Dem Candidate Praises Flotilla "Peace Activists"

Politico reports on a Democratic candidate who has criticized Israel's raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla and praised the "peace activists" on board.

Before this week, Israel was probably the last thing on voters' minds in Los Angeles. But Monday's bloody encounter at sea between Israeli commandos and pro-Palestinian activists put the issue back on the front page.

It also now figures into the fortunes of peace activist Marcy Winograd, whose primary campaign against Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) has been sputtering around in search of an issue for more than a year.

Winograd quickly condemned as murders the killings of nine activists aboard an aid-bearing flotilla bound for Gaza (Israel says it was self-defense), and noted that in a show of solidarity with the Free Gaza movement, a Winograd for Congress T-shirt was worn by one of the activists onboard.

Click here to read the rest.