Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is scheduled to return from Israel on a flight from Tel Aviv Tuesday morning.McKinney had been scheduled to return to the United States Monday, but a family spokesperson tells 11Alive the former congresswoman will now return to New York's J.F.K. Airport early Tuesday morning.
McKinney had been in custody since Tuesday, when she and 20 others were swept up by the Israeli Navy while allegedly trying to sail through a navy blockade. The group says it was attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza.David Josue, a close associate of McKinney, told 11Alive News, she refused to sign the document because it was written in Hebrew and she did not know what she was being asked to sign.
It wasn't her first run-in with Israeli authorities, but her father said he hopes it will be her last run-in.Family, friends and supporters say Cynthia McKinney believed she was in international waters and was free to pass.
“The Israelis hijacked us because we wanted to give crayons to the children of Gaza,” Cynthia McKinney said in a recorded statement delivered via telephone and posted on the internet site YouTube .
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wuts ur take on this? Who do you blame former Congresswoman McKinney or Israel? McKinnery claims she was only trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinians and that Israeli's knew this and they still hijacked the boat?
McKinney had been in custody since Tuesday, when she and 20 others were swept up by the Israeli Navy while allegedly trying to sail through a navy blockade. The group says it was attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza.David Josue, a close associate of McKinney, told 11Alive News, she refused to sign the document because it was written in Hebrew and she did not know what she was being asked to sign.
It wasn't her first run-in with Israeli authorities, but her father said he hopes it will be her last run-in.Family, friends and supporters say Cynthia McKinney believed she was in international waters and was free to pass.
“The Israelis hijacked us because we wanted to give crayons to the children of Gaza,” Cynthia McKinney said in a recorded statement delivered via telephone and posted on the internet site YouTube .
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wuts ur take on this? Who do you blame former Congresswoman McKinney or Israel? McKinnery claims she was only trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinians and that Israeli's knew this and they still hijacked the boat?