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Report: McKinney Released From Israeli Jail, Returning to US
Fox News ^
| 7-7-9
Posted on 07/07/2009 7:56:20 AM PDT by SJackson
Former Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney was released from Israeli custody Monday after being detained for trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
In an interview with the Atlantic Journal-Constitution, McKinney's mother Leola said the former congresswoman was released from Israeli custody and taken to Ben Gurion International Airport.
McKinney and 20 activists from the "Free Gaza Movement" were arrested June 30 when their boat attempted to sail from Cyprus to Gaza to deliver three tons of aid to Palestinians -- a move meant to bring attention to the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt on the territory after terror group Hamas seized power there two years ago.
McKinney, who was the Green Party's candidate for president in 2008, claimed in a statement that she was arrested and imprisoned in a jail in Ramla, Israel, "because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza."
"If Israel fears for its security because Gaza's children have crayons then not only has Israel lost its last shred of legitimacy, but Israel must be declared a failed state," McKinney said.
Israel's navy spokesman said last week it took custody of the boat when it tried to pass through a blockade. Officials said they would free the crew and passengers as soon as they were checked, but McKinney and the others say they refused to sign deportation forms because it would have entailed admitting they violated Israel's blockade.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antisemite; brainless; cynthiamckinney; greenparty; propalestinianwar
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posted on
07/07/2009 7:56:20 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
To: SJackson
they should have executed her for spying..
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posted on
07/07/2009 7:56:58 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: SJackson
Where is the JustDamn guy when you need him?
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posted on
07/07/2009 7:57:29 AM PDT
by
TSgt
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posted on
07/07/2009 7:57:56 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(the number-one job facing the middle class...a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S. Jobs)
To: SJackson
I thought Israel was our friend.
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posted on
07/07/2009 7:59:37 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: SJackson
It's for the
children!
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posted on
07/07/2009 7:59:47 AM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: Revolting cat!
McKinney, who was the Green Party's candidate for president in 2008, claimed in a statement that she was arrested and imprisoned in a jail in Ramla, Israel, "because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza." Don't crayons melt in the sun?
And if they don't, is there a crayon shortage in the Middle East? Do they need to be imported by American publicity whores?
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:00:44 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: SJackson
Turns out not even the Israelis can hold their collective breath indefinitely ...
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:01:11 AM PDT
by
mgc1122
To: SJackson
Dammit. I was hoping they would keep her.
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:02:07 AM PDT
by
MNReaganite
(All great change in America begins at the dinner table.)
To: SJackson
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:04:19 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: MNReaganite
Dammit. I was hoping they would keep her.And give her the "Rachel Corrie" treatment.
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:04:28 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MikeWUSAF
Now that’s my thought— “just damn.” Israel decided to give the nut back to us.
To: SJackson
Y'all notice she didn't sail to Egypt to make her protest, either. They'd have probably sunk the boat and machine-gunned any survivors...
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:06:14 AM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: libh8er
That my friends is the photo in the Yiddish dictionary next to Meshuginah.
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:09:20 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: SJackson
"because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza." That's funny, my kids' Crayolas aren't made from C4.
To: SJackson
A week without her crack pipe is a blessing. she should be thankful.
To: SJackson
Couldn’t they have kept the wild-eyed psycho for another few months?
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:11:11 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: SJackson
Did we ever get to see an inventory of precisely what WAS on that ship?
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posted on
07/07/2009 8:12:43 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
To: SJackson
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07/07/2009 8:13:21 AM PDT
by
R0CK3T
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