Israeli Jewish and Arab Activists Launch 3-Ship Counter-Flotilla Against Gaza-Bound Convoy
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 18
Israeli Jewish and Arab Activists Launch 3-Ship Counter-Flotilla Against Gaza-Bound Convoy
6 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 18
Three boats organized by Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad sailed off Herzliya on Sunday in a symbolic counter-flotilla aimed at the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla.
The group stayed in Israeli waters for several hours before returning to port, saying its goal was to assert Israeli sovereignty and show a Jewish-Arab pro-Israel response rather than breach any foreign border.
Haddad said the Gaza-bound flotilla would not reach Gaza and accused its participants of backing Hamas, while framing his own convoy as a message of "peace" and Israeli Arab-Jewish partnership.
The action came one day before Israeli naval forces began seizing boats in the latest Gaza-bound flotilla, extending a pattern of failed attempts by such missions to reach Gaza.
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