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Canadian Boat to Gaza delegate back in Montreal Thursday 6 PM

10 November 2011
 
After having been kidnapped last Friday in international waters by the Israeli Defence Force and after having been jailed without charge for 5 days, the Quebec delegate on board the Canadian boat to Gaza, Ehab Lotayef, will be back in Montreal late afternoon Thursday November 10th 2011.
Two boats, one Canadian, the Tahrir, the other Irish, the Saoirse, tried to break the illegal blockade of Gaza. Despite carrying medical aid and letters of solidarity in a resolutely non-violent approach, they were violently boarded by Israel.
Ehab and David Heap, one of the other Canadian delegates on board, will be arriving in Toronto early Thursday morning. They will then fly to Ottawa where they will be giving an early afternoon press conference at Parliament Hill. Next, they will appear on Power & Politics, with Evan Solomon (recording of show at 2PM, airing on News World later that afternoon). David will then head home to London ON, and Ehab to Montreal.
Ehab Lotayef’s train is scheduled to arrive downtown at the Gare centrale at 5:55 PM. Ehab will be on train Via Rail no.36 from Ottawa.
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For more information, please contact Canadian Boat to Gaza spokesperson:
Denis Kosseim, 514-923-5594