Naval Blockade: Coastal Strip

Failed Attempt Dept: The Tahrir, which made a previous failed attempt to reach the blockaded Palestinian territory this summer, was intercepted two days after it left Turkey for Gaza, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Our goal is quite clear, it's to bring humanitarian aid and hope to the Palestinians of Gaza," said Canadian Boat to Gaza spokesman Denis Kosseim and a Canadian ship's effort to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was quashed when Israeli forces boarded the vessel Friday, but activists say the setback won't discourage them from trying again. A Montreal organizer for the Canadian Boat to Gaza said the takeover of the vessel carrying medical aid and activists from nine countries was not the end of attempts to draw attention to a five-year-old blockade of the impoverished coastal strip. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.