Israeli Military Attacks Freedom Flotilla

Senator Mikulski, Senator Cardin, Congressman Cummings

I am in Palestine/Israel right now with a delegation from Interfaith Peace Builders to learn more about the conflict here. We have been here for a week and have been meeting with people on all sides of this issue. We have visited the Gaza Strip and Palestinian refugee camps while here.

We have also been following the news related to the Freedom Flotilla that left Turkey in an effort to deliver 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip who are currently under blockade by the Israeli Government.

We were shocked this morning to learn that the Israeli Military boarded one of the ships of the Freedom Flotilla and killed at least 10 of the unarmed passengers and wounded 30 others. This is outrageous! Innocent people have been killed while trying to deliver aid to the 1.5 million Palestinians who are trapped in the world’s largest open-air prison.

I strongly urge you to explore every avenue available to you to bring to justice those who were involved in this murder and to end the blockade of the 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Upon my return, I will immediately be in contact with your office to explore this matter further.

Because of the substantial financial and material support that the United States Government provides to the Israeli Government and its military; we are complicit in this atrocity as well.

Sincerely,

Pastor Heber M. Brown, III

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