A crowd gathers around the "dignity" boat that departed from Cyprus yesterday afternoon to protest against the Israeli sanctions imposed on Gaza Strip since June 2007, at the port in Gaza City. The boat carrying 27 pro-Palestinian activists from 13 countries was allowed to dock in Gaza today despite a strict Israeli blockade, in the second such voyage in less than three months. Some 27 international activists Western human-rights activists, peace activists, journalists, and European and palestinian lawmakers sailed from Cyprus on Tuesday with medical supplies to Gaza City.