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Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Tuesday, March 12/2024

Courtesy of vesselfinder.org

Well, Open Arms, the Gaza bound humanitarian ship, finally left Larnaca this morning on its mission.


European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen noted  that this is the first time a ship has been authorised to deliver aid to Gaza since 2005, but added that providing humanitarian aid was not enough and that a ceasefire was necessary. She discreetly refrained from referring to the Israeli attack on a Free Gaza flotilla ship in international waters in 2010 that killed nine civilians. And naturally no mention of EU arms sales to Israel.