Pro-Arab activists are assisting the Hamas authority in an effort to establish a Cyprus-Gaza passenger line in an attempt to permanently break Israeli sovereignty over the Gaza coast.
They reached the coast in two fishing boats last month after the Foreign Ministry decided not to carry out threats and arrest them or turn them back. Ministry officials explained they did not want to give the "Free Gaza" movement an opportunity to exploit Israeli opposition. Pro-Arab activists want to prove that the landing was not a one-time publicity stunt and that the breaking Israeli sovereignty was not just symbolic.