Less than twenty-four hours after the call of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah to increase the number of Freedom Flotillas, two groups in Lebanon launched a campaign on Saturday to raise funds to buy a ship that they hope can set sail from Lebanon for Gaza next week carrying educational supplies and journalists.
The non-governmental groups "Free Palestine Movement" and "Reporters Without Limits" said they hoped the boats would set off for the blockaded Gaza Strip at the end of next week.
It will carry aid, namely educational supplies for Palestinian children as well 50 Arab and foreign journalists and 25 European activists, including some MPs, organizers told a Beirut news conference.
"We launch an appeal to all the free people in this world to provide financial contributions to buy a boat," Thaer Ghandour of the Reporters Without Limits said.
His appeal came as the Israeli navy commandeered an international Gaza-bound aid boat on Saturday and escorted it to the port of Ashdod in the occupied territories after preventing it from sailing to the Palestinian territory.
On Friday, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah called for a "Freedom Flotilla II" to break the inhumane Israeli imposed siege on Gaza. "There is a good chance today to end the blockade imposed on Gaza and this requires more Freedom flotillas. This is when Israel's goal – to think of taking similar steps – falls down. I call on more Lebanese participation in the Freedom flotilla 2. Today the European Peace Initiative said it was organizing another flotilla. Where do the Arabs and the Muslims stand? Israel is afraid of the red flag (Turkey) as much as it is afraid of the yellow flag (Hezbollah). Those who take part in the Freedom flotilla 2 should know that they belong to a resistance that doesn’t leave anyone in Israeli jails."
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