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- A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying food, medicine and other
humanitarian aid was intercepted and seized last week by the Israeli
Navy. The Women’s Boat to Gaza had set sail from the Spanish port city
of Barcelona in mid-September in efforts to break the ongoing Israeli
blockade. Organizers say the Israeli military seized the boat and
detained the 13 human rights activists aboard in international waters
about 40 miles away from Gaza’s shore. The Israeli military towed the
boat to the Israeli port of Ashdod and detained the women for up to four
days before deporting them. We speak to passenger Ann Wright, retired
Army colonel and former U.S. diplomat. Her recent article is titled
"Women’s Boat to Gaza Participants See the Israeli Imposed Perpetual
Darkness on Gaza." Wright spent 29 years in the military and later
served as a high-ranking diplomat in the State Department.