Aid Flotilla To Set Sail For Gaza On Sunday (ap)

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Palestinian members of the Hamas naval police and civilian defense officers ride a boat at Gaza port during a display of their preparations ahead of the expected arrival of a flotilla of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to sail into the Gaza Strip, in Gaza city, Saturday, May 29, 2010. Ships carrying 10,000 tons of aid supplies for blockaded Gaza are being held up near Cyprus as organizers try to get more than two dozen high-profile activists on board. The would-be passengers, including 17 European legislators and a Holocaust survivor, were expected to join the ships from Cyprus. Organizer Greta Berlin said Saturday the Cypriot government is not allowing smaller boats to carry the group to the flotilla waiting in international waters. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP – An organizer of the flotilla of ships carrying tons of supplies for the Gaza Strip says the vessels will set sail for the blockaded territory on Sunday.

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