Latest Flotilla Update from the FPM Delegation in Athens

Largest Passenger Boat Joins Flotilla.

In Athens, FPM delegation interviews with Israeli TV Channel 10. From left to right: Dr. Paul Larudee, Sister Pat Chaffee, "Jimbo" Simmons, Ambassador Samuel Hart, and Joe Meadors.

(ATHENS) - The Egyptian Gazette reports that a large passenger boat will join the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. This is the boat that FPM helped to purchase, along with the other partners in the International Committee to Break the Siege of Gaza, and which will be carrying the FPM delegation of U.S. citizens, along with participants from other nations.

Our contribution to the purchase has nearly depleted our account, and we have yet to purchase our satellite phone. We also expect Israel to deport us to New York, in which case all of our delegates will need tickets home and reimbursement for loss of possessions. We therefore appeal to you for donations to support these and other expenses.

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For the full Egyptian Gazette article, click here.

Irish Boat Sabotaged

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A U.S. senator wants U.S. special operations forces to help Israel halt a Gaza-bound international aid flotilla that includes a vessel carrying a number of American veterans, one of whom is a Sailor who served aboard the USS Liberty, the ship that Israel infamously attacked in 1967.  Read More >>

FPM Delegation News & Video

• June 28, 2011 - Ex-Ambassador Samuel Hart speaks to Press TV
  - Press TV

• June 26, 2011 - American Indian Movement's Jimbo Simmons on Gaza Freedom Flotilla Delegation
  - Censored News

• June 25, 2011 - Jacksonville resident Samuel Hart, a former U.S. ambassador, plans to participate in Gaza flotilla
  - The Florida Times Union

• June 23, 2011 - KPFK interviews Paul Larudee on flotilla plans
  - Pacifica Radio

• Interview: American Indian "Jimbo" Simmons
  

• Interview: US Ambassador Sam Hart
  
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