Greece Halts Flotilla
Gaza-bound boats postponed until at least next Tuesday
July 01, 2011
The Audacity of Hope pushes off this morning.(@USBOATTOGAZA)
Though The Audacity of Hope, the American ship, briefly left port today, it was soon ordered to return, and Greece has forbid all vessels currently docked in its waters and bound for Gaza from leaving today. Word is that the earliest they could conceivably sail is next Tuesday. “As commandos point their weapons, passengers are singing ‘we shall overcome’ in the middle of the Athens sea #flotilla,” Joseph Dana, of The Nation and +972, tweeted, but that remains to be seen.
Greece Bars Vessels from Leaving Its Ports for Gaza Strip; 1 Boat Stopped on Leaving for Gaza [AP/WP]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
