Gaza Freedom Flotilla Attack - Seattle Conference on Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
Channel: Frisky Kitty Meow
Date: 2014-08-21

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Description: This program opens with a very condensed version of some extraordinary and shocking video of the illegal attack in international waters on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla compiled by http://CulturesofResistance.org. The video was hidden and smuggled out by peace activists and journalists who were aboard the flotilla and subsequently kidnapped by the IDF attackers.

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See more details about this video here:
https://archive.org/details/Seattle_Conference_on_Gaza_Humanitarian_Crisis

This shorter version of this video was shown on television:
http://www.archive.org/details/The_Crisis_in_Gaza

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THE FULL UNCUT VIDEO OF THE ATTACK ON THE SHIP CAN BE SEEN HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwsMJmvS0AY&list=FLf6yTuDq64Rk2dnORplLjug&index=3

There is also an interview with another passenger on the ship here:
https://archive.org/details/fatimaMohammadiChicagoIndymedia


SPEAKERS

Steve Niva - A Professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Evergreen State College in Washington State. He is a contributor to many journals and newspaper articles and the author of a forthcoming book on suicide bombers.

Discusses the background of U.S. Israel relations, the current developments within the Obama administration and ideas for practical action.


Richard Silverstein - The author of notable blog called Tikun Olam and make the world a better place essays on politics culture and ideas about Israel Arab peace and World music. He is a proponent of a two state solution with Israel withdrawing to the pre-1967 borders. He is also the co-founder, with Gerry Tenney, of the Bay Area Jewish Music Festival.

Talks about the rising political repression in Israel


Dave Schermerhorn - is a survivor of the Freedom Flotilla that was illegally attacked by Israel while they were trying to break the Israeli siege and reach Gaza. He is also a retired film producer and a seasoned supporter of Palestinian rights.

Talks about his experience as a passenger on the Freedom Flotilla and what happened to him while he was detained in Israel.


Hazim Shafi - A Microsoft engineer who was Born in Gaza and graduated from a Quaker High School in Ramallah, Palestine. He still has close relatives suffering under the Israeli siege of Gaza. He is the nephew of Haidar Abdel-Shafi, a former prominent Palestinian leader and respected negotiator.

Talks about the humanitarian aspects of what it's like in Gaza and how the situation has degraded significantly over the years and why these latest measures that have been announced are really not going to solve anything