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Will the Last Flotillista Aboard Please Turn Off the Lights?

The second flotilla’s officially over. The Israeli navy intercepted the Dignite al Karama and is taking the boat back to Ashdod. No resistance was offered. Will the last flotillista aboard please turn off the lights?

Pesach Benson
July 19, 2011
12:00 am

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The second flotilla’s officially over.

The Israeli navy intercepted the Dignite al Karama and is taking the boat back to Ashdod. No resistance was offered.

Will the last flotillista aboard please turn off the lights?

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Tags: Flotilla 2, Gaza flotilla, Israel navy

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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