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April 16, 2012

Israel Disrupts "Flytilla"; Dozens of Pro-Palestinians Detained 
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Israel has detained at least 45 suspected pro-Palestinians at Tel Aviv's
international airport and blocked hundreds more from boarding
Israel-bound flights. Activists were attempting to stage what they
described as a flytilla. Organizers said some 1,200 Palestinian
supporters throughout Europe had bought plane tickets to Israel,
planning to travel on to the occupied West Bank as part of a campaign
called "Welcome to Palestine". To disrupt the campaign Israel
distributed no-fly lists to European carriers. The Palestinian activist
Abed Al Fatah Abu Suroor helped organize the flytilla.

Abed Al Fatah Abu Suroor: "We have many people who were arrested at the
airport, who managed to arrive to Ben Gurion airport, to Al Lod airport,
we have about four hundred French and one hundred Belgian and many
others from other countries who were forbidden to take plane from origin
and those who managed to get in were also arrested at the airport."

 

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