Here is a clip from the AsiaNews.it report:
Beirut (AsiaNews) – In all likelihood the “Mariam”, the Arabic name of Mary, has not yet left the Lebanese port where it is berthed. The ship is carrying a group of Christian and Muslim women who are intent on bringing aid, especially medicine, to the population of Gaza, and is already causing problems in Israel.
Because it is one thing to attack a ship carrying more or less peaceful pacifists, another is to raid a ship voluntarily baptized with the name of Our Lady. “We are determined to go – says Rima Farah, spokeswoman for the group – and our weapons are our faith in the Virgin and humanity.” Read more here.
