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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Mairead Maguire

Women activists aboard the Zaytouna-Oliva sailboat headed for the Gaza Strip sing a song for Gaza. The boat was intercepted on October 5, 2016 by the Israeli Navy and escorted to the Israeli port of Ashdod. (Screenshot)
October 7, 2016, 6:39 pm
Israel deports activists on ‘women’s boat’ for Gaza
Only one member of most recent flotilla blocked from Strip still remains in Israel, expected to fly home by late Friday evening
By AFP and ToI Staff
Women activists aboard a sailboat en route to Gaza which was intercepted Wednesday, October 5, 2016 by the Israeli Navy. (Al Jazeera screenshot)
October 6, 2016, 1:46 am
Intercepted at sea, women’s boat to Gaza docks quietly in Israel
13 activists aboard the Zaytouna-Oliva transferred to authorities for ‘further processing,’ IDF says
By ToI Staff
Palestinians sail boats bearing their national flag in the port of Gaza City in support of the Gaza-bound flotilla of international female activists attempting to break the Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on October 5, 2016. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
October 5, 2016, 10:41 pm
Hamas, PLO slam Israel for boarding Gaza-bound boat
After IDF commandeers vessel with no violence, Strip’s Islamist rulers protest ‘state terrorism,’ while PA’s Erekat condemns ‘Israeli aggression’
By ToI Staff
The Zaytouna-Oliva, the boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade (YouTube screenshot)
October 5, 2016, 6:55 pm
No violence as Israel intercepts women’s boat to Gaza
13 activists aboard the Zaytouna-Oliva taken to Israel’s Ashdod port; women soldiers led interception force
By ToI Staff
The Zaytouna-Oliva, the boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade (YouTube screenshot)
October 5, 2016, 4:30 pm
Boat of activists seeking to break Gaza blockade nears coast
15 women aboard the Zaytouna-Oliva draw within 70 nautical miles of Palestinian enclave; Israeli navy expected to intercept
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Egyptian army watchtower on the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, July 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 7, 2014, 10:04 am
Activists heading to Gaza stuck at Cairo airport
Egypt denies passage across Sinai to dozens of US, French, Belgian women en route to Hamas-ruled enclave
By MAGGIE HYDE
Egyptians wave Palestinian flags during Friday prayers at an anti-Israel rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square, May 13, 2011 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
March 6, 2014, 5:30 pm
‘Cairo to strip thousands of Palestinians of citizenship’
Egyptian security has begun investigating alleged Hamas supporters living in the country, report says
By Elhanan Miller
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
March 6, 2014, 4:39 am
Egypt bars Nobel laureate from entering Gaza
Mairead Maguire, a vocal supporter of Palestinians, was previously blocked from reaching the Strip on the Mavi Marmara
By AFP
The failed Stanford divestment proposal targeted companies including Motorola and Caterpillar. (Photo credit: CC BY/the_beat via Flickr.com)
March 7, 2013, 4:58 pm
Stanford students reject Israel divestment measure
Nobel Prize winners weigh in on both sides of debate over student group proposal
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
From the WebNovember 28, 2012, 2:20 pm
Nobel peace laureates call for military boycott of Israel over Gaza assault
The Guardian: Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel sign letter that denounces the US and European Union for their ‘complicity’ through weapons sales
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