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Israel: Aid Flotilla May Unload Gaza Cargo in Ashdod Port
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid, Anshel Pfeffer and Jack Khoury - The "Freedom Flotilla" of pro-Palestinian demonstrators heading toward Gaza will be permitted to unload their cargo at Ashdod port where it will be inspected and sent to Gaza via the United Nations, the forum of seven senior Israel ministers decided on Wednesday. However, the ministers decided not to allow the ships to dock in Gaza. The ministers decided that the ships would be directed to Ashdod by force if necessary. The activists would be arrested and expelled from the country. Foreign journalists will be allowed to be present on Israel Navy ships during the operation.