De Griekse regering neemt de mensenrechten wel serieus, in tegenstelling tot de Nederlandse regering.Ik kreeg dit bericht net van de Palestijnse intellectueel Omar Barghouti:
'A huge THANK-YOU from Palestine to Greek solidarity activists who have just implemented a South-Africa style BDS action!
Omar
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UPDATE: US Cancels Munitions Shipment To Israel Via Greece
(Updates with further comments from Pentagon spokesman)
WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. military has to had to cancel a planned shipment of munitions from a Greek port to a U.S. warehouse in Israel due to objections from Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
"I think the Greek government had some issue with the offloading of some of that shipment in their country and so we are finding alternative means of getting that entire shipment to its proper destination in Israel," spokesman Geoff Morrell told a news conference. "I don't think we've come to a final resolution on how or when that will take place."
The shipment had been agreed last summer before the current Israeli offensive in Gaza, he said.
He said the U.S. had operated the munitions stockpile for nearly 20 years and that Israel "can ask for permission to access" the munitions.
He said he didn't know the nature of Greece's objection and whether it was related to security or political concerns.
Greece bars Israel arms shipments
Daily News 12 Jan 2009
GREECE barred its ports today from exporting arms to Israel, despite a tender for that purpose with the US Navy.
Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyiannis told reporters today that neither the private port of Astakos in the country's west nor "any other location in Greece will be used for the supplying of the Israeli army". Details of a US Navy tender were revealed by Reuters and confirmed by Washington.
(Updates with further comments from Pentagon spokesman)
WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. military has to had to cancel a planned shipment of munitions from a Greek port to a U.S. warehouse in Israel due to objections from Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
"I think the Greek government had some issue with the offloading of some of that shipment in their country and so we are finding alternative means of getting that entire shipment to its proper destination in Israel," spokesman Geoff Morrell told a news conference. "I don't think we've come to a final resolution on how or when that will take place."
The shipment had been agreed last summer before the current Israeli offensive in Gaza, he said.
He said the U.S. had operated the munitions stockpile for nearly 20 years and that Israel "can ask for permission to access" the munitions.
He said he didn't know the nature of Greece's objection and whether it was related to security or political concerns.
Greece bars Israel arms shipments
Daily News 12 Jan 2009
GREECE barred its ports today from exporting arms to Israel, despite a tender for that purpose with the US Navy.
Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyiannis told reporters today that neither the private port of Astakos in the country's west nor "any other location in Greece will be used for the supplying of the Israeli army". Details of a US Navy tender were revealed by Reuters and confirmed by Washington.
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