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Interview with Robert Naiman, policy director of Just Foreign Policy, conducted by Scott Harris
Last May, the Israeli military assaulted a flotilla of civilian ships in international waters carrying thousands of tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population of Gaza. The attack on one of the largest ships, the Turkish-flagged, "Mavi Marmara," resulted in nine dead, dozens injured and international protests against Israel’s use of deadly force against unarmed activists. Gaza has been subject to an Israeli blockade since the militant Palestinian party Hamas took control of the territory in June 2007 and rocket attacks were launched against nearby Israeli settlements. After the violence against the aid flotilla in 2010, Israel announced it would "liberalize" the blockade and allow a larger number of civilian goods and supplies to enter the territory.
Now, despite Israel’s threats to stop them, a coalition of international groups are organizing a new flotilla of ships, which will again challenge the Israeli Gaza blockade. Some 1,500 activists from about 100 nations will board 10 vessels in late June, which will also carry humanitarian aid, medical equipment, school supplies and construction materials.
The flotilla of boats will include the U.S.-flagged ship, “The Audacity of Hope,” named after President Obama’s 2006 memoir. The vessel will carry 36 passengers, 4 crew members and 10 members of the press, among them Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and many longtime peace activists. Organizers say the American vessel will bring no aid, but thousands of letters of support and friendship from Americans to the people of Gaza. One-quarter of the participants signed on to the U.S. boat are American Jews. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Robert Naiman, policy director of the group, Just Foreign Policy. Naiman, who will be aboard “The Audacity of Hope,” talks about the objective of the flotilla and the significance of the number of American Jews aboard the U.S. protest ship.
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