#AirFlotilla to expose once again Israeli blockade of occupied Palestinian West Bank

Israel is threating to deport hundreds of Pro-Palestinian activists and visitors who are expected to arrive at Lod (Ben Gorion) airport on Friday June 8th.

  1. @AJStream #AirFlotilla Expected arrival of over 500 Pro-Palestinian activists at TelAviv airport tonight.Israel says it will deport them all
  2. "Welcome
    to Palestine...let's remember others who have been denied entry to
    Palestine by Israel: Prof. Noam Chomsky, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 39th
    President of the United States Jimmy Carter, Prof. Norman Finkelstein,
    Judge Richard Goldstone, United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk,
    Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire...and many more common
    folk
    ." quoted from Mr. Sam Bahour facebook page

  3. Welcome to Palestine – if you can get in | Sam Bahour http://gu.com/p/3vbch/tw via @guardian
  4. Air flotilla: Hundreds activists plan on landing @ TLV Friday, demanding passage 2 West Bank. Police: we will deport them http://j.mp/iMSu5e
  5. "The Israeli Ministry of the Interior has refused your entry into their territory. For this reason your reservation has been cancelled...
  6. ...and you will be reimbursed by your travel agency." Due to pressure from Israel gov, Swiss participant is denied entrance onto flight.
  7. What question does the #airflotilla raise? Why can't Westerners travel freely to the West Bank and visit Palestinians if they choose so
  8. Based on their words, #airflotilla passengers want to visit the West Bank openly and proudly which is not that easy nowadays
  9. Senior Official Ben-Gurion
    International Airport told Haaretz "This event will end with either no problems or as a catastrophe. There
    will not be a middle-ground, it only takes about 30
    activists to make a scene at the airport for media outlets to widely
    report on it and thus hand the activists their victory."
  10. Israel asked airlines to provide lists of passengers. @Lufthansa has already been asked to bar 50 people from boarding. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ga-NZAmsphLH-4cn7bD_96Mslksg
  11. So much like 1980s S Africa: "Israel instructs foreign airlines to prevent departure of 300 pro-Palestinian activists" http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-instructs-foreign-airlines-to-prevent-departure-of-300-pro-palestinian-activists-1.371988
  12. "On Thursday at 10 P.M., a military command post will be opened at
    Ben-Gurion, in order to directly tend to the pro-Palestinian activists
    expected to arrive over the weekend."

  13. #Israel instructs foreign airlines to prevent departure of 300 pro-Palestinian activists http://bit.ly/on16s8
  14. Did you know that Israel is 'on alert' because some 60 year old French women will be visiting Palestine on Friday? #palspring
  15. Israeli activists planning on holding signs at the airport tom expect to be jailed for 2-3 days by the state #palspring
  16. Those who wanted to return home walking on land (Nakba+Naksa day) where shot dead before even entering the borders.

    Those who wanted to enter Gaza through Sea, the only path they are permitted to by International Law, were blocked and arrested thousands of kilometers far.

    Many others attempted entering the West Bank through Jordanian borders were deported because they were to express solidarity with the Palestinian people. Example: Prof. Noam Chomsky

    Those desperate to Enter Palestinian terriroties are now attempting to enter through Air. Israeli authorities already deporting anyone who expresses his will to go the Palestinian West Bank.

    What other choice do they give us?

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