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German Government Passes Bipartisan Bill Calling for End to Gaza Blockade
Haaretz.com ^ | 7/2/2010 | DPA
Posted on July 3, 2010 3:29:41 AM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
Germany’s government called Friday for an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip after an unusual unanimous vote criticizing Israeli policy in Germany’s Bundestag parliament.
“We have repeatedly made it clear that Israel has to enable access to the Gaza Strip on humanitarian grounds and for the sake of reconstruction,” said Ulrich Wilhelm, the German government’s spokesman.
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04/07/2010 Back to List
“A New Jihad Flotilla initiative to Gaza”
Jonathan Fighel
“A New Jihad Flotilla initiative to Gaza
(Planned to set sail in September 2010)”
Jonathan Fighel - ICT Senior Researcher
SNIPPET: “The Palestinian-Italian news website (InfoPal) has reported on a meeting between the acting Turkish Ambassador to Italy and representatives of the Italian Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas support organization in Italy. According to the report, on June 30th a meeting was held at the Embassy of the Turkish Republic between the acting ambassador, Lutfu Semih Turgut, Mohammad Hannoun (the president of API ( Association of Palestinians in Italy), Iz a-din el-Zir the (president of Union Islamic Communities in Italy),representatives of the House of Islamic culture and other Italian Muslim associations, journalists as well as Angela Lano and Manolo Luppichini, participants in the Freedom Flotilla that was intercepted by the Israeli navy on the night of 31 May 2010.[i]
Mohammad Hannoun, the president of API thanked the Turkish government for its support to the Flotilla and travelers deported from Israel, and announced the construction of the Freedom Flotilla 2, which will consist of about 20 ships and 5,000 passengers. “I’m ready with six ships – we will start in September“. [ii]
It should be noted that the Association of Palestinians in Italy is the same organization as “Associazione Benefica Di Solidarieta’ Con Il Popolo Palestinese” (ABSPP), the Italian “Union of Good” affiliated organization that maintains close and long standing relationship with Hamas leadership in Damascus the Gaza. Through its website, the ABSPP calls for donations to the Freedom Flotilla, at Banca Popolare Etica, account payable association charity “Solidrietà with the Palestinian people” bank account: 131,000 headed ABSPP ONLUS, IBAN: IT92N0501801400000000131000.[iii]
The Union of Good
The Union of Good is a coalition of Islamic charities that provides financial support to both the Hamas “social” infrastructure, as well as its terrorist activities designated by the USA. It is headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, and most of the trustees and member organizations are associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood. The Union of Good and the Italian ABSPP were banned by Israel in 2002 and Sheikh Qaradawi appears on the US prosecution list of unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trail.[iv]
The Union of Good, as a pro-Hamas radical Islamic umbrella worldwide coalition is committed and involved in the Hamas campaign to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. The Turkish IHH which, is part of the Union of Good, was set as the leading, prominent front organization among the coalition organizations participating in the 31 May flotilla to the Gaza Strip. The Turkish IHH (Insani Yardim Vakfi, IHH, “humanitarian relief fund”) is known to be a radical Islamic organization, which was established in 1992 and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995. The IHH (outlawed by Israel in 2008) is part of the Union of Good, who was assigned to lead the Jihadi violent flotilla to Gaza.
The relationship between ABSPP (API) and the Union of Good “