Friday, August 8, 2008

Ken O'Keefe


Nationality: Irish/U.S.

Ken, 39, grew up in California and was in the U.S. Marines in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. He initiated P10K (www.P10K.net) in 2004 to recruit international observers to live side by side with Palestinians. He was jailed by Israeli troops for refusing to sign a statement agreeing not to return to Gaza and deported from Israel after 20 days in jail as a 'security threat'. Now in Hawaii, he has become a legislative representative of District 6 (Oahu) of the Reinstated Hawaiian Government (www.Hawaii-gov.net).

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