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"Reuven Moskovitz, an 82-year-old passenger who survived the Nazi
Holocaust, told AFP he felt duty-bound to attempt the voyage in the
small blue and white sailing boat, a trip expected to take around 36
hours"AFP:
FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus — A boat carrying Jewish activists from Israel,
Europe and the United States on Sunday set sail from Cyprus bound for
Gaza, in a bid to run Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory,
an AFP reporter said.
Reuven Moshkovitz, an 82-year-old passenger who survived the Nazi
Holocaust, told AFP he felt duty-bound to attempt the voyage, which is
expected to take around 36 hours.
"It is a sacred duty for me, as a (Holocaust) survivor, to protest
against the persecution, the oppression and the imprisonment of so
many people in Gaza, including more than 800,000 children," Moshkovitz
said.
Yonatan Shapira, a former Israeli soldier and crew member on the
British-flagged sailing boat, said they were not looking for a
confrontation.
"We have a policy of non-violence and non-confrontation," he said.
"But if the Israeli army stops the boat, we will not help them to take
it to Ashdod," he said, referring to a port in southern Israel where
other blockade runners have been taken after being stopped by the
navy.
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