Various news items on The Spirit of Humanity:
Israel to deport peace activists sailing to Gaza
Efrat Weiss
Published: 07.01.09, 00:13
After aid boat from Cyprus en route to Gaza Strip intercepted by Israeli Navy, 21 peace activist passengers will be deported in coming days
Israel is planning to deport within the next few days the 21 peace activists who arrived on a boat from Cyprus with the intention of entering the Gaza Strip. An Israeli Navy unit boarded their boat and escorted it to Ashdod port. Immigration police will transport the detained activists to Ben Gurion Airport, and from there they will be deported out of the country.
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Israel to deport peace activists sailing to Gaza – Israel News, Ynetnews
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McKinney still held on ship of activists detained by Israel
By KENT A. MILES
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Israel on Wednesday reportedly sent home two of the 21 people taken aboard a ship that attempted to break through a blockade and deliver supplies to Gaza.
Authorities released an American filmmaker and a Danish human rights activist, according to freegaza.org, the web site of the Free Gaza Movement, which organized the voyage opposing the blockade.
The other passengers remain in Israeli custody, among them former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and 1977 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mairead Maguire, who co-founded a group that worked for peace in Northern Ireland.
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via McKinney still held on ship of activists detained by Israel | ajc.com
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US remains silent over McKinney arrest by Israel
PressTV
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:11 GMT
Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction.
Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman and Nobel Prize laureate Cynthia McKinney and twenty other human rights activists on board a relief boat outside Israel’s territorial waters on Tuesday as they were heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.
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Mike Rivero on Alex Jones Tv 1/2:Cynthia McKinney”Kidnapped” by Israeli Forces!!
June 30, 2009
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