Kenneth Nichols O'Keefe (born July 21, 1969) is an American-Irish-Palestinian citizen and activist and former United States marine and Gulf War veteran. In 2001, he set fire to his United States passport.&lt;ref name="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OMHlEpW9mI"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/07/israel-kills-four-palestinians-gaza"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2664297.stm"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Subsequently, he led the human shield action to Iraq and was a passenger on the MV "Mavi Marmara" during the Gaza flotilla raid, where he disarmed two of the Israeli commandos who boarded the ship, initiating a confrontation in which ten Turkish activists were killed.