A wide group of Greek and Arab activists, held a meeting in the Greek capital Athens,was also attended by activists from other European countries, and discussed the steps they intend to do for organizing the travel of a group of ships of various sizes to the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Irish activist, Cueva Butterly, who had already participated in the last convoy of lifeline to Gaza , said that she came to Athens to attend the meeting and to coordinate the initiative of launching ships to Gaza, which is expected include Malaysian officials and many popular bodies from all over the world.

She added that the continuing siege on Gaza, means that the war is still going on, so we must work to break it.
In his turn, the well-known activist Vagylys Pisaias said that the group has already conducted a series of preparations to send the fleet, as they have a barge as well as five other vessels, pointing out that they are also searching for small passenger vessels, explaining that the number of participants in this campaign will be greater than their numbers in the previous campaign before a year and a half.

He also said that the campaign aims at explaining to world community that the Gaza city is one of the Mediterranean cities and that has the right to be reconstructed, and for this the campaign will carry a shipment of symbolic building materials, as well as medical aid and food relief.

On the other hand, substantial preparations are underway in the Turkish city for sending a new aid convoy to the besieged Gaza Strip by sea under the slogan "Freedom is the last port."

According to a statement issued by "the Turkish relief and humanitarian assistance"(IHH), it is scheduled to launch a naval convoy consisting of 20 ships in next April from the seaport of Istanbul.
The Turkish charity, which had already participated in the organization of a convoy, "Lifeline 3" with the Foundation "Free Gaza" also said that it will participate in the convoy with five vessels, indicating that the vessels will be loaded with private construction materials like cement and iron, as well as medical equipment and medicines.

Some vessels from US are expected to participate in the convoy, in addition to ships from Greece, France, Italy, Germany, Malaysia, and Venezuela, accompanied by a large number of human rights activists and civil society representatives and journalists.

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