NEWS RELEASE
TIME SENSITIVE
Effective Immediately
Friday, June 4, 2010
For more information, please contact:
Brian P. Moore, Chair (352) 686-9936 or cell (352) 585-2907
Demonstration Against Israeli
Attack on Humanitarian Ships,
10 AM, Weeki Wachee
–Call White House to Protect Irish-Flagged Ship
–Orlando Demonstration Saturday Evening to Protest Israeli Attack on Gaza Aid Convoy
1) Friday, June 4, 2010, Weeki Wachee, Florida: The NatureCoast Coalition for Peace and Justice will hold a demonstration against the Israeli Ship attacks, on Saturday, June 5th, from 10 AM to 11:00 AM, at the corner of State Road 50 ( Cortez Blvd.) and U.S. Highway 19, across the street f rom the Weeki Wachee Spring Park in Hernando County, Florida.
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2) Additional Action to take: Call the White House and urge President Obama to speak out in defense of the Irish Ship, named “The Rachel Corrie,” to assure its free passage to Gaza this coming week, with humanitarian supplies. The White House number is 202-456-1111.
Despite the Israeli military attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the Irish-flagged ship, The Rachel Corrie, is pressing on towards Gaza, the Irish Times reports. [1]
Maireád Corrigan-Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her efforts to end the violent conflict in Northern Ireland, is on board. So is former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday, who resigned as the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq in 1998 in protest over the effects of UN sanctions on Iraqi civilians.
Derek Graham, another Irish passenger, says the Rachel Corrie is carrying “educational materials, construction materials and some toys,” and that “everything aboard has been inspected in Ireland.” Irish Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Brian Cowen called on Israel to allow the Rachel Corrie to pass through its military blockade of Gaza, and warned there would be “most serious consequences” should any harm come to Irish citizens involved with the aid flotilla. [2]
But the Obama Administration has made no public statement in support of the Rachel Corrie’s safe passage to Gaza. Will you join us in urging the President to speak up? You can contact President Obama here:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/mvrachelcorrie
3) St. Pete for Peace website is also promoting a similar demonstration in Orlando this Saturday evening. See:
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