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Israel will not allow the pro-Palestinian flotilla to reach the shores of Gaza and is prepared for “any scenario,” the Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as four vessels made their way to the area, with the first expected within 24 hours, in a purported bid to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
The so-called “Freedom Flotilla” awakened memories from five years ago, when Israeli troops who boarded the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara in international waters killed nine pro-Palestinian activists who attacked them with rods and knives.
However, as the Marianne av Göteborg — a small fishing boat sailing under a Swedish flag — made its way toward Gaza, a repeat of the May 31, 2010, raid appeared unlikely, as the 18 pro-Palestinian activists on board are considered nonviolent. The assessment in Jerusalem is that if the ship doesn’t abort its mission, Israeli forces will take it to the port of Ashdod.
“The Foreign Ministry and all other relevant bodies, mostly the IDF and the Prime Minister’s Office, are fully prepared for the arrival of the flotilla. We are ready for every possible scenario,” the ministry’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Nahshon, told The Times of Israel on Sunday.
“It won’t reach Gaza,” he vowed. “The State of Israel won’t let that happen.”
Israel will not allow the pro-Palestinian flotilla to reach the shores of Gaza and is prepared for “any scenario,” the Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as four vessels made their way to the area, with the first expected within 24 hours, in a purported bid to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
The so-called “Freedom Flotilla” awakened memories from five years ago, when Israeli troops who boarded the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara in international waters killed nine pro-Palestinian activists who attacked them with rods and knives.
However, as the Marianne av Göteborg — a small fishing boat sailing under a Swedish flag — made its way toward Gaza, a repeat of the May 31, 2010, raid appeared unlikely, as the 18 pro-Palestinian activists on board are considered nonviolent. The assessment in Jerusalem is that if the ship doesn’t abort its mission, Israeli forces will take it to the port of Ashdod.
“The Foreign Ministry and all other relevant bodies, mostly the IDF and the Prime Minister’s Office, are fully prepared for the arrival of the flotilla. We are ready for every possible scenario,” the ministry’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Nahshon, told The Times of Israel on Sunday.
“It won’t reach Gaza,” he vowed. “The State of Israel won’t let that happen.”
