Fox News
is reporting that the authorities in Israel plan to deport
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney after taking the ship she and 20 others
were using in an attempt to deliver humanitarian air to the people of
Gaza. The article implies that Israel intends to keep the ship,
registered in Greece.

The article quotes Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.

“Nobody wants to the keep them here. They will be released as soon as they are checked.”

The article says that McKinney and the others, including 1977 Nobel
Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, are being held at Ben Gurion
International Airport and will be deported from there. McKinney and the
others were on board the Spirit of Humanity, operated by the Free Gaza Movement
Referring to their captivity, Free Gaza Movement founding member Greta
Berlin told Ynet news, an online publication based in Israel:

They simply kidnapped the passengers. I call on the
Israeli occupation forces to release our people immediately. It’s
funny. What are they going to do? Deport us? The last place we wanted
to reach was Israel.

In an earlier report Fox News reported that Congresswoman McKinney was demanding the immediate release of the the crew of the seized ship.

“This is an outrageous violation of international law
against us,” said McKinney. “Our boat was not in Israeli waters and we
were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip. President Obama just
told Israel to let in humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, and
that’s exactly what we tried to do. We’re asking the international
community to demand our release so we can resume our journey.”