Indian ship to join anti-Gaza blockade campaign

Posted: Mon Jul 26 2010, 09:19 hrs Jerusalem:
An Indian vessel is set to join a new international campaign named 'The Audacity of Hope' to press for an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, months after nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed in an attack on an aid ship bound for Gaza.
An e-mail circulated by pro-Palestinian activists in the US said an American ship named after US President Barack Obama's autobiography, will join a flotilla of other vessels from Europe, Canada, India, South Africa and the Middle East in an additional attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade in early autumn.
The new campaign comes amid an increased international hue and cry to force the Jewish state to lift its siege of the
coastal territory.
The effort is supported by several prominent figures, including Prof Rashid Khalidi, a well-known critic of Israel whose friendship with the US President has raised eyebrows here. 
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