"Americans Are Joining Flotilla to Protest Israeli Blockade
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
When an international flotilla sails for Gaza this month to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of the Palestinian territory, among the boats will be an American ship with 34 passengers, including the writer Alice Walker and an 86-year-old whose parents died in the Holocaust."
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