Theresa McDermott
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Theresa McDermott is a postal worker from Edinburgh
who has been involved in the Free Gaza Movement
.
During 2005-06 she was detained by Israeli authorities while trying to attend a conference in the West Bank on non-violent resistance. Her MP, Mark Lazarowicz
, raised this issue in Parliament.
In 2009 she was detained by the Israelis in Ramleh when she was captured taking part in an attempt to break the siege of Gaza on board a Lebanese freighter.
In 2010 she was among those captured by Israel in the Gaza flotilla. Just before all electronic communication with the convoy was cut off, she managed to get a text message to Sandra White
MSP.
On 6 June 2010 an interview with her by David Pratt appeared in the Sunday Herald. In it she gave an eyewitness account of the Israeli assault on the Free Gaza aid flotilla, detailing the violence perpetrated on the activists, including herself, by the Israeli Defence Force.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
who has been involved in the Free Gaza Movement
Free Gaza Movement
The Free Gaza Movement is a coalition of human rights activists and pro-Palestinian groups formed to challenge the Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by sailing humanitarian aid ships to Gaza...
.
During 2005-06 she was detained by Israeli authorities while trying to attend a conference in the West Bank on non-violent resistance. Her MP, Mark Lazarowicz
Mark Lazarowicz
Mark Lazarowicz, is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith since 2001...
, raised this issue in Parliament.
In 2009 she was detained by the Israelis in Ramleh when she was captured taking part in an attempt to break the siege of Gaza on board a Lebanese freighter.
In 2010 she was among those captured by Israel in the Gaza flotilla. Just before all electronic communication with the convoy was cut off, she managed to get a text message to Sandra White
Sandra White
Sandra White is a Scottish politician, the Scottish National Party MSP for the Glasgow Kelvin constituency. She was previously a list MSP for the Glasgow electoral region from 1999....
MSP.
On 6 June 2010 an interview with her by David Pratt appeared in the Sunday Herald. In it she gave an eyewitness account of the Israeli assault on the Free Gaza aid flotilla, detailing the violence perpetrated on the activists, including herself, by the Israeli Defence Force.