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Mon 08 Aug 2008Palestinian peace activists sail into Gaza Strip
MIDDLE EAST:PEACE ACTIVISTS who breached Israel's blockade of Gaza in two Greek-flagged wooden boats lunched yesterday with deposed Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.
He congratulated the Free Gaza mission and said it "spells the end of Israel's siege." The effort was also praised by Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, who telephoned his approval to Huwaida Arraf, a dual US citizen and Palestinian citizen of Israel, soon after the boats, the Free Gaza and the Liberty, reached Gaza's port on Saturday evening after a rough 32-hour voyage from Cyprus.
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