Matt Saldaña
27 Jul 2009
Day 3: Cynthia McKinney speaks to Greens, though not in person
2008 Green Party presidential nominee, and former U.S. Representative (D-GA), Cynthia McKinney was scheduled to deliver a keynote speech to the roughly 100 Green Party members who attended last week’s convention in Durham. Due to health issues, she instead spoke to the group about her recent brush with the Israeli Navy, and her involvement with the “Free Gaza” movement, via online video.
Audience members lined up to ask McKinney questions, but because of a communications mishap, McKinney only referred to Gaza-related questions from the video stream’s live chat. One question involved Hurricane Katrina, though she responded by talking about Palestine. In fact, other than a brief reference to her 2008 run (disparaging those who didn’t understand it), and general praise for the Green Party candidates who spoke at a live-streamed news conference Friday, McKinney made almost no mention of her party’s gathering in Durham.
Last month, McKinney and 20 others were seized by the Israeli Navy after attempting to sail through a blockade to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Consulate has said McKinney’s group could have delivered humanitarian supplies by land, and accused the group of making a “reckless political stunt.”
McKinney was scheduled to be deported immediately, but refused to sign deportation papers and spent a week in jail, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“I spent seven days in prison because I wanted the children in Gaza to have crayons,” McKinney said in her video address.
McKinney compared the members of Dignity, a group she helped launch following another failed attempt to enter the Gaza Strip (on board a ship named “Dignity”), to Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tupac Shakur, as previous examples of leaders who worked toward “stopping the machine … at great personal sacrifice that was not acknowledged publicly.”
“It’s clear, I think, that everyone is not prepared to do what it takes to get the result that we all certainly want,” she said. “This little group of people who got together and formed this organization called Dignity are the kind of people who are not afraid to lend their talents to the cause of peace, justice, human rights and, in short, dignity.”
McKinney said the group consisted of Green Party members, supporters of her 2008 campaign, and “a slew of people I have yet to ask to join.”
She said humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip represent the group’s “introduction to the growing [online] community,” but emphasized the group is about “more than Gaza.”
McKinney then displayed mementos from her recent time spent in a prison in Israel, following her second trip to the Gaza Strip with Free Gaza, including her cell phone, returned in a plastic bag with writing in Hebrew.
“I guess that’s my name, I don’t know,” she said.
After her deportation, McKinney joined another delegation from Viva Palestina and entered the Gaza Strip with rapper M-1 from Dead Prez and others, she said.
She had souvenirs from that trip as well, including a discarded can of peanuts with a Hebrew label. The label was proof, McKinney said, that Israeli soldiers knowingly bombed an elementary school, and then ate peanuts to make their presence known. She also claimed to have seen a Star of David written in chalk on the school’s chalkboard.
“That was the signature left by Israeli soldiers, thanks to U.S. taxpayers, as they bombed an elementary school,” she said.
In addition to her thoughts on U.S. and Israeli policy (“U.S. policy should restrict money for the Israel killing machine,”) McKinney offered party members a reflection on Judaism.
“Zionism is a political trick that has hurt a lot of people, and has nothing to do with Judaism,” she recounted a rabbi in the Gaza Strip telling her.
In an interview after the speech, 2008 Green Party candidate Jesse Johnson said he “respects the work Cynthia’s doing.”
But, he added, “We have human rights violations taking place in Washington’s back yard, throughout Appalachia.”
Johnson, who received 4.5 percent of the vote in 2008 when he ran for governor of West Virginia, said the Green Party should look to mountaintop-removal mining as a “galvanizing moment” to address issues of human rights, health care and the environment.
“I think the Green Party of the United States needs to focus on what’s taking place here, because mountaintop removal is ground zero for global climate change and water pollution,” he said.
Johnson finished fifth among Green Party presidential candidates in 2008, behind McKinney, Ralph Nader, Kent Mesplay and Kat Swift.
http://www.indyweekblogs.com/triangulator/2009/07/27/day-3-cynthia-mckinney-speaks-to-greens-though-not-in-person/#more-4738
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
No Wonder They Didn't Want Photos Taken - Cynthia McKinney
God Bless You Cynthia! Hope You are doing Well. am Starting to Worry though.
Haven't heard a peep from you since July 20 2009?
