Go Lebanon, go!

I have the pleasure to find out today that Lebanese are sending two more ship to Gaza, the Mariam and Naji al Ali

Ahmadi-vader

in their admirable effort to break the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza. I was also quite surprised to read in al Jazeera that the Israel Ambassador in the UN Security Council Gabriela Shalev not only sent a clear warning to UN  Secretary General Ban ki-moon stating that Israel will use all the necessary means to stop this flotilla but also that they “have serious doubts about the nature of this fleets” in a clear move to point out that probably Hezbollah is sending weapons in this vessels: “As a result, Israel can not exclude the possibility that terrorists or smuggled weapons on board the ships concerned”.

Although Israel keeps ignoring the real objective of this peaceful initiatives, what it seems clear is that the people traveling in these vessel could be anything but terrorist. In an article published by Now Lebanon, the organizers of this new great adventure explain us what are their motives and goals and, more importantly who are participating in this trip: “Mariam will carry eight Lebanese and up to 17 European women and two doctors, while the Najri al Ali will carry around 50 journalists and 25 European volunteers on board. The women’s ship will carry a large quantity of medical aid, while the press ship is to deliver food.”

Thus if a 22 year old AUB graduated is perceived as a Terrorist for the mere fact that she is traveling in one of the ships then I don’t even want to image what will they accuse the Iranian ship that has departed from Iran on June 12, the Death Star nuclear vessel or The Iranium atomic ship. I believe this could be the end of the useless and absurd blockade to Gaza and I strongly encourage the Lebanese people to support those involved in this voyage. As my friends here used to say, In Shah Allah!