“Israeli forces have boarded a ship trying to carry aid and pro-Palestinian activists to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel’s blockade of the territory. The 20 passengers include former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Prize winner Mairead Maguire. . . . Ms McKinney described it as ‘an outrageous violation of international law’, as the boat was on a humanitarian mission and was not in Israeli waters.” (Read more at news.bbc.co.uk)