Hugs and Peace, Lisa - (I tried to post this comment to her to no avail-thus far)
No Wonder the Israelis Didn't Want Photos Taken
By: Cynthia McKinney
July 17, 2009 - Friday
The Viva Palestina convoy, led by George Galloway, is about to leave Gaza after having been permitted to enter for a period of 24 hours after waiting 11 days in Cairo for permission to enter Gaza. That in and of itself is a major story when expanded to include the inability of Gazans to exit The Strip--even if only to enter another part of their country, the West Bank or to move about freely in the fictional "Palestinian State." I say fictional because it continues to dwindle even while peace talks are underway. Fictional, because Palestinian elections deemed by international observers to be free and fair, don't count if the US- and Israel-approved party loses, and the winners get to sit for years in an Israeli jail. Fictional, because they use Israel's currency here, the shekel, and the international roaming on our US cell phones indicates calls are from Israel.
Gaza is beautiful. Gaza is full of life, despite Israel's Operation Cast Lead. And now, I have seen, Gaza has been bombed to smithereens. I think I've mastered my video camera enough to share some images with you. I'll post them on the sites below when I return. In the meantime, my fellow Americans and citizens of the world, we have a lot to do to put right all the wrong things done in our name. Much love to all of you who helped me, guided me, prayed for me, to make this successful entry into Gaza happen.
Viva Palestina!!
Free Gaza!!
Cynthia McKinney
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=329054963&blogId=500838576
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P.S. from Lisa:
Cynthia's Blog Comments are Disabled.
But at time of my posting this she has: 1000000021 Kudos!
Haven't heard a peep from you since July 20 2009?
Hugs and Peace, Lisa - (I tried to post this comment to her to no avail-thus far)
No Wonder the Israelis Didn't Want Photos Taken
By: Cynthia McKinney
July 17, 2009 - Friday
The Viva Palestina convoy, led by George Galloway, is about to leave Gaza after having been permitted to enter for a period of 24 hours after waiting 11 days in Cairo for permission to enter Gaza. That in and of itself is a major story when expanded to include the inability of Gazans to exit The Strip--even if only to enter another part of their country, the West Bank or to move about freely in the fictional "Palestinian State." I say fictional because it continues to dwindle even while peace talks are underway. Fictional, because Palestinian elections deemed by international observers to be free and fair, don't count if the US- and Israel-approved party loses, and the winners get to sit for years in an Israeli jail. Fictional, because they use Israel's currency here, the shekel, and the international roaming on our US cell phones indicates calls are from Israel.
Gaza is beautiful. Gaza is full of life, despite Israel's Operation Cast Lead. And now, I have seen, Gaza has been bombed to smithereens. I think I've mastered my video camera enough to share some images with you. I'll post them on the sites below when I return. In the meantime, my fellow Americans and citizens of the world, we have a lot to do to put right all the wrong things done in our name. Much love to all of you who helped me, guided me, prayed for me, to make this successful entry into Gaza happen.
Viva Palestina!!
Free Gaza!!
Cynthia McKinney
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=329054963&blogId=500838576
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P.S. from Lisa:
Cynthia's Blog Comments are Disabled.
But at time of my posting this she has: 1000000021 Kudos!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Cynthia McKinney/Free Gaza 21-info on phone calls and links!
Cynthia McKinney was able to get a call out to a colleague, Don Debar, she sends a message that she is fine, keep calling, faxing and emailing. Keep protesting, too! She is being held at the Ramle Prison in Israel...she has seen an attorney today provided by Free Gaza. She had no information on any of the 21 being released. Mairead Maguire is possibly being held or detained somewhere else. FREE the FREE GAZA 21! Demand that Israel return the ship along with the DANGEROUS CARGO--CRAYONS!
John Judge (Press Secretary during the 2008 campaign) sent this tonight:
I just got a call from former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from inside an Israeli prison at Ramale where she and 20 other humanitarian aid workers from 9 different countries are still being held by Israeli authorities. US Embassy officials have spoken to Ms. McKinney and are aware of the situation. Four of the group are US citizens. Among them is Mairead Maguire, from Ireland, a Nobel laureate and renowned peace activist. They have named themselves the "Free Gaza 21." They are demanding their release. They were in international waters on a boat delivering humanitarian aid to people in Gaza when Israeli Navy ships surrounded them and illegally threatened them, dismantled their navigation equipment, boarded and confiscated the ship. All those aboard were then taken off the ship and into custody, and brought into Israel and imprisoned. Immigration officials in Israel said they did not want to keep them, but they remain imprisoned. State Department and White House officials have not effected their release or taken a strong public stance to condemn the illegal actions of the Israeli Navy, enforcing a blockade of humanitarian assistance that has been condemned by President Obama.
ARTICLES COMPILED BY FATIMA:
This article is from the ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
On Wednesday, groups including the Green Party and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as well as users of social networking tools like Twitter urged the Obama administration and the State Department to press Israel to release the detained passengers
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2009/07/01/mckinney_detained_gaza_israel.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab
According to Le Monde, (in italics) the IDF: No shots were fired during the boarding of the Spirit of Humanity ...the cargo will be sent to competent authorities.
