FPM -- Solicitation for New Gaza Flotilla Provocation

Having only recently suffered a humiliating defeat in their failed attempt to breach the Israeli maritime blockade of Hamas controlled Gaza, extremists from the Free Palestine Movement (FPM) have now returned to the United States to fund raise for yet another planned Gaza Flotilla provocation.  In a recent solicitation letter, the FPM announced that it has a new ship, the Nour al-Haqiqa, that can carry 120 passengers and crew.  The letter notes that the vessel is currently berthed in a secure location but that the group has been unsuccessful in finding a country in the Mediterranean that will allow its passengers to go on board to create hostilities against Israel.  Once an accomplice country is identified, it is the group’s intention to sail again.  The good news is that, according to their solicitation letter, they are broke. Apparently, the FPM’s funds were exhausted during the course of their previous failed voyage.  Thus, the urgent solicitation letter.  It should be noted, however, that the acts of organizing, funding, furnishing and participating in such a naval expedition against a people with whom the United States is at peace is a violation of American law.  Similarly, providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization is also a violation of U.S. law.  In June, both Shurat HaDin—Israel Law Center and Texas Governor Rick Perry sent letters to United States Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the U.S. Justice Department investigate and prosecute the FPM and other offenders of these American laws.