Freedom Flotilla III

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Published on Monday, 22 June 2015 14:30
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A Quebec postal worker joins the Freedom Flotilla III to break the blockade of Gaza

Christian Martel, a recently retired letter-carrier from the Quebec City area, left Quebec City’s Jean-Lesage International Airport on Wednesday 17th June to join the Freedom Flotilla III that is headed to Gaza. He is one of over fifty citizens from different countries, and he is joined by three other Canadians : Robert Lovelace, member of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, Kevin Neish, an activist from Victoria in British Columbia who is already on board the Marianne, which left Sweden several weeks ago, and Ehab Lotayef, an engineer and poet from Montreal, member of the steering committee for the Canadian Boat to Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.


The Freedom Flotilla III sets its course on Gaza in order to protest against this unacceptable situation and in order to call for an immediate end to this inhumane blockade This peaceful international initiative bears witness to the fact... that Israel’s treatment of Gaza Palestinians is not done “in our name”, that to the contrary, Israel’s position is increasingly rejected by thousands of citizens across the globe. “It’s time for the criminal blockade of Gaza to end. Until human rights are respected and Palestinians are given control of their own destiny, peace in the region will remain a distant dream.” comments Mike Palecek, CUPW National President.



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