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Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913189576&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Israel Allows Protest Boats to Leave Gaza

[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon - Israel allowed two boats carrying international activists and seven Palestinians to leave Gaza on Thursday and sail without interruption back to Cyprus. An official said Israel had been aware of who was on board the ships - including the identity of the Palestinians - and had not interfered since none of the passengers posed a security risk. "None of the passengers was dangerous to Israel, and they were not coming into Israel, so there was no reason to stop them," the official said. "If a boat, however, tried to take wanted Hamas terrorists out of Gaza, that would be a different story."

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