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Articles about The Audacity of Hope:

5/29/11
Michael Moore.com:  The Gaza Freedom Flotilla - One year Later and Another Flotilla on the Horizon - Ann Wright
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/gaza-freedom-flotilla
http://tinyurl.com/3w8pqgx
5/30/11
Marin Independent: San Rafael woman prepares to breach Israeli blockage of Gaza
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_18156408
http://tinyurl.com/3so5unt
5/31/11
Illinois Public Media News:  Urbana Resident Prepares for Humanitarian Trip to Gaza Strip
http://will.illinois.edu/news/spotstory/urbana-resident-prepares-for-humanitarian-trip-to-gaza-strip/
http://tinyurl.com/3vamomu
6/1/11
Americans Joining Flotilla to Protest Gaza Blockade
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world/middleeast/02flotilla.html
http://tinyurl.com/44qexm8

Selection of articles about the Freedom Flotilla 2 (and 2 about the Rafah border opening)

May 28
From our Canadian comrades:
Canadian Boat to challenge blockade of Gaza
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2011/05/canadian-boat-challenge-israeli-blockade-gaza
From our European comrades:
European Coalition rejects UN Chief’s call to stop siege busting flotilla to Gaza
http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/world-news/9289-european-coalition-rejects-un-chiefs-call-to-stop-siege-busting-flotilla-to-gaza.html
May 29
Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing:  This is What Democracy Looks Like
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/29
May 30
Turkish group: Israel won’t dare attack us
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4076117,00.html
Canada warns against participation in Gaza flotilla
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=222788
Turkey saves ire for Israel, concerns for Syria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/30/us-turkey-mideast-interview-idUSTRE74T3SE20110530
Gaza flotilla “emboldened” by Obama’s Mideast speech
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=305213
May 31
Israeli Navy trains for second major Gaza flotilla
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/0531/Israel-s-navy-trains-for-second-major-Gaza-flotilla
June 1
Open Border at Gaza Is Not So Open, Palestinians Find
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world/middleeast/02gaza.html
June 2
Secretary General vs Freedom Flotilla 2
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/06/20116182039243894.htmlCairo shuts Gaza’s Rafah crossing to free passage at US insistence
http://www.debka.com/article/20988/[For those of you not familiar with Debka -- it is a rightwing Israeli website that claims affiliation with Israeli intelligence  -- read it with the appropriate skepticism]
June 3
Controversial Gaza flotilla
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/0603/1224298322401.html
US Issues Official Statement Against Gaza-bound Flotilla
http://www.imemc.org/article/61370