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With Gaza cut off from food and aid, activists have taken matters into their own hands, attempting to circumvent Israel’s blockade themselves via the Mediterranean.

One of the boat passengers is Zue Jernstedt, a veteran and member of About Face: Veterans Against the War . She’s on the so-called veterans’ boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a group of 52 vessels making their way east. For the past five months, boats have been attempting this journey. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg got arrested when making this trip back in June; this time, Jernstedt is traveling alongside Thunberg.

Israel has warned the acti

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