US remains silent over McKinney arrest by Israel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 McKinney has served as a Democrat in the US House of Representatives from 1993–2003 and 2005–2007. Nearly a day after the detention of former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney by Israeli forces, Washington has yet to make a reaction. Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and twenty other human rights activists on board a relief boat outside Israel’s territorial waters on Tuesday as they were heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission. Tel Aviv claims the boat was trying to break Israel’s two-year siege on Gaza. Ms Cynthia McKinney — the 2008 Green Party nominee for President…