I'll translate more later
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2009/06/30/la-marine-israelienne-arraisonne-un-bateau-se-rendant-a-gaza_1213694_0.html
Liveleak has a slightly different take...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6af_1246397975
According to the Telegraph: British Goverment States:
"We have made it clear to Israel that we are very concerned for the safety of British nationals."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/5703146/Human-rights-activists-arrested-off-Gaza-coast.html
And from Al Arabya:
" There is a need for the people of the United States to understand that every piece of rubble that is on that strip of land is caused by U.S. weapons "
Former U.S. Congresswoman McKinney
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/29/63063.html#000
If anyone has any more info, PLEASE send it to me.
Free the Land!!
Fatima
John Judge (Press Secretary during the 2008 campaign) sent this tonight:
I just got a call from former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from inside an Israeli prison at Ramale where she and 20 other humanitarian aid workers from 9 different countries are still being held by Israeli authorities. US Embassy officials have spoken to Ms. McKinney and are aware of the situation. Four of the group are US citizens. Among them is Mairead Maguire, from Ireland, a Nobel laureate and renowned peace activist. They have named themselves the "Free Gaza 21." They are demanding their release. They were in international waters on a boat delivering humanitarian aid to people in Gaza when Israeli Navy ships surrounded them and illegally threatened them, dismantled their navigation equipment, boarded and confiscated the ship. All those aboard were then taken off the ship and into custody, and brought into Israel and imprisoned. Immigration officials in Israel said they did not want to keep them, but they remain imprisoned. State Department and White House officials have not effected their release or taken a strong public stance to condemn the illegal actions of the Israeli Navy, enforcing a blockade of humanitarian assistance that has been condemned by President Obama.
ARTICLES COMPILED BY FATIMA:
This article is from the ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
On Wednesday, groups including the Green Party and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as well as users of social networking tools like Twitter urged the Obama administration and the State Department to press Israel to release the detained passengers
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2009/07/01/mckinney_detained_gaza_israel.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab
According to Le Monde, (in italics) the IDF: No shots were fired during the boarding of the Spirit of Humanity ...the cargo will be sent to competent authorities.
I'll translate more later
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2009/06/30/la-marine-israelienne-arraisonne-un-bateau-se-rendant-a-gaza_1213694_0.html
Liveleak has a slightly different take...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6af_1246397975
According to the Telegraph: British Goverment States:
"We have made it clear to Israel that we are very concerned for the safety of British nationals."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/5703146/Human-rights-activists-arrested-off-Gaza-coast.html
And from Al Arabya:
" There is a need for the people of the United States to understand that every piece of rubble that is on that strip of land is caused by U.S. weapons "
Former U.S. Congresswoman McKinney
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/29/63063.html#000
If anyone has any more info, PLEASE send it to me.
Free the Land!!
Fatima
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS
By Mary Rizzo • Jun 30th, 2009
For more information contact: Greta Berlin (English) tel: +357 99 081 767 / friends@freegaza.org Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish): tel: +357 99 077 820 / sahara78@hotmail.co.uk www.FreeGaza.org [23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers).
The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel. “This is an outrageous violation of international law against us. Our boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip,” said Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate. “President Obama just told Israel to let in humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, and that’s exactly what we tried to do. We're asking the international community to demand our release so we can resume our journey.” According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are “trapped in despair.”
Thousands of Gazans whose homes were destroyed earlier during Israel’s December/January massacre are still without shelter despite pledges of almost $4.5 billion in aid, because Israel refuses to allow cement and other building material into the Gaza Strip. The report also notes that hospitals are struggling to meet the needs of their patients due to Israel’s disruption of medical supplies. “The aid we were carrying is a symbol of hope for the people of Gaza, hope that the sea route would open for them, and they would be able to transport their own materials to begin to reconstruct the schools, hospitals and thousands of homes destroyed during the onslaught of "Cast Lead”. Our mission is a gesture to the people of Gaza that we stand by them and that they are not alone" said fellow passenger Mairead Maguire, winner of a Noble Peace Prize for her work in Northern Ireland. Just before being kidnapped by Israel, Huwaida Arraf, Free Gaza Movement chairperson and delegation co-coordinator on this voyage, stated that: “No one could possibly believe that our small boat constitutes any sort of threat to Israel. We carry medical and reconstruction supplies, and children’s toys. Our passengers include a Nobel peace prize laureate and a former U.S. congressperson. Our boat was searched and received a security clearance by Cypriot Port Authorities before we departed, and at no time did we ever approach Israeli waters.” Arraf continued, “Israel’s deliberate and premeditated attack on our unarmed boat is a clear violation of international law and we demand our immediate and unconditional release.
