Orcas Island activist among hundreds detained after Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid flotilla

Jasmine Ikeda, a local community organizer, joined more than 400 volunteers from over 40 countries in attempt to a break naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid.

ORCAS, Wash. — Israeli naval forces recently captured over 400 activists, including at least 22 Americans, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, among those is a Washington resident. The group was sailing to Palestine to challenge the Gaza blockade and deliver humanitarian aid. 

Jasmine Ikeda, known locally as Jas, is a community activist from Orcas Island in San Juan County who joined what organizers called the largest maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza to date. Over the last couple of

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