MR. PAPANDREOU, LET US SAIL!
Reageer (0)DELEGATIONS ON THE DUTCH-ITALIAN BOAT TO GAZA
Open letter to:
Georgios A. Papandreou
Prime Minister of Greece
Corfu, 3rd of July
Dear Mr.
Papandreou,
We, members of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla II, are outraged by your government’s
decision to close the ports of Greece to our humanitarian initiative, even by
force if needed. From all parts of the world we have come to the shores of Greece,
leaving behind our work places and families, in order to peacefully put into
practice our solidarity with the oppressed people of Gaza.
This decision not only violates the consecrated principle within international
law of the freedom of the seas and the ancient tradition of freedom of the
Mediterranean, but also disregards the claims for democracy and self-determination
of the people of Palestine as well as of the non-governmental organizations we
represent.
It is totally incomprehensible to us and fills us with just wrath that the
Greek government closes the ports to our ships at the very moment in which you,
Mr. Papandreou, have been constantly expressing the need for solidarity with
the Greek people. You and your government acting as an ally of Israel in the
Palestinian question means you also seem to have forgotten the struggle against
the military dictatorship in your own country.
The members of this international peace mission therefore demand, on behalf of
the people of Gaza, for us the same right to move that has been granted for
centuries to the Greek people in our countries.
MR. PAPANDREOU, LET US SAIL!
Nourdin el Ouali
Ibrahim Belaidi
Rafiq Fris
Amar Harraoui
Anne de Jong
Manu van Kersbergen
Marloes Kuijer
Max van Lingen
Chris Verweij
Delegation from The NETHERLANDS
Immad Kareem
Delegation
from AUSTRALIA
Leo Gabriel
Delegation from AUSTRIA
Monder Nemri
Delegation from BELGIUM
