(3 Jul 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Protesters gathered near the Greek Ministry of Civil Protection (government body responsible for banning the flotilla), holding a banner reading (English) "End the Blockade on Gaza"
2. Various of protesters chanting, holding banners
3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Siliva Varnava, 37-year-old teacher:
"There are people from abroad here. They all expected the ships to leave. Cyprus had announcements earlier. Our people waited until the last minute to make this announcement, which was very underhanded and the people are very upset."
4. Demonstrators sitting on ground with banner
5. Mid shot of woman demonstrator
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Henry Norr, activist from Berkley, California, USA:
"We're protesting that order and demanding our right to sail. We're not committing any crime, we're unarmed. We're on a humanitarian mission and to make a political statement and we're not violating any laws so we insist that we have the right to sail."
7. Wide of protesters
8. Reverse shot of police with protesters
9. Wide of American activists holding protest signs outside US Embassy
10. Close-up of buoy reading (English) "The Audacity of Hope"
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hedy Epstein, 86-year-old American activist:
"But our own government doesn't support freedom, it supports oppression and occupation by Israel of the Palestinian people."
12. Tilt up from life preservers to activists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray McGovern, 71-year-old activist:
"It's really very, very discouraging and very, very angering that our government, just to please and get Israel off the hook so Israel doesn't have to shoot us all up, that it would resort to this kind of unseemly pressure on an ostensible ally, Greece."
14. Wide of American activists
15. Mid shot of activists marching towards Israeli Embassy
16. Activist waving Palestinian flag
17. Various of activists marching
18. Policeman in front of the Israeli embassy
19. Various of police and protesters
STORYLINE:
Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla on Sunday said they have not abandoned their plans to breach Israel's sea blockade of the territory despite a Greek government ban on their vessels leaving the country's ports.
The campaign experienced a major setback when Greece announced its restrictions on Friday, and authorities arrested the captain of a boat carrying American activists that tried to leave Greece without permission.
Activists reacted angrily to the ban, taking part in small protests across the Greek capital intended to keep up momentum in the face of increasing calls for them to scrap their campaign.
On Saturday, the Middle East Quartet of Mideast mediators, the US, UN, EU and Russia, urged governments to discourage Gaza-bound flotillas that could escalate tension in the region.
"We're demanding our right to sail," said protester Henry Norr, from Berkley in the US state of California.
"We're not committing any crime, we're unarmed. We're on a humanitarian mission and to make a political statement and we're not violating any laws so we insist that we have the right to sail."
Meanwhile, several protesters from the American vessel briefly protested outside the US Embassy before leaving.
They had originally planned to stay there overnight.
They want Washington to pressure Greece to release their American captain, John Klusmire, and allow them to depart for the Gaza Strip.
Ray McGovern, a 71-year-old American activist, criticised US authorities for trying "to get Israel off the hook".
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