The Irish Anti-War Movement

All activist/supporters/friends meeting at 12PM before the action.

The Spire, O'Connoll Street, Dublin 1 

FIONA GARTLAND

FIVE IRISH citizens who were deported from Israel yesterday morning after their ship was taken over by Israeli defence forces have called on the Irish people to boycott Israeli goods until the blockade of Gaza is ended.

They have also called on the Government to put pressure on the EU to suspend the Euro-Med trade agreement with Israel. They have asked for the return of their boat, the MV Rachel Corrie , and for the humanitarian aid aboard all of the flotilla vessels, “rotting in the harbour” at Ashdod, to be sent to the people of Gaza.

Former UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday, Nobel laureate Maireád Maguire, first mate Derek Graham and his wife Jenny, from Mayo, and Dundalk film-maker Fiona Thompson were on the MV Rachel Corrie when it was seized in international waters by Israeli forces on Saturday

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Twenty-eight children lost their fathers as a result of the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla.

Nine people were shot dead on May 31 by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara as it attempted to transport humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

Eight of them were fathers whose children are now yatims due to the Israeli assault on the Freedom Flotilla.

The Arabic word yatim is usually translated as orphan. However, in the Islamic religion, the word yatim actually means a child whose father is dead or whose father and mother are dead. This is the reason why Islamic media outlets are calling the children orphans.

There will be a meeting at 7pm in the Central Hotel, Exchequer Street Dublin, to discus what the movement can do in response to the events of the last week.

All Welcome.

Robert Booth, Harriet Sherwood in Gaza City and Justin Vela in Istanbul

guardian.co.uk, Friday 4 June 2010 22.00 BST

The nine victims

By Chloe Sands

Hundreds chanted, walked for miles and lingered on. What started out as a protest with Palestinian melodies blasting on the speakers and chants of “Israeli ambassador Out! Out! Out!” turned into a mellow sit down in front of the main embassy gate. But the protestors wanted more; marching in the streets of Dublin for three hours seemed too small a price to pay for the unknown number of flotilla lives lost at the hands of the merciless Israeli killing machine. So the question was put to the crowd: Do you want to remain overnight at the gates of the embassy and blockade it like Gaza is blockaded? Well, not exactly like Gaza – no one will miss a meal or die of untreated cancer as a result of this blockade.