"Also travelling with the party is left-wing Greek MP Tasos Kourakis. "This is an effort to break the wall of silence surrounding Gaza ... the EU and international community pretend they don't know what's happening in Gaza ... children are starving there," he told AFP. However, 84-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein was unable to make the trip due to medical reason but stood at Larnaca dock to bid her colleagues farewell. "I'm very sad I can't make it," said Epstein." (thanks Olivia)