The Greek government continues to enforce a ban on all ships taking part in the Freedom Flotilla to the Gaza Strip. Earlier today, Greek authorities stopped a small French boat that had left waters near Greece earlier this week. The halting of the ship follows the earlier blocking of the U.S. and Canadian boats as they sought to reach Gaza. On Wednesday, another ship, the Juliano, left a Greek port where it had been forcibly moored. The ship’s captain said he would take it to a different port before ultimately heading to Gaza.

Theodore Boukas: “Everything is ready. After the sabotage, after these very strong inspections, we are ready to departure from the place here. And our final destination is Gaza. I don’t know if it’s the next days or after those days, but our final destination is Gaza.”