Free Gaza II initiative comes from Yemini activists
Date: 14 / 09 / 2008 Time: 16:44
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Gaza - Ma'an - A boat from Yemin with a crew of from around the Arab world
will set sail in the wake of the Free Gaza ships and work to widen the
cracks in Israel's siege on Gaza.

Palestinian lawmaker Jamal Al-Khudari who is also head of the Popular
Campaign against the Siege announced the voyage of the second ship, which
was inspired by the success of the Free Gaza experiment on Sunday.

Al-Khudari spoke with the Secretary General of the National Committee to
Support Issues of Arab and Islamic nations Sa'id Abdel Mo'men An'am earlier
in the day. An'am said the crew will launch with the permission of the
Yemini government and representatives from the popular committee against
siege.

"Yemeni people all support the besieged Palestinian people in Gaza," An'am
said, "and we seek to help break the blockade."

Al-Khudari applauded this step, saying the committee is ready and prepared
to coordinate for the boat to cross easily and arrive to the beach of the
Gaza Strip. He called this step an important move in continuing the momentum
created by the first ship of activists. He applauded the Yeminis for heeding
the calls of the popular committee to consider the holy month of Ramadan the
"month to break the blockade," and encouraged other Arab nations to "put
words into action" and follow the Yemini's initiative.