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Jessica Kaye and Phil Tottenham — former Marines on the Veterans’ Boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla — share their beautiful spirit, wise words and courageous example.
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Hopefully you all have seen the VFP Action Alert that went out on Wednesday. Please check it out if you have not done so already, and continue to take action.
Several VFP members and allies have been working hard on an updated toolkit of actions that will be further developed and shared.
If the Israeli Occupation Forces attack the Flotilla again, which is quite possible, we should be prepared to escalate from polite phone calls to Congressional reps to Direct Action in the streets (and in the suites). We are working on Direct Action ideas and will be calling VFP chapters to see what you are up for.
Free Zahid Chaudhry from ICE!
On the homefront: VFP continues to support Zahid Chaudhry, president of the Rachel Corrie VFP Chapter in Olympia, Washington. Zahid was kidnapped by ICE at his Citizenship Hearing on August 21 and remains in ICE custody at the notorious Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.
Zahid is disabled and in a wheelchair. He is married with two young children. Zahid’s very able wife, Melissa Chaudhry, a former candidate for Congress, is leading the legal and political struggle to keep him from being deported.
For more information on how you can help free Zahid from ICE’s clutches, visit Zahid’s page the VFP website.
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VETERANS FOR PEACE
U.S. Vets on Flotilla Approaching Gaza — Interviews Available
Trump is scheduled to meet with Israel’s prime minister on Monday. See IPA release: “Netanyahu: Crimes and Lies.” The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for him. Israel is committing genocide and has nuclear weapons. The U.N. Security Council just placed sanctions on Iran, which does not have nuclear weapons and is not committing genocide.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said he will propose a landmark resolution to the U.N. with concrete measures to stop Israel’s attack on Gaza, see IPA news release: “Colombia Acting at U.N. to Overcome U.S. Veto on Gaza Genocide.” AntiWar.com reports: “Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days.”
The State Department revoked Petro’s visa, saying it was because he “urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders.” Veterans For Peace stresses: “All military personnel, from low ranking GI’s to the top generals and admirals, have an obligation to disobey illegal orders.” Military Times recently published the piece “4 in 5 U.S. troops surveyed understand duty to disobey illegal orders.” The Veterans group About Face has a campaign on the issue, see: NotWhatYouSignedUpFor.org.
There are several U.S. veterans on the Sumud Flotilla, which is approaching Gaza with humanitarian aid. See on X and Instagram.
Spain and other countries have dispatched navy vessels to support the Flotilla. The Flotilla just reported: “Turkish navy vessels spotted alongside the Global Sumud Flotilla — the circle of protection is growing.”
JESSICA CLOTFELTER, jessica.clotfelter@gmail.com
PHILIP TOTTENHAM, philiptottenham@gmail.com, (210) 843-9691; also via Mike Ferner, in the U.S. (314) 940-2316, mike@veteransforpeace.org
Clotfelter and Tottenham are both former Marines. They were both just on the Katie Halper Show. See: “San Antonio Marine Corps Veteran Is on Gaza Aid Flotilla that Israel Has Struck Twice.”
GREGORY STOKER, greg.j.stoker@gmail.com, (512) 917-7079, @gregjstoker
Stoker is also a veteran. See his videos: “Since January 18, 2024, Gaza’s waters have been declared a no-go zone by Israeli military, banning all fishing, swimming, and sea access and killing people who enter the water.” Also: “The final assault on Gaza City is not a military action in the conventional sense: it’s a real estate and natural resource land-grab.”
Additional Flotilla contact: Sumer Mobarak, (703) 203-9249, ayalarab@yahoo.com
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
September 29, 2025
Institute for Public Accuracy