31 Facts About Paul Larudee

Paul Larudee was born on April 25,1946 and is an Iranian-born American political activist involved in the pro-Palestinian movement.

Paul Larudee attended Georgetown University from 1970 to 1973 and received a Ph.

Paul Larudee graduated from the Niles Bryant School of Piano Technology in 1990.

Paul Larudee spent 14 years in Arab countries, supervising a Ford Foundation project in Lebanon, working as a Fulbright-Hays lecturer in Lebanon, and a United States government adviser to Saudi Arabia.

Paul Larudee has worked in the US and abroad as a piano technician.

Paul Larudee is certified as a Registered Piano Technician by the Piano Technicians Guild and has conducted training classes for the Guild and in overseas programs.

Paul Larudee is the inventor of the patented Lo-Torq tuning pin, which is used for piano rebuilding.

Paul Larudee has compiled an English-Spanish glossary of piano terminology.

Paul Larudee has accused Israel of carrying out pogroms and committing genocide against Palestinians.

Paul Larudee has said of Palestinian acts of violence against Israel:.

Paul Larudee is an active member and local leader of the International Solidarity Movement, in which capacity he has acted as a human shield in the West Bank.

Paul Larudee has written training materials for new ISM members.

Paul Larudee has been described as the head of ISM's northern California chapter.

Paul Larudee claimed that shots had bounced off the stone walls and caused "several head injuries" in his group.

Paul Larudee is a co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement, which was formed in fall 2006 to challenge the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Paul Larudee was a member of the US delegation aboard the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which was attacked by Israeli forces on May 31,2010.

Paul Larudee was on board the ship Sfendoni when the raid took place.

Paul Larudee maintained that all of the flotilla's participants were unarmed.

Paul Larudee was arrested in and deported from Israel in 2006.

Paul Larudee was accused by Israeli authorities of being engaged in "anti-Israeli" activities that included meetings with Hamas a group accused by the United States of being a terrorism.

Paul Larudee had been photographed with Hamas leaders when he received an award after the Gaza flotillas.

Paul Larudee was traveling this time under the false identity Paul Wilder because he had been banned from the country before due to his association with Palestinian terrorist groups according to Lee Kaplan.

LaRudee tried to remain in Israel in a case that went to Israel's Supreme Court but Paul Larudee claimed he was deported due to Kaplan's articles about him.

Paul Larudee organized the 2011 Gaza Freedom Flotilla under the auspices of the Free Palestine Movement, but Greek authorities refused to let the ships leave port.

Paul Larudee is a co-founder of the Free Palestine Movement, which achieved official recognition by the United Nations in 2011.

On March 17,2011, Paul Larudee was lawfully evicted by the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Department.

Paul Larudee refused, and was carried to a transportation vehicle.

Paul Larudee was taken into custody in December 2012 in Tirur in the Malappuram district of India, where he had spoken at a Student Islamic Organisation conference.

Paul Larudee was then blacklisted by police in Kerala, which means that he cannot enter India again.

Paul Larudee is the treasurer of the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees, an umbrella nonprofit for other nonprofit organizations formed in 2007 and the parent body of the Syria Solidarity Movement, which opposes "military conflict and imperialist interests" in Syria, and of which Paul Larudee is a steering committee member.

In 2019 Paul Larudee travelled to Syria to participate in the Third International Trade Union Forum, presided over by President Bashar al-Assad.