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Saturday Oct. 20, 2012 7:42 PM (EST+7)
Israel seizes pro-Palestinian activist ship off coast of Gaza
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JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Israeli navy seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship on the Mediterranean high seas on Saturday to prevent it breaching Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said.
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 Israeli troops board a ship from the Freedom Flotilla after a raid in international waters that left many peace activists dead. May 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)
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Multimedia
 Al-Jazeera Int: US President Barack Obama on 'seige' of Gaza
June 16, 2010 10:01 AM (EST+7)
Democracy Now interviews Gaza flotilla participants
June 21, 2011 11:17 AM (EST+7)
Gaza Blockade
July 16, 2010 7:29 PM (EST+7)
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 Documents
 Between the Fence and a Hard Place - August 2010
Call from Gaza for Global Response to Killings on the Freedom Flotilla
Council conclusions on Gaza, Council of the EU
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Publications
No Exit: Israel‘s Curfew Policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Education: A Threat to Israel‘s Security?
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Background
Checkpoints
Closure
Gaza aid convoys and flotillas
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Resources
Between the Fence and a Hard Place, Special Focus, August 2010, UN OCHA (pdf file)
Dashed Hopes: Continuation of the Gaza Blockade, November 2010 (pdf file)
Dashed Hopes: Continuation of the Gaza Blockade, Relief Web, 30 November 2010
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She said no one was hurt when marines boarded the SV Estelle, a three-mast schooner, and that it was rerouted to the Israeli port of Ashdod after it ignored orders to turn away from the Hamas-governed Palestinian enclave.
The Estelle was carrying 30 activists from Europe, Canada and Israel, humanitarian cargo such as cement and goodwill items such as children's books, a mission spokesman said on Saturday.
Shipboard activists could not immediately be reached for comment on the interception, which was carried out in international waters as they were on their final Gaza approach.
Greece, five of whose citizens were among the activists, said in a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry in Athens that all of the Estelle's passengers were in good health.
Citing a need to stem arms smuggling to Hamas and other Palestinian militants, Israel maintains a tight naval blockade of Gaza. Israel and neighboring Egypt also limit overland traffic to and from the territory.
Palestinians describe the curbs as collective punishment for Gaza's 1.6 million residents, and their supporters abroad have mounted several attempts to break the blockade by sea. Most were stopped by Israel, and detained foreign activists repatriated.
In a May 2010 interception, Israeli marines killed nine Turkish activists in clashes aboard their Gaza-bound ship.
An inquiry into that incident commissioned by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon found the Gaza blockade legal but faulted the Israeli navy for excessive force.
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Israeli troops board a ship from the Freedom Flotilla after a raid in international waters that left many peace activists dead. May 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Uriel Sinai, Pool)
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