A bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate “The sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of Hope, that were set to set sail from Greece on July 1, 2011.” Read more about Bill in Congress seeks to investigate US Boat to Gaza for "terrorist" ties
Final preparations are underway for the next big flotilla to Gaza, which is scheduled to occur in late June. The US Boat to Gaza will take part in the largest planned fleet yet, with an estimated 1,000 passengers from an array of countries collaborating to break Israel’s blockade. Read more about US activists prepare to break Israel's blockade on Gaza
In this video which appears to have been shot on “Jerusalem Day” — marked this earlier this month by thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers who provocatively marched in Jerusalem — a young American Jew states his solidarity with the Palestinian people before being roughly arrested by Israeli police. Read more about Video: Israeli police wrestle US citizen to ground, put knee on his neck
What had started out on 3 June 2010 as a confident journey portending reunion had turned unexpectedly into mindless tragedy. In an interview with The Electronic Intifada contributor Kristin Szremski, Dr. Ahmet Doğan describes his quest for justice for his son slain on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Read more about Father of Furkan Dogan, slain on flotilla, seeks justice
Furkan Dogan was an American, a young American of only 19 years when on 31 May a hail of Israeli bullets ended his life on the Mavi Marmara Turkish humanitarian aid ship Read more about Remembering Furkan Dogan