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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211;  Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:56AM GMT</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (file photo)</div>
<div id="divLead">The secretary general of the Arab League has condemned Israel&#8217;s interception of a boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, calling it an act of piracy.</div>
<p>“I strongly condemn the act of piracy on the high seas that the Israeli forces carried out today,” Nabil al-Araby said, a Press TV correspondent reported on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“I call upon the international community, as represented by the Security Council, to take a decisive stance on this act of piracy,” al-Araby added.</p>
<p>French ship Dignity /Al-Karama, which was bound for Gaza, was carrying food aid and medical supplies and was not carrying any weapons. It was going to help the Palestinian people, al-Araby added.</p>
<p>Early Tuesday, Israeli naval commandoes took over the French ship as it approached the Gaza Strip to break Israel&#8217;s blockade of the Palestinian coastal sliver.</p>
<p>Israel forces also abducted pro-Palestinian activists on board the boat in international waters.</p>
<p>The vessel left the Greek island of Kastellorizo late on Saturday following a troubled stay in Greece, after Athens imposed a ban on the departure of any ship planning to join the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla II.</p>
<p>France has called on Israel to respect the rights of the passengers of Dignity and permit them to go back to their home countries.</p>
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