On Monday week, over 15 boats full of humanitarian aid will leave from various ports around Europe and heads towards Gaza. More than three MEPs from the European Parliament will be aboard these boats. One of them is Paul Murphy, the Irish MEP, a socialist MEP representing the Goui group here in the European Parliament and he's here with me today to tell us more about this mission. Thanks for meeting me here today for a coffee or tea that you're having. So tell me first of all about the mission, when are you leaving? Who's going on us and why have you decided to go on us? Yep, I think up to a thousand activists from around the world are going on the Freedom Floatilla too. We're leaving Monday week, we will begin to sail from close to Gaza to try and get into Gaza and the purpose of it is to bring humanitarian aid to break the siege of Gaza that exists where the impact on the Palestinian population in Gaza have been devastating. There are a number of people who live on it. A dollar a day or less has tripled to 300,000 people since the sea. Israel has done high alerts. We've seen that. We all remember what happened last year, this time last year, the end of May with the nine Turks dying. Have you been in touch with the Israel Defence Force? I haven't. I'm prepared. We're hopeful that we get into Gaza and deliver the aid. That's the purpose. We'll be carrying medicines, construction material, things that are blockaded and aren't able to enter Gaza. So we're hopeful that we can do that. But I'm also obviously very aware that it's a possibility perhaps a likelihood that the Israeli Defence Forces will intervene and try to prevent us getting into Gaza. And I think in that case, obviously we prefer to get in, but in that case, just like Freedom Floatilla one, I mean it did serve to raise public consciousness about this issue right around the world. I mean, it became a big, big talking point and may be can raise the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza in particular. And politically, who's supporting you, I mean, we've seen Catherine Ashton when she found out that you were going to take part. She reacted negatively. She criticised the facts that these boats were planning on this mission. How do you react to that? I mean, she's meant to represent the EU for an affairs wing. Yeah, well, I would call on Catherine Ashton while she made this agree with Osko and to do her best in terms of discussions with the Israeli government and the Israeli military to ensure that we are protected not only the three MEPs who were going, but all of the people that were going European citizens, but also others. I think it doesn't surprise me that the establishment parties in Europe don't support this mission. They criticise Israel from time to time, but they don't necessarily back it up with actions. And I think that what we're doing in the freedom of the Tilla, it does put it up to the establishment parties and it's re-alaction in solidarity with the Palestinians. So that's why we're doing it. I want about other MEPs, MEPs here in the House. I've seen Charles Tonic, the conservative English MEP. He's quite negative as well about us. What about other MEPs from the other groups? Obviously, your group is supporting you, wholeheartedly in this and your Spanish colleague, William Er, he will company you. Yes, I mean, the left group is very much behind this freedom of the Tilla. We sponsored one of the meetings that happened in the parliament here. There's two of us going and obviously the other is also supportive. And a number of the green MEPs are also supportive of this as will be a number of the social democratic, socialists and Democrats group will be supportive. The right wing in this parliament, the more openly right wing in this parliament, does not support this low-tilla, but never mind that. They don't support the Palestinians. So it doesn't surprise me one bit that Charles Tonic will be critical of me and that's to be expected. Just makes you more determined. Tell me, what about the IHH I've seen in Israeli media that they are planning on not contributing, so that IHH obviously, the Turkish relief. Yeah, I'm not sure what the status of that at the moment. I need to talk to the Irish organisers and the people who are connected to the steering committee internationally to find out exactly what's happening there. I don't have any direct information. I think there is heightened regional tensions between Israel and Turkey over the flotilla, which we're not in favour of. Sorry, folks. We don't want to provoke a regional conflict, a regional war. We're not on the side of Turkey in this conflict of the Turkish government. We're on the side of the ordinary people in Palestine and Gaza. And that's what it's about. It's a civil society, a civil society mission. So if we do get there, we'll be meeting with activists, human rights people there in Gaza itself. And on a scale of 1 to 10, how high do you think your chances of getting there? I don't know. It all depends. I mean, this is a decision that will rest with the Israeli government and the Israeli army. 5 out of 10. I don't know. Okay. Homer, if you best look at your mission, we'll be following you. I'm sure you'll have a video camera with you. I'll be writing blogs on a daily basis, updating my Twitter and there will be video cameras with us to video the whole thing. Okay. Paul Murphy, Irish MEP, thank you very much for having coffee with me. And please come back and have another coffee with me when you get back safely from your trip.