Threats against flotilla show weakness, activist says [Israel says it will fire at boats carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza]

Ma'an - Israeli threats to open fire at a host of solidarity boats carrying aid to Gaza later this month reveal Israel's weakness, said Jamal Al-Khudari, head of Gaza's Popular Committee Against the Siege on Sunday.

......The popular committee organizer said the group was coming well-equipped, and would be ready should the Israeli navy surround them for a long period of time.

.....intent to deliver some 5,000 tons of building and medical supplies to the population under siege.

According to flotilla organizers, 600 activists will sail three cargo ships and five passenger boats for Gaza in what a statement called the "biggest internationally coordinated effort to directly challenge Israeli's ongoing occupation, aggression, and violence against the Palestinian people."  Full story