The US state department warned its citizens from participating or "infiltrating" in solidarity ships or other means to Gaza. This comes during "Israeli" War Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Washington for talks with his American counterpart Robert Gates.

The US has previously called countries to discourage attempts to break the Gaza siege, making no comment on Zionist navy attack on Freedom Flotilla while the Zionist entity welcomed the statement.

It is worth mentioning that the UK released a similar statement last week implying that its government will not support those who participate in solidarity ships.