WHAT YOU CAN DO!
CONTACT the Israeli Ministry of Justice tel: +972 2646 6666 or +972 2646 6340 fax: +972 2646 6357
CONTACT the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs tel: +972 2530 3111 fax: +972 2530 3367
CONTACT Mark Regev in the Prime Minister's office at: tel: +972 5 0620 3264 or +972 2670 5354 mark.regev@it.pmo.gov.il
CONTACT the International Committee of the Red Cross to ask for their assistance in establishing the wellbeing of the kidnapped human rights workers and help in securing their immediate release! Red Cross Israel tel: +972 3524 5286 fax: +972 3527 0370 tel_aviv.tel@icrc.org Red Cross Switzerland: tel: +41 22 730 3443 fax: +41 22 734 8280 Red Cross USA: tel: +1 212 599 6021 fax: +1 212 599 6009 ###
Kidnapped Passengers from the Spirit of Humanity include: Khalad Abdelkader, Bahrain Khalad is an engineer representing the Islamic Charitable Association of Bahrain.
Othman Abufalah, Jordan Othman is a world-renowned journalist with al-Jazeera TV.
Khaled Al-Shenoo, Bahrain Khaled is a lecturer with the University of Bahrain.
Mansour Al-Abi, Yemen Mansour is a cameraman with Al-Jazeera TV.
Fatima Al-Attawi, Bahrain Fatima is a relief worker and community activist from Bahrain.
Juhaina Alqaed, Bahrain Juhaina is a journalist & human rights activist.
Huwaida Arraf, US Huwaida is the Chair of the Free Gaza Movement and delegation co-coordinator for this voyage.
Ishmahil Blagrove, UK Ishmahil is a Jamaican-born journalist, documentary film maker and founder of the Rice & Peas film production company. His documentaries focus on international struggles for social justice.
Kaltham Ghloom, Bahrain Kaltham is a community activist.
Derek Graham, Ireland Derek Graham is an electrician, Free Gaza organizer, and first mate aboard the Spirit of Humanity.
Alex Harrison, UK Alex is a solidarity worker from Britain. She is traveling to Gaza to do long-term human rights monitoring.
Denis Healey, UK Denis is Captain of the Spirit of Humanity. This will be his fifth voyage to Gaza.
Fathi Jaouadi, UK Fathi is a British journalist, Free Gaza organizer, and delegation co-coordinator for this voyage.
Mairead Maguire, Ireland Mairead is a Nobel laureate and renowned peace activist.
Lubna Masarwa, Palestine/Israel Lubna is a Palestinian human rights activist and Free Gaza organizer.
Theresa McDermott, Scotland Theresa is a solidarity worker from Scotland. She is traveling to Gaza to do long-term human rights monitoring.
Cynthia McKinney, US Cynthia McKinney is an outspoken advocate for human rights and social justice issues, as well as a former U.S. congressperson and presidential candidate.
Adnan Mormesh, UK Adnan is a solidarity worker from Britain. He is traveling to Gaza to do long-term human rights monitoring.
Adam Qvist, Denmark Adam is a solidarity worker from Denmark. He is traveling to Gaza to do human rights monitoring.
Adam Shapiro, US Adam is an American documentary film maker and human rights activist. Kathy Sheetz, US Kathy is a nurse and film maker, traveling to Gaza to do human rights monitoring.
### — In Solidarity from all International Movement to Open Rafah Border http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9986479902 "Only a united world against oppression will help unite and free all of Palestine."
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/06/30/israel-attacks-justice-boat-kidnaps-human-rights-workers-confiscates-medicine-toys-and-olive-trees/
For more information contact: Greta Berlin (English) tel: +357 99 081 767 / friends@freegaza.org Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish): tel: +357 99 077 820 / sahara78@hotmail.co.uk www.FreeGaza.org [23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers).
The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel. “This is an outrageous violation of international law against us. Our boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip,” said Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate. “President Obama just told Israel to let in humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, and that’s exactly what we tried to do. We're asking the international community to demand our release so we can resume our journey.” According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are “trapped in despair.”
