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Police arrest Israeli Gaza boat protester
The Associated Press, Aug 26, 2008

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A spokeswoman for protesters who defied a blockade of Gaza by entering by sea says one of the leftist activists was arrested after returning to Israel by land. Angela Godfrey-Goldstein said that Prof. Jeff Halper, the only Israeli citizen to participate in the protest, was detained by police after he passed through the Erez crossing for violating the law prohibiting Jewish citizens from entering Gaza. [Read the full article]

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