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Controversial Arab MK to join new flotilla to Gaza
Arab Joint List lawmaker Hanin Zoabi is planning to join a new flotilla to Gaza slated for September-October of this year, according to Channel 2.
Zoabi, of the Palestinian nationalist party Balad, has been a lightning rod for anger after questioning whether the killing of Israelis was terrorism, joining a Turkish flotilla to Gaza in 2010, among other actions.
The 2010 flotilla turned deadly when activists aboard one of the ships, the Mavi Marmara, resisted IDF commandos who boarded the ship to enforce Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
The upcoming flotilla will be crewed entirely by women, the television channel reports.
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