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Gaza Flotilla: Press Conference with Shane Dillon today at 2pm, Central Hotel, Dublin![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Remaining Irish prisoners to be deported later today There will be a press conference with returned Irish Flotilla detainee Shane Dillon today at 2pm in Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2. Mr Dillon, who was deported to Ireland late last night will speak of his experiences on board the Challenger ship when it was boarded by Israeli commandos on Monday where he said he witness the commandos physically attacking non-violent passengers. Also speaking at the press conference will be Aengus O Snodaigh TD, Chris Andrews TD and Senator Mark Daly, and it will be chaired Freda Hughes of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC). Earlier today, IPSC Spokesperson Freda Hughes spoke to the Irish Embassy in Israel, and was told that Isam Bin Ali - a naturalised Irish citizen from Libya - was due to be on board a 10am flight from Tel Aviv to Ireland. Although the Embassy was unable to confirmed whether Mr. Ali was definitely on board, the said there was no reason to believe he was not. The other five Irish prisoners are reportedly due to be deported sometime after lunchtime today, though the Israeli Foreign Ministry has thus far refused to say any more than this, an Embassy official said. All their phones have been confiscated permanently and they are still being held incommunicado. Ms Hughes made an appeal to the Embassy to try to get permission for them to make a phone call before they leave, particularly Mr. Al Mahdi Al Harati who has a medical condition and has had no contact with his wife, Ms Eftaima Al Najar, in six days. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7RTE radio this morning - Shane Dillon, the first of the Irish activists to be deported, says the activists put up little resistance when their boats were boarded
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0602/mideast_av.html?276434...l,209
Link from RTE news article - http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0602/mideast.html
Shane Dillon, The mate on board of Challenger 1, 27th May 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONeslRGR2pQ
Shane Dillon, Mate on Challenger 1 talks about his personal reasons for working with FreeGaza. His brother Owen Dillon, uilleannpiper with Kila, has written a song called "The Rachel Corrie" about an American girl who was killed by an Israeli bulldoser. One of the cargo ships in the Freedom Flotilla is called The Rachel Corrie in her honor.
They are now close to the coasts of Cyprus now, sailing towards the Freedom Flotilla meeting point, to proceed all together to Gaza.
Thanks to Scott Hamann, passenger on board of the Freedom Flotilla, for all images.
Caption: Video Id: ONeslRGR2pQ Type: Youtube Video
Shane Dillon, The mate on board of Challenger 1, 27th May 2010
If you have a link for that Kila song you might post it,linker.Ta.
Cowen just on RTE saying '...cement in cargo of Rachel Corrie is problematic'.Might interfere with CRH's monopoly game?
I mean we can't have those Palestinians rebuilding their houses after them being levelled by Israeli bombs, can we? Such utter crap. Especially considering all the cement the Israelis are using to build settlements on Palestinian lands. All the back peddling is starting now. very sad.
Irish activist Shane Dillon at news conference in Dublin today.
Irish man denies Gaza activists armed
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0602/....html
ya miss me point citizen.We cant be wasting cement on houses,schools and hospitals it cost a gigafortune to pulverise in Cast Lead, when there is a containment wall to be built to ensure the untermenschen stay contained.