Free Gaza activists say they seek justice, not violence focus 06/05/2010

Free Gaza activists say they seek justice, not violence

focus 06/05/2010 NICOSIA — Greta Berlin, a co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement which spearheaded this week’s abortive bid to break the Gaza blockade, is a veteran activist who shrugs off Israeli claims of terrorist links. “It’s nothing new... I’ve been involved with seeking justice for the Palestinians for 40 years,” the 69-year-old American mother of two told AFP on Thursday. “I’ve stayed with this cause because it’s the one cause in my lifetime that has not been resolved,” she said, speaking by phone from the Free Gaza office in Cyprus. “The only reason this is a citizens’ initiative is because the governments are not doing anything, and we are ultimately responsible if our governments fail to act,” Berlin added. Berlin, who is married to a Palestinian refugee and teaches engineers for a living, helped to organise the latest flotilla of ships carrying 10,000 tonnes of aid which was stormed by Israeli commandos on Monday in a botched pre-dawn raid in which at least nine people were killed. Numerous non-governmental organisations participated in the flotilla this time but it was Berlin’s group, which comprises volunteers from dozens of countries, “of all ages and backgrounds,” that started the blockade-busting movement four years ago.... MORE     Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100605com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Clones FRONTLINE Going the way of the US electorate? focus Free Gaza activists say they seek justice, not violence