Gaza freedom flotilla articles
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Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
We are calling on countries around the world to pressure Israel to allow us “free and safe passage” to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
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Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
From the U.S., there are about 35 participants. Leading the group, and key to the international coalition, is 77-year-old retired U.S. Army colonel and State Department diplomat Ann Wright. After quitting the State Department in protest over the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Wright has put her diplomatic skills to good use in helping to pull together a motley group of internationals. Her co-organizer from the U.S. is Huwaida Arraf, a Palestinian American attorney who is a co-founder of the...
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Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ blocked in Turkey after being denied use of 2 ships
A “Freedom Flotilla” aimed at delivering aid to Gaza without Israeli coordination or approval was blocked in Turkey Saturday after being...