Gaza goes mainstream

Maan News Agency, June 28, 2011 At 33, Megan Horan is one of the younger passengers on the US Boat to Gaza. She admits that she is also a newcomer to the issues surrounding Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Speaking to Maan News Agency, Horan explains that she attended an interfaith conference last summer, …

Complaint against US boat threatens Gaza voyage

Maan News Agency, June 25, 2011 Organizers of the second Freedom Flotilla say that an administrative complaint has been filed against the US Boat to Gaza, the Audacity of Hope, claiming that the vessel is not seaworthy. This could delay or altogether prevent the ship from leaving Athens. The harbor master received notification of the …

Flotilla organizers say Israel pressuring Greek government

Maan News Agency, June 25, 2011 Organizers of the US Boat to Gaza say that the Greek government has come under intense pressure from Israel. The Israeli government is allegedly using trade agreements with the Greeks as leverage. Spokesman of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gregory Delavekouras confirmed that Israel had contacted Greece about …

Savvy flotilla prep in full swing at Athens port

Maan News Agency, June 25, 2011 Non-violence training and anti-sabotage measures are in place for the volunteers, activists and media arriving in Athens as the Freedom Flotilla II prepares to sail to Gaza. In hopes of preventing sabotage which organizers said docked two boats from the 2010 flotilla, the ships for the June voyage have …

Nobel peace prize winner detained in Israel

The Huffington Post, September 28, 2010 Maan News Agency, September 28, 2010 This morning, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire was denied entry to Israel and was detained at Ben Gurion Airport. Maguire, an Irish peace activist and a co-founder of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, was traveling to Israel to lead a delegation through Israel and …

Israeli leftists denounce deadly flotilla raid

Maan News Agency, June 1, 2010 The Huffington Post, June 1, 2010 Some 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Israel’s Ministry of Defense late Monday to protest the military’s violent raid on an aid flotilla that attempted to break the country’s years-long siege on the Gaza Strip. Approximately 100 Tel Aviv and border police officers were present …