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US remains silent over McKinney arrest by Israel
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:11 GMT
Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney
by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction.
Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman and Nobel Prize laureate
Cynthia McKinney and twenty other human rights activists on board a
relief boat outside Israel's territorial waters on Tuesday as they were
heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.
Tel Aviv claims the boat was trying to break Israel's two-year siege on
Gaza.
Ms McKinney -- the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United
States-- has accused Tel Aviv of violating the international law by
seizing an aid vessel in international waters.
"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," McKinney said in a statement.
"We are asking the international community to demand our release so we
can continue our journey," she added.
"My wife and I are very concerned about her safety," Cynthia's father
told Press TV in a phone call.
Bill McKinney said that the US government should support Cynthia's
message and added, "Her major concern is human."
Green Party leaders have called on the White House and the US State
Department to intervene and demand the immediate release of all the
activists.
On Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned of dire
humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying 1.5 million Palestinians living
in the coastal sliver are 'trapped in despair' because of the continuing
Israeli blockade on the territory.
Since June 2007, when Israel imposed a blockade on the territory, no raw
material has entered Gaza, stalling any attempt to rebuild the strip.
According to the humanitarian agency report, seriously ill patients were
not receiving the treatment they needed and thousands of Gazans whose
homes were destroyed during Israel's three-week Christmas war were still
without shelter.
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