Blair's sister-in-law to be in illegal Free Gaza Protest

Cyprus Free Gaza Conference, on 4 August 2008.

6 August 2008

Tony Blair will have to navigate his role as Middle East envoy particularly carefully this week as his sister-in-law Lauren Booth sails to the Gaza strip as part of a pro-Palestinian protest.

Around 40 activists are set to sail from Cyprus to Gaza in effort to break a non-existent Jewish blockade and allegedly deliver hearing aids to pupils a deaf school.

Among them are Lauren Booth, and American nun and an alleged Jewish Holocaust survivor; which as for the Jewish holocaust survivor being among the protestors, is deeply in question on several levels.

The trip is being organized by American group Free Gaza. The Cypriot authorities have said they have no intention of preventing the boats' departure but they will be refused into Palestine, for these types of activities are against Palestine law.