Quds city, December 07, SPA -- Police blocked an Israeli protest boat Sunday from trying to break through Israel's naval blockade, the Associated Press reported. The boat was set to depart from the small port of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv. The journey was organized by Israeli Arab political parties and not-for-profit groups. Israeli Arab lawmakers were to have been among the roughly 100 passengers, and the cargo was to include basic food supplies, medicine, and toys and sweets for an upcoming Muslim festival Eid Al-Adha, according to Zahi Nujeidat, a spokesman for Israel's Islamic Movement, one of the groups behind the trip. Police officers contacted the boat's owner and warned him that sailing to Gaza would be a violation of Israeli law, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
