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Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla

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New Zealand protesters carry symbolic "bodies" of Palestinian journalists slaughtered by the Israeli military
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"It is still not too late, however, for New Zealand to take a lead
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A video clip posted by the Israeli "Security" Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on August 15 showed the bully taunting and intimidating a frail Marwan Barghouti
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