Protesters In California Prevent Israeli Cargo Ship From Docking

Protesters In California Prevent Israeli Cargo Ship From Docking

by Edna Spennato - Aug 18, 2014

In another sign of the increasing support for the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, activists in the state of California, on the Western coast of the US, successfully prevented an Israeli cargo ship from docking on Saturday.

The move comes amidst Israel’s month-long military campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has so far killed almost 2,000 Palestinians and wounded thousands more, mostly civilians. During this time, activists have been regularly staging protests in San Francisco, California against Israel’s aggression, attracting thousands of participants.

According to Dr Paul Larudee, a co-founder of the Free Palestine movement, thousands of activists waving Palestinian flags turned out to blockade the Israeli cargo ship Ever Lasting, which pulled into a harbour in the San Francisco Bay on Saturday morning.

The protesters intended to form a picket line to prevent work crews from unloading the ship, responding to the Palestinian General Federation Trade Union’s BDS call for workers around the world to refuse to handle Israeli goods. “The Ever Lasting and its sister ship ZIM Piraeus were both due to be unloaded that day,” Dr Larudee told MEMO.

“As it approached the docks, however, the Ever Lasting was ordered by the port authority to return to the entrance and moor to the side until further notice. In the meantime, the ZIM Piraeus had been treading water off the coast of Monterey since the previous evening.”

He added that, “The reaction of the port authority and the decision to delay the arrival of one of the ships was apparently due to the knowledge that the dock workers were going to respect the picket line of the demonstrators.”

Although Washington remains Israel’s strongest ally, the latest massacre in Gaza has mobilised tens of thousands of Americans, who have taken to the streets across the country to demand an end to Israel’s aggression and occupation of Palestine.

Source: Middle East Monitor

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Edna Spennato

Edna Aug 19, 2014 at 4:50 pm

Here’s an update on Block The Boat in Oakland. The activists have been out there for 4 days, and the ship is still not unloaded, though it has now moored. The ship is likely to try and arrange the offloading of its goods sometime tonight.

However, the dock workers union and the longshoremen are honouring the protest and have said they won’t cross the picket line to offload the Zionist boat. There is a heavy police presence there as well. If any of you know anyone in Oakland, please ask them to go down there and join the protest (and if possible, take some food and water to support the protesters who have been out there all day. http://www.earth-heal.com/news/news/45-take-action/1720-update-bloc...

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