Scandinavian activists launch new ship to Gaza

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

08/07/2012 19:41

Swedish and Norwegian backed 'SV Estelle' set to sail from Oslo to Gaza; organizers hoping more ships will join.

  Photo: Freedom Waves/Facebook Scandinavian activist groups are launching an aid ship destined for Gaza on Tuesday, hoping to challenge Israel's naval blockade and draw international attention to the conflict in a move reminiscent of the 2010 "Freedom Flotilla," organizers said.

Scandinavian Politics After the Norway Massacre

Elites, ruling parties, and left-wing intellectuals are using the tragedy to push policies that brought on social tensions that contributed to the unhinging of the terrorist in the first place.

The brutal massacre of young Norwegians attending a political youth camp on the island of Utøya near Oslo has shaken Scandinavian politics. And while much of this change has come in a seemingly paradoxical form of governments’ confirming existing policies, it is no less significant in rejecting pressures for change that had been building before the terrorist attack.