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2015 humanitarian aid convoy from Athens to Gaza From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freedom Flotilla III (#FF3) was a flotilla that planned to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel by sailing to Gaza. It started from Sweden on 10 May 2015 and stopped in several European cities along the way to Gaza. It started officially from Athens, Greece on 25 June 2015.[1] Few details were released in advance.[2]
On 29 June 2015 the Swedish-flagged vessel "Marianne" was intercepted by the Israeli navy[3] in international waters about 100 nautical miles from the Palestinian coast of Gaza. The Israeli military reported that no force was needed during the operation. However, eye-witness video published by Israeli Channel 2 TV shows people being tasered by IDF commandos.[4] The Marianne was boarded by Israeli forces and taken to the port of Ashdod, while the rest of the ships turned back.[5]
Organizers of the flotilla have repeatedly stated the boat was carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza. According to Israel's defense minister Moshe Yaalon "there was no aid on board". The activists supplied a picture with two boxes containing a single solar panel and a nebulizer and added that the boat was to be donated to Gazan fishermen.[6]
On 30 June 2015, Israel began releasing some detainees. Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki was deported to Paris, France, while Member of European Parliament Ana Miranda from Galicia was deported to Spain. Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset Basel Ghattas, and Israeli journalist Ohad Chamo, were released.[7] Two Canadians and a Norwegian sailor were deported on July 2.[8] A Russian journalist and six Swedish participants remained in prison until July 6.[9]
This is not a complete list.[23]
State | Personality | Status |
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![]() | Moncef Marzouki | Former President of Tunisia. |
![]() | Kajsa Ekis Ekman | Journalist, writer and activist. |
![]() | Teresa Forcades | Physician and a Benedictine nun. |
![]() | Nisreen El-Hashemite | Physician and researcher, Executive Director of the Royal Academy of Science International Trust. |
![]() | Robert Lovelace | Activist and professor at the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen's University. |
![]() | Kevin Neish | Activist and a human rights activist in the International Solidarity Movement. |
![]() | Abouzaid El Mokrie El Idrissi | Advocate, thinker and deputy in the House of Representatives. |
![]() | Estefanía Torres Martínez | Member of the European Parliament. |
![]() | Yahya Saoud | Deputy in the Parliament of Jordan. |
![]() | Basel Ghattas | Arab citizen of Israel and deputy in the Knesset for Balad and the Joint List. |
![]() | Anouar Gharbi | Advisor of former Tunisian President Marzouki and a founder of the European campaign to break the siege of Gaza. |
![]() | Robert Martin | Anti-war activist. |
![]() | Pablo Miranzo | Photographer and activist. |
![]() | Ana Miranda Paz | Member of the European Parliament. |
![]() | Nasser Hamdadaouch | Deputy in the People's National Assembly. |
![]() | Gerd von der Lippe | Sports sociologist and former sprinter, professor, journalist and writer. |
![]() | Özlem Cekic | Former Deputy in the Danish Parliament. |
![]() | Joe Meadors | Former U.S. Navy signalman, who survived the USS Liberty incident. |
![]() | Ann Wright | Former United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official. |
![]() | Bertil Gustafsson | Applied mathematician and numerical analyst. |
![]() | Dror Feiler | An Israeli-born Swedish musician, artist and left-wing activist. |
![]() | Maria Svensson | Official spokeswoman of Feminist Initiative. |
![]() | Daniel Sestrajcic | Former Deputy in the Swedish Parliament. |
![]() | Ulf Bjereld | Professor at the University of Gothenburg and head of the Religious Social Democrats of Sweden. |
![]() | Åsmund Grøver Aukrust | Deputy member of the Parliament of Norway. |
![]() | Claudio Tamaglini | Peace activist with the International Solidarity Movement. |
![]() | Rosa Lund | Member of the Danish Parliament. |
![]() | Åsa Opperdoes | Activist. |
![]() | Trine Pertou Mach | Deputy in the Danish Parliament. |
![]() | Hajar Al-Mutairi | Journalist with the Anadolu Agency. |
![]() | Tayfun Jalci | Journalist with the Anadolu Agency. |
![]() | Eduardo Muriel | Journalist with La Marea . |
![]() | Aissa Boukanoun | Journalist with Euronews. |
![]() | Mohammed El Bakkali | Journalist with Al Jazeera. |
![]() | Ammar Al Hamdan | Journalist with Al Jazeera. |
![]() | Abdel Lateef Belkaim | Journalist with Echourouk TV. |
![]() | Jacob Bryant | Journalist with Māori Television. |
![]() | Ruwani Perera | Journalist with Māori Television. |
![]() | Nadya Kevorkova | Journalist. |
![]() | Lennart Berggren | Journalist. |
![]() | Martin Lejeune | Journalist. |
![]() | Ohad Chamo | Journalist with Channel 2. |
Other media: Russia Today, Al-Quds TV |
The following ships participated in the flotilla:
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