Greece Jails U.S. Captain in Gaza Flotilla

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Disturbing="excerpt"]ATHENS — The American captain of a United States-flagged boat in the planned flotilla to Gaza was jailed Saturday, a day after trying to sail out of port, flotilla organizers said.

A judge contended that the boat, The Audacity of Hope, was not carrying proper safety equipment and charged the captain, John Klusmire, with “disturbing sea traffic and endangering passengers,” a felony, and with disobeying an official directive, a misdemeanor, said Ann Wright, an organizer.

The flotilla was organized to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.

On Friday, Greece’s Ministry of Citizen Protection banned all vessels from leaving Greek ports for the “maritime area of Gaza.” The police had also ordered The Audacity of Hope to remain docked until the port authorities provided the results of an inspection. After waiting one week for the inspection results, however, organizers decided to sail without Greek authorization.

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1. The irony is that letting the flotilla complete its journey would be the best thing israel could do

before any possible UN vote in september. Whereas the media coverage is now of an american boat carrying letters of hope to children having its captain arrrested for daring to break a blockade to deliver those letters to those stunted, malnourished, ragged children will not help israels victim narrative.

Oh, we know, we know. Go for it. It changes nothing because the voting is already decided given the worlds islamofascist(tm), jew hating, antisemitism etc. blah blah blah.