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<H1 class=title>Gaza Freedom Flotilla Filmmaker Speaks Out</H1>
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<DIV class=event-when><FONT size=4><STRONG>When: Friday, July 9,
2010, 7:00 pm </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=event-where><FONT size=4><STRONG>Where: Calvary Church • 300
Mass. Ave. • Arlington </STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=event-start><FONT
size=4><STRONG><LABEL>Start: </LABEL>2010 Jul 9 -
7:00pm</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><IMG height=377 alt="Scott Hamann" hspace=10
src="http://www.justicewithpeace.org/files/u1/ScottHamann.png" width=277
align=right vspace=5>Scott Hamann, 29 year old filmmaker from Portland,
Maine, had joined the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to document its mission
when it fell victim to a deadly Israeli attack by IDF navy
commandos. On July 9th he will speak about his first-hand experiences
and show his own footage from the raid.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Nine passengers--among them a nineteen-year-old American citizen--were
shot dead by Israeli forces when on May 31st they descended upon the Mavi
Marmara passenger vessel in international waters in the dead of night. The
flotilla, which carried more than 600 passengers from nearly 40 countries,
was attempting to breach the illegal blockade of Gaza and to bring ten tons
of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip.</DIV>
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<DIV>Scott was traveling on the Challenger I, an American-flagged ship, when it
was forcibly overtaken by the Israeli military. He was brought to the
Israeli port of Ashdod, detained and then deported along with hundreds of
other activists, journalists and human rights workers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hamann will speak about his personal experience on the flotilla, the
illegality of Israel’s actions, his detainment in Be’er Sheva Prison and
about the shameless brutality of the Israeli police and Navy that he
witnessed firsthand. Despite soldiers’ efforts to confiscate all media
taken by flotilla passengers, Scott was able to smuggle out his own video
footage of the Israeli raid.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><STRONG><EM>Sponsored by United for Justice with Peace
Palestine Task Force and Code Pink Greater Boston</EM></STRONG><BR><BR>
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