At least 5 activists had terror ties, including our good friend, O’Keefe

At least five of the activsts aboard the ‘Mavi Marmura’ have links to terror organizations, the IDF announced on Sunday night.

The five were named as Fatima Mohammadi, Ken O’Keefe, Hassan Ansey, Hussein Orush and Ahmed Omemun. It was unclear whether the activists were specifically involved in the violent clashes with Navy commandos last week.

Specifically, the army said that O’Keefe, who tolds both US and UK passports, was trying to “reach Gaza in order to help Hamas.”

The IDF also noted links to Viva Palestine, the IHH and al-Qaida.

Ha’aretz is more detailed

One of the activists exposed by the IDF was named as Iranian-born Fatima Mahmadi, a 31-year-old resident of the United States. According to the IDF, Mohammadi is a member of Viva Palestine, a movement that had tried bringing illegal electronic devices into the Gaza Strip.

Ken O’Keefe, a 41-year-old citizen of the United States and Britain, was another activist named by the IDF as having links to terrorist organizations. According to the IDF, O’Keefe is an extremist who hates Israel and whose “goal was to reach Gaza in order to help train and establish Hamas commando units.”

The other activists singled out by the IDF were Hassan Iynasi, a 28-year-old Turkish citizen who belongs to an Islamic charity and regularly contributed financial assistance to Islamic Jihad; Hussein Urosh, a supporter of the Turkish IHH who was allegedly planning to help bring Al-Qaida militants from Turkey to Gaza; and Ahmad Umimon, a 51-year-old Moroccan-born resident of France and allegedly a member of Hamas.