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How and Why I got 'On-board' with The FREEDOM FLOTILLA to Gaza

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Despite the humanitarian crisis at that time in 2007, the Israeli Government, who under international law is responsible for the welfare and needs of those they occupy continued and still does persist to control air, water and land borders that imprisons 1.5 million human beings-70% of whom are children under the age of 18.


"Missing from Israel's security framing is the very fact of occupation, which Israel both denies exists...and that 'security' requires Israel control over the entire country...rendering impossible a just peace based on human rights, international law, reconciliation." - America-Israeli, Professor and Co-Founder of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jeff Halper,"Obstacles to Peace: A Reframing of the Palestinian Israeli Conflict" Page 1.



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Eileen Fleming,is a Citizen of CONSCIENCE for US House of Representatives 2012 Founder of WeAreWideAwake.org Staff Member of Salem-news.com, A Feature Correspondent for Arabisto.com Producer "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" (more...)
 
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