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Excerpted from http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/
June 3, 2010 A brief introduction to the nine Turkish people shot dead on 31 May 2010, by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara, as it attempted to transport humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip. 1. Furkan Dogan, 19, student at Kayseri High School; planned to become a doctor. Son of Dr. Ahmet Dogan, Assoc Prof at Erciyes University. A Turkish-American dual national, with two siblings. |
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Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre in Jerusalem will hold a day of fasting and prayer on Monday, June 7, for the members of the flotilla, the people of Gaza, and for peace in Palestine and Israel. This litany is offered as a resource for individuals and congregations to adapt and use, in part or in whole. We encourage pastors to use the litany in their Sunday services. . . . → Read More: Sabeel’s Litany for Gaza WENY TV 36 Elmira NY —video and story by Katherine Underwood. WENY routinely covers Ithaca news. Past episodes can be viewed on http://wenytv.blip.tv/. WHCU 870 AM also sent a reporter and we received a brief mention during Morning News . . . → Read More: Media coverage of Ithaca June 1 protest of Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla This is Cynthia McKinney and I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies – and even crayons for children, I had a suitcase full of crayons for children. While we were on our way to Gaza the Israelis threatened to fire on our boat, but we did not turn around. The Israelis high-jacked and arrested us because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza. We have been detained, and we want the people of the world to see how we have been treated just because we wanted to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza. . . . → Read More: Letter from an Israeli Jail, by Cynthia McKinney See below: photos of Bassam as he was shot in the peaceful protest in Bil’in, Palestiine. I was deeply saddened to see that it was our friend Bassam Abu Rahmah that was killed this past Friday, April 17th, 2009, in the village of Bil’in, Palestine. He was killed by an Israeli soldier firing a high velocity tear . . . → Read More: Our Friend Bassam Killed in Bilin, Palestine, April 17th On Dec. 30th, 2008, thirty people of Ithaca NY, including children gathered on the main artery Rt. 13, to protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza, holding banners as thousands of cars passed during rush hour in frigid weather for hours this afternoon. Many passed honking in support of the protesters and their message for Israeil to . . . → Read More: Ithaca, NY Protest against the Israeli War on Gaza |
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