Ships from Turkey with humanitarian aid for Gaza denied right to sail, flags removed

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2. This group is a bit more than humanitarian aid group. Part of Free Gaza Movement with history of stirring up provocation

They have been there numerous times and it always ends up in trouble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla

The AP was quoted on MSNBC: "The Turkish Islamic charity behind a flotilla of aid ships that was raided by Israeli forces on its way to Gaza had ties to terrorism networks, including a 1999 al-Qaida plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, France's former top anti-terrorism judge said Wednesday."[33]

In June 2012 it was reported that the IHH director Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım is reportedly being investigated by Turkish authorities for allegedly creating a financial partnership with al-Qaeda.[34]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Gaza_Movement

The Free Gaza Movement (FGM) is a coalition of human rights activists and pro-Palestinian groups formed to break Egypt and Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip and publicise the situation of the Palestinians there.[1] FGM has challenged the Israeli–Egyptian blockade by sailing humanitarian aid ships to Gaza.[2][3] The group has more than 70 endorsers, including the late Desmond Tutu and Noam Chomsky.

Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that the Free Gaza Movement is "the leading edge of the international campaign to delegitimize Israel and bring about its end as the national home of the Jewish people," and that they are "a hypocritical organization" he argues since they protest Israel's part of the blockade but not the Egyptian blockade of Gaza.[67]