Two boats carrying humanitarian activists are preparing to set sail this week from Cyprus and head to the Gaza Strip in a bid to break Israel’s blockade and raise awareness for Palestinian human rights. Paul Larudee of the Free Gaza Movement spoke in Athens on Tuesday.

Paul Larudee: “The mission is to enter Gaza without passing through the territory of Israel or Egypt, going from international waters directly into Gaza. It hasn’t been done since 1967, and there’s reason to think that no one will interfere with us if we go, because Israel has said that they no longer occupy Gaza, so we want to put it to the test.”