Shelley, Michelle, and Pat representing for the Veterans aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla at Senator Wyden’s 24 September Town Hall in Eugene.
Veterans For Peace (VFP) Chapter 159 held a Flotilla Solidarity Rally on Thursday, September 24, 2025, outside Senator Ron Wyden’s town hall meeting. The action is in support of the Sumud Flotilla, a global initiative currently approaching Gaza with essential food and relief supplies intended to break the Israeli blockade.
The rally brought public attention to the flotilla’s mission of delivering humanitarian aid and to protest the blockade, which organizers state is intentionally starving the Palestinian population. U.S. veterans, including members of various VFP chapters, are participating directly in the flotilla.
During the Town Hall, Pat Driscoll was able to pose a question to Senator Ron Wyden regarding whether a single-state solution was more appropriate for an apartheid state like Israel, as happened with South Africa. Many thanks to Todd Boyle for posting video of this question on his youtube channel.