April 5, 2011
The next May will depart on about 15 boats that make up the Second Fleet of Liberty, an international coalition of 25 countries whose aim is to break and end the illegal blockade that Israel submitted to the Gaza Strip since 2006. More than a million and half people have a collective punishment that has been denounced by the United Nations, the European Union and the world's leading humanitarian agencies . From the English State chartered a ship that will join the expedition, English activists and humanitarian cargo onboard. The presence of this ship in the Second Fleet of Liberty has been made possible by the Campaign Heading for Gaza, a move that has obtained a deep support of society as evidenced by the 2,000 citizens and 200 organizations have joined the same. Both Campaign Heading for Gaza and the Second Fleet of Liberty are absolutely legal initiatives carried out in view of the whole society in an exercise in transparency and democratic accountability. The volunteers who participate in the Campaign Heading for Gaza and the Second Fleet of Liberty are covered and protected by their national law and by international cooperation and protection of Human Rights, legislation that has been recognized and accepted as their own home countries .
Despite the legality and transparency of both initiatives, the State of Israel has recognized the creation of a mechanism for spying on the organizations and individuals involved in them. This information has been published by major international media and by the Israeli press itself . Senior Israel Army have confirmed the accuracy of the literature. In addition, the Israeli army has begun to design a specific operating for a possible collision of vessels, similar to that carried out last May 31, 2010 in international waters the First Fleet and Liberty that killed nine aid workers and wounded 50 others. The Israeli offensive against the Second Fleet of Liberty also has moved into the diplomatic level. Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has informed the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, its determination that the issue must be stopped. In addition, the State of Israel has begun a strategy of pressure on the governments to which they belong vessels comprising the fleet to prevent his departure.
Also in the English State are experiencing harassment and harassment of the volunteers who work in the Campaign Heading for Gaza: police follow unwarranted spying, threats, etc. Even elected officials who work in defending the rights of the Palestinian people as the mayor of Madrid in Leganés, Rafael Gómez Montoya, have received death threats . These and other safety issues should have been treated requested a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trinidad Jimenez, and grounds that are not logged scheduling problems. For all these reasons and reiterating the humanitarian, non-violent and legal of the Second Fleet of Liberty, from the Campaign Heading for Gaza want to make the following through this press release:
1. urge the Government of Spain to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of people working and / or collaborate with the Campaign Heading for Gaza, against the actions of spying and harassment recognized by the State of Israel.
2. urge the Government of Spain to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of English citizens who board the Second Fleet of Liberty on their way to the coast of Gaza, and use all mechanisms available to deter a democratic state like ours to avoid collision and prevent loss of life.
3. ask the state attorney's office and will act in diligence to clarify who is being spied upon and by whom they are being spied on to see if Israel's covert operations may be developing in our country constitutes a crime and deserving of criminal prosecution. Sailing to Gaza Campaign
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