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A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
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Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield
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‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

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