Hey, maybe they can try to sail to Egypt and pick up the supplies that way!The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip has delayed the launch of Gaza Ark, an improvised cargo ship built by Gaza fishermen set to sail to Europe in protest against the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Member of the Gaza Strip association of fishermen Mahfouth Kabariti said Sunday that the Gaza Ark was supposed to set sail by the end of 2013, but as a result of the closure of Rafah crossing, the launch has been delayed to spring 2014.
He noted that in order to be seaworthy, the Gaza Ark still needed international standard navigation equipment that could only be brought into Gaza via the Rafah crossing.
Oh, wait, Egypt shoots at Gaza boats. Because they sometimes have terrorists.
So the people who want to publicly protest Israel's border restrictions on Gaza are thwarted by Egypt's border restrictions on Gaza.
Yet, for some reason, there is no international cry blaming Egypt for having more draconian policies towards Gaza than Israel does.
By the way, the Rafah crossing was closed today for the third day in a row. The "Free Gaza" movement is curiously silent.
(h/t PTWatch)