Irish peace campaigners plan to buy ship to join Gaza freedom flotilla

IRISH peace campaigners are preparing to buy a ship to carry up to 50 activists, politicians and media among others to take part in a second international freedom flotilla to war-torn Gaza.

Irish peace campaigners plan to  buy ship to join Gaza freedom flotilla

Organisers are looking at buying a vessel, possibly in Greece or Turkey, that will join at least another 10 ships in October in a bid to break the Israeli sea blockade of the Palestinian enclave.

Fundraising has already started to fund the ship’s cost as well as the planned cargo of mainly reconstruction and medical supplies.

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