Intifada Palestine

Matthew Kalman in Jerusalem
In a YouTube video posted last Friday, Anonymous threatened to “strike back” at Israel if it continued to block vessels attempting to reach Gaza by sea. The video was released shortly after Israeli naval commandos boarded a Canadian and Irish vessel sailing to Gaza and arrested the passengers and crew.

UPDATE ON FREEDOM WAVES POLITICAL PRISONERS
Of the 27 human rights defenders captured during Israel’s illegal takeover
of the Freedom Waves to Gaza vessels on Friday, 4 November, 20 remain in
Givon prison and the whereabouts of one is unknown.

by Ann Wright
Lane said Israeli forces hosed down the two boats with high pressure water hoses and pointed guns at the passengers through the windows. Lane himself was hosed down the stairs of the boat. windows were smashed and the bridge of the boat nearly caught fire. The boats were corralled to such an extent that the two boats, the Saoirse and the Tahrir, collided with each other and were damaged,

The following letter was sent out by David Heap, one of the Canadian passengers from the Canadian Tahrir ship, as he is still in an Israeli prison.

YAHOO NEWS A group of 21 activists who tried to sail to Gaza in breach of an Israeli blockade of the territory remain in Israeli custody, pending legal proceedings, the interior ministry said on Sunday.