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Activists' Boats Headed for Gaza to Be Treated as "Pirates"
[Telegraph-UK] Carolynne Wheeler - The organizers of two boats carrying protesters campaigning against Israel's economic sanctions on Gaza have been warned that any attempt to approach Gaza coastal waters would be interpreted as assistance to a terrorist regime. Israel has offered help in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via land borders instead. "From my point of view this is some kind of pirate ship," said Shlomo Dror, a defense ministry spokesman. "You can demonstrate, that's OK with us. But you are not allowed to break international law." Gaza has been subject to economic sanctions since Hamas violently wrested control there in June 2007. Hamas has refused to recognize Israel and renounce violence. Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, Israel retained military control of Gaza's territorial waters.