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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211; Sun Jan 2, 2011 2:48PM</div>
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<div id="divLead">Two warships with Israel&#8217;s Navy are reportedly chasing a vessel from <em>Asia 1</em>, an Asia-sourced Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters.</div>
<p>The ship, named Salam, is allegedly carrying tons of medical and  food supplies for the Tel Aviv-blockaded Gaza Strip as well as eight  human rights activists as part of the sizeable relief mission, which is  also known as <em>Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan</em>.</p>
<p>The Israeli forces have contacted the ship&#8217;s captain, demanding the  names of the activists, who are reportedly from Azerbaijan, India,  Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan.</p>
<p>The activists say they want to display solidarity with the Palestinian people in their resistance against Israel.</p>
<p>Tel Aviv has been enforcing an all-out land, aerial and naval  blockade on the 1.5 million Palestinians in the enclave since mid-June  2007.</p>
<p>Salam left the port of Latakia in the northwest of Syria for the  northeastern Egyptian port of el-Arish on Saturday, defying the  prospects of an Israeli assault.</p>
<p>Israel&#8217;s military, killed nine Turkish activists aboard Freedom Flotilla, an Ankara-backed humanitarian convoy, on May 31.</p>
<p>The Asian convoy, which is joined by activists of 18 different  nationalities, has traveled through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Lebanon.  It was forced to remain in Syria for a week, awaiting Cairo&#8217;s  authorization to dock at its port.</p>
<p>A seven-member delegation of Iranian lawmakers joined the mission while it was in the Syrian capital, Damascus.</p>
<p>In this regard, an Indian activist on the mission told Press TV last  month, “We are completely non-violent. We do not have weapons.”</p>
<p>In case of an attack, “We will face it with non-violence. We&#8217;ll face it with a prayer in our hearts,” he added.</p>
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