In the dearth of US reporting on flotilla activity aimed at Gaza, one item is getting a small amount of attention – if not, in my view, enough. News reports from the Levant today suggest that the Lebanese flotilla that was delayed indefinitely in June expects to get underway in the next few days. The two confirmed ships in the flotilla will stop in a third-country port (probably in Turkish Cyprus) before trying to reach Gaza; the ship that is to leave from Beirut has been given the name Maryam, for Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, and will reportedly carry only women as passengers (presumably the crew is male). At least half of the 50-some women in the group are Christians, and an unspecified number are nuns. [...] Read the rest »
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