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ISRAELI STUDENTS PLAN COUNTER-FLOTILLA TO TURKEY
Israel Today
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=21251
June 7 2010
The National Students Union of Israel is planning to launch a
counter-flotilla to carry aid to oppressed minorities in Turkey
in an bid to unmask the hypocrisy of the international community,
and especially Ankara, in the wake of Israel's raid on the Free
Gaza flotilla.
Boaz Torporovsky, chairman of the students union, told Ynet that
"Turkey, which leads the campaign against Israel and makes all sorts of
threats is the same Turkey that carried out a holocaust and murdered
an entire nation of Armenians, and oppresses a minority larger than
the Palestinians - the Kurds - who deserve a state, who have demanded
a state for longer than the State of Israel has existed."
It is the Kurdish minority in Turkey that the group will try to reach
with primarily medical supplies. Torporovsky knows the boat will be
stopped by the Turkish authorities, which will hopefully reverse the
negative attention on Israel.
Torporovsky said the group is currently seeking a suitable vessel
and enough funding to carry out its plans. Arik Ofir, a former naval
officer and current business owner, has agreed to captain the ship.
The group hopes to set sail by the end of the week.
From: A. Papazian
Israel Today
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=21251
June 7 2010
The National Students Union of Israel is planning to launch a
counter-flotilla to carry aid to oppressed minorities in Turkey
in an bid to unmask the hypocrisy of the international community,
and especially Ankara, in the wake of Israel's raid on the Free
Gaza flotilla.
Boaz Torporovsky, chairman of the students union, told Ynet that
"Turkey, which leads the campaign against Israel and makes all sorts of
threats is the same Turkey that carried out a holocaust and murdered
an entire nation of Armenians, and oppresses a minority larger than
the Palestinians - the Kurds - who deserve a state, who have demanded
a state for longer than the State of Israel has existed."
It is the Kurdish minority in Turkey that the group will try to reach
with primarily medical supplies. Torporovsky knows the boat will be
stopped by the Turkish authorities, which will hopefully reverse the
negative attention on Israel.
Torporovsky said the group is currently seeking a suitable vessel
and enough funding to carry out its plans. Arik Ofir, a former naval
officer and current business owner, has agreed to captain the ship.
The group hopes to set sail by the end of the week.
From: A. Papazian