Report back on last month's trip to Istanbul by the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was challenging Israel's seventeen-year siege on Palestine. The Flotilla's mission was to deliver 5,500 tons of aid directly to the Palestinians, but was not able to get the ships out of port due to U.S. pressure. The Flotilla is still working, however, to overcome the difficulties and complete the project. The program opens with a prayer shared by Dakota Elder and Historian Chris Mato Nunpa. who is followed by former FBI agent Coleen Rowley and Veterans for Peace members Barry Riesch and Jeff Berger. Jeff had recently spent two weeks in Washington on a hunger strike for Gaza taking up the baton from Airman Larry Hebert when he returned to active duty.

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