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Flotilla sails to lift the siege on the human rights of Gilad Shalit

Flotilla sails to lift the siege on the human rights of Gilad Shalit

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/flotilla_crisis/article/flotilla_sails_to_lift_the_siege_on_the_human_rights_of_gilad_shalit_201006/

A flotilla of 50 sea kayaks, sail boats and yachts bedecked with yellow ribbons and “freedom for Gilad Shalit” banners made its way south Friday along Israel’s Mediterranean coast from the Ashdod Marina to Nitzanim near the Gaza Strip in an effort to publicize the denial of human rights to the IDF soldier kidnapped four years ago by Palestinian gunmen and held incommunicado since.

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