AFP is reporting today from Amman that Arab activists have purchased a boat to join the flotilla intending to break the blockade of Gaza.
“Arab contributors have bought in Greece a 560,000-euro ($805,000) boat that can take up to 200 passengers to join the aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip,” Wael Saqqa, former head of the Jordan engineers’ union, told AFP.
“The boat has been registered under the name of Nur company, established for the purpose of purchasing the boat,” said Saqqa, adding 35 Jordanian activists would join the flotilla. The vessel was expected to set sail for Gaza on Thursday, along with other ships. ”But it might be delayed because there is a general strike in Greek ports,” Saqqa said, adding the boat would carry medical aid and construction material.
This is likely the same boat Alex Fishman, Yediot’s senior defense analyst, mentions in his report today as being purchased by “the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood”.
IDF troops are liable to encounter intense physical resistance on two of the ships — the French vessel, Le Dignité-El Karameh, and an Arab boat that was bought by the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood.
Fishman’s article titled “They bought some time” is characterized by Joseph Dana as “Yediot’s senior defense analyst: IDF lied about the flotilla” and cautions:
“the dramatic announcements by Israel about preparations being made on board the ships to fight to the death and to kill IDF soldiers are strongly redolent of propaganda. “
Something tells me a fresh new round of propaganda is upon us.
