Flotilla boat bound for Gaza Strip stopped

PROTESTERS on a boat bound for the Gaza Strip were escorted back to shore yesterday as Greece announced it was banning vessels heading to Gaza from leaving its ports.

The secretive attempt by US activists to head out to sea ended in failure after authorities raced after them when their vessel tried to sail without permission from the port of Perama, near Athens.

“We shall overcome,” the activists sang as security personnel watched on.