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# Jewish activists set sail in support of Gaza
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## A boat carrying Jewish activists has set sail from northern Cyprus for
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Gaza, hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade.
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![Jewish activists set sail in support of Gaza][1]
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The trip comes four months after Israeli commandos boarded a flotilla of Gaza-
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bound ships, killing nine Turkish activists Photo: AP
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7:26PM BST 26 Sep 2010
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Richard Kuper, from the British group Jews for Justice for Palestinians, said
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the activists hoped to show that not all Jews support Israeli policies toward
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Palestinians.
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The British-flagged catamaran Irene, containing nine passengers and crew from
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Israel, Germany, Britain and the US, planned to deliver children's toys,
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medical equipment, outboard motors for fishing boats and books to Gaza
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residents.
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Rami Elhanan, an Israeli passenger whose daughter was killed in a suicide
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bombing in 1997, said it was his "moral duty" to act in support of
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Palestinians in Gaza because reconciliation was the surest path to peace.
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"Those 1.5 million people in Gaza are victims exactly as I am," Mr Elhanan
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said.
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Organisers said many Jews have been on previous "blockade-busting trips" to
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Gaza, but this was the first time Jewish groups have banded together to send a
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boat of their own.
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## Related Articles
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* [Israel faces second showdown with aid ship][3]
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04 Jun 2010
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* [UN Human Rights Council condemns Israel flotilla raid][4]
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23 Sep 2010
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* [How the Gaza aid flotilla attack unfolded][5]
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31 May 2010
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* [David Cameron calls Israel's assault 'unacceptable'][6]
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01 Jun 2010
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The trip comes four months after** [Israeli commandos boarded a flotilla of
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Gaza-bound ships][7],** killing nine Turkish activists.
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Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Andy David called the latest protest boat
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"a provocative joke that isn't funny."
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"It's unfortunate that there are all kids of organisations involved in
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provocations that contribute nothing and certainly don't contribute to any
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kind of agreement," he said.
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