Thousands of Gazans whose homes were destroyed earlier during Israel’s December/January massacre are still without shelter despite pledges of almost $4.5 billion in aid, because Israel refuses to allow cement and other building material into the Gaza Strip. The report also notes that hospitals are struggling to meet the needs of their patients due to Israel’s disruption of medical supplies. “The aid we were carrying is a symbol of hope for the people of Gaza, hope that the sea route would open for them, and they would be able to transport their own materials to begin to reconstruct the schools, hospitals and thousands of homes destroyed during the onslaught of "Cast Lead”. Our mission is a gesture to the people of Gaza that we stand by them and that they are not alone" said fellow passenger Mairead Maguire, winner of a Noble Peace Prize for her work in Northern Ireland. Just before being kidnapped by Israel, Huwaida Arraf, Free Gaza Movement chairperson and delegation co-coordinator on this voyage, stated that: “No one could possibly believe that our small boat constitutes any sort of threat to Israel. We carry medical and reconstruction supplies, and children’s toys. Our passengers include a Nobel peace prize laureate and a former U.S. congressperson. Our boat was searched and received a security clearance by Cypriot Port Authorities before we departed, and at no time did we ever approach Israeli waters.” Arraf continued, “Israel’s deliberate and premeditated attack on our unarmed boat is a clear violation of international law and we demand our immediate and unconditional release.
WHAT YOU CAN DO!
CONTACT the Israeli Ministry of Justice tel: +972 2646 6666 or +972 2646 6340 fax: +972 2646 6357
CONTACT the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs tel: +972 2530 3111 fax: +972 2530 3367
CONTACT Mark Regev in the Prime Minister's office at: tel: +972 5 0620 3264 or +972 2670 5354 mark.regev@it.pmo.gov.il
CONTACT the International Committee of the Red Cross to ask for their assistance in establishing the wellbeing of the kidnapped human rights workers and help in securing their immediate release! Red Cross Israel tel: +972 3524 5286 fax: +972 3527 0370 tel_aviv.tel@icrc.org Red Cross Switzerland: tel: +41 22 730 3443 fax: +41 22 734 8280 Red Cross USA: tel: +1 212 599 6021 fax: +1 212 599 6009 ###
Kidnapped Passengers from the Spirit of Humanity include: Khalad Abdelkader, Bahrain Khalad is an engineer representing the Islamic Charitable Association of Bahrain.
Othman Abufalah, Jordan Othman is a world-renowned journalist with al-Jazeera TV.
Khaled Al-Shenoo, Bahrain Khaled is a lecturer with the University of Bahrain.
Mansour Al-Abi, Yemen Mansour is a cameraman with Al-Jazeera TV.
Fatima Al-Attawi, Bahrain Fatima is a relief worker and community activist from Bahrain.
Juhaina Alqaed, Bahrain Juhaina is a journalist & human rights activist.
Huwaida Arraf, US Huwaida is the Chair of the Free Gaza Movement and delegation co-coordinator for this voyage.
Ishmahil Blagrove, UK Ishmahil is a Jamaican-born journalist, documentary film maker and founder of the Rice & Peas film production company. His documentaries focus on international struggles for social justice.
Kaltham Ghloom, Bahrain Kaltham is a community activist.
Derek Graham, Ireland Derek Graham is an electrician, Free Gaza organizer, and first mate aboard the Spirit of Humanity.
Alex Harrison, UK Alex is a solidarity worker from Britain. She is traveling to Gaza to do long-term human rights monitoring.
Denis Healey, UK Denis is Captain of the Spirit of Humanity. This will be his fifth voyage to Gaza.
Fathi Jaouadi, UK Fathi is a British journalist, Free Gaza organizer, and delegation co-coordinator for this voyage.
Mairead Maguire, Ireland Mairead is a Nobel laureate and renowned peace activist.
Lubna Masarwa, Palestine/Israel Lubna is a Palestinian human rights activist and Free Gaza organizer.
Theresa McDermott, Scotland Theresa is a solidarity worker from Scotland. She is traveling to Gaza to do long-term human rights monitoring.
Cynthia McKinney, US Cynthia McKinney is an outspoken advocate for human rights and social justice issues, as well as a former U.S. congressperson and presidential candidate.
Adnan Mormesh, UK Adnan is a solidarity worker from Britain. He is traveling to Gaza to do long-term human rights monitoring.
Adam Qvist, Denmark Adam is a solidarity worker from Denmark. He is traveling to Gaza to do human rights monitoring.
Adam Shapiro, US Adam is an American documentary film maker and human rights activist. Kathy Sheetz, US Kathy is a nurse and film maker, traveling to Gaza to do human rights monitoring.
### — In Solidarity from all International Movement to Open Rafah Border http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9986479902 "Only a united world against oppression will help unite and free all of Palestine."
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/06/30/israel-attacks-justice-boat-kidnaps-human-rights-workers-confiscates-medicine-toys-and-olive-trees/
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