As reported at Green Party Watch:
BREAKING NEWS: Israeli authorities deporting Cynthia McKinney
July 5th, 2009 by Gregg Jocoy
This breaking news comes via David Josue, a close associate and supporter of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney: Editor’s notes in parenthesis.
Mairead (Mairead Maguire, winner of a Noble Peace Prize for her work in Northern Ireland) called me(David Josue) and told me that Cynthia and the others were removed from the cells (an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle) and sent to the airport. I called the American embassy in Tel Aviv to inform them. They did not even know about the transfer. I just spoke with the duty officer and he confirmed that they are at the airport and the embassy sent someone to talk to them. I don’t know the flight arrangement yet. It looks like they will enter via Boston, but this is not confirmed yet…
IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL SHE IS AT HOME IN DC.
8 responses so far ↓
1 NewFederalist // Jul 6, 2009 at 6:35 am
I wonder why they didn’t offer to exchange her for Jonathan Pollard?
2 Nexus // Jul 6, 2009 at 7:58 am
Maybe because they knew it wouldn’t be an even trade.
3 Richard Winger // Jul 6, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I wouldn’t have used the word “deported”, because it implies she went deliberately to Israel and was then kicked out. Her intention was to go to Gaza, and she was forcibly taken into Israel against her wishes. And if people want to criticize her, they should at least be aware that the government of Cyprus inspected the ship she was on, and certified that it had no weapons or any other threats to Israeli security. That information was communicated by Cyprus to Israel. And if people want to say she is a publicity-hound, the irony is that if Israel had simply done nothing, there would have been no publicity. The ship would have dropped off its cargo and that would have been the end of it.
4 Donald Raymond Lake // Jul 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Happy Birth day, Sand Francisco Richard, the secular saint of ballot access, and some one whom usually has more sense and logic than most half dozen political pundits.
5 Al // Jul 6, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Israel should have traded that imbecile McKinney for Gilad Shalit. She needs a taste of her own medicine.
6 Trent Hill // Jul 6, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Richard: Which Cyprus? Greek Cyprus or Turkish Cyprus? That difference makes all the….difference =)
7 Erik Geib // Jul 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Technically, only the Republic of Cyprus (“Greek Cyprus”) goes by ‘Cyprus.’ “Turkish Cyprus,” aka Kuzey K?br?s Türk Cumhuriyeti, translates to the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.’
That, and, you know, 99% of the world only recognizes the Republic of Cyprus and not Northern Cyprus (only Turkey recognizes Northern Cyprus, a fact of which I’m sure you’re well aware).
Thus, if Richard meant to say “Northern Cyprus,” he should have said just that, and not ‘Cyprus.’
:p
8 Levon Helm // Jul 6, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Thank you for making several important and very relevant, and informative points, Mr. Winger.
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