THE TRUTH HAS
TO BE REVEALED
I have updated this site with contributions from
comments around the world
and also added anti Israel views from pro-Hamas
documentary.
If you would like to contribute your own story
with sources, I will be happy to add it.
LET THE FACTS SHOW ONCE AND FOR ALL WHO IS LYING.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS
It would have been easier for Israel to be done with their warnings and then put a missile in each of these boats to get rid of this problem very easily. But they did not want to blood of these people on their hands and hence acted in a much more diplomatic and cautious manner until they were provoked consistently to use force to subdue them.
After that they came to their senses and started to cry bloody murder to condemn the Israelis. What is more intriguing is that the world leaders including Hillary Clinton and UN members quickly condemned Israel even before they cared to find out what the real facts of this incursion were and who was really at fauly.
Would USA or any other country tolerate any incursion of illegal weapons into their country ?
Israeli Government Official Account Web Link
Weapons found on the "peaceful" aid boats to
Gaza.
In a special meeting of the Israeli Security Cabinet on Tuesday (June 1), it was disclosed that approximately 40 people on the upper deck of the ship with no identification wearing bullet proof vests and using weapons against the IDF soldiers are considered to be mercenaries of the al-Qaeda terror organization. During this special meeting it became clear that while the civillian protestors were sent to the lower deck of the ship, this group of mercenaries split into organized cells in order to combat the IDF soldiers. The cabinet places full responsibility for the incident on those who started the violence which clearly placed the soldiers' lives in danger.
If history has taught us anything and if you still want to take the word of ARABS then here is some more lies you might want to be informed about - note that all of them who make anti-Israel comments have names like Ishmail, Ahmed, etc.
How many times have the HAMAS hid behind their civilians and fired at Israelis?
1. THE One Sided LIES :
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2. A TRUE Debate - note the one sided comments and preconceived opinions of the person conducting the interview ......
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This is another ARAB PROPAGANDA effort to undermine the sincere efforts of Israel for True Peace and promote the activities of HAMAS, a terrorist organization, which will affect the entire world with promoting terror activities all around the world and even affect those who support them blindly without understanding the background of the issues.
YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE.
Truly,
Sammy Benjamin
RELATED
INFORMATION:
A
Solomon Borgawker Contribution:
31 May 2010
According to reports
from sea, on board the flotilla that was attempting to break the maritime
closure on the Gaza Strip, IDF forces apprehended two violent activists
holding pistols. The violent activists took these pistols from IDF forces
and apparently opened fire on the soldiers as evident by the empty pistol
magazines.
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A
Debbie Contribution:
How
do they raise their children ? This one sided
HAMAS story will reveal a GRAVE TRUTH they will tell you themselves in
their effort to defame and blame Israel for ALL their problems.
VIDEO 9
THE
ISRAELI WARNING
VIDEO
10
A Nissim
Moses Contribution: VIDEO
11 A
Jacqueline Solomon Contribution :
Life
in
A
Daniel Bamnolkar Contribution:
From:
The Israel Project <info@theisraelproject.org>
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday (May 31) he has canceled
his planned visit to the Video taken by IDF
naval boat shows the passengers of the MaviMarmara,
one of the ships in the 'Free Gaza' Flotilla, violently attacking IDF soldiers
who were trying to board the ship after having sent repeated requests for
the boat to change course. [more] TIP
will continue to monitor the situation and upload new royalty-free footage
to our video player as new content is available. On
the day before the Gaza flotilla confronted the Israeli navy, Al-Jazeera
TV documented the pre-battle atmosphere created by men on board the flotilla,
who chanted a well-known Islamic battle cry invoking the killing and defeat
of Jews in battle: "[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar,
oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!" [more] The
Security Council is convened this afternoon following the serious event
that took place today early morning local time, when a convoy of six ships
attempted to break the maritime blockage off the cost of A maritime blockade
is in effect off the coast of Well
over a million tons of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza from Israel over
the last 18 months equaling nearly a ton of aid for every man, woman and
child in Gaza. Millions of dollars worth of international food aid continually
flows through the Israeli humanitarian apparatus, ensuring that there is
no food shortage in Israel’s
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said
in a press conference on Monday (May 31) regarding the Turkish-led flotilla
that:
A
flotilla of pro-Palestinian demonstrators with links to terrorist groups
is en route to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israeli government requests
to deliver their shipment through legal channels. [more] Early
this morning (31 May), IDF naval forces intercepted six ships attempting
to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. This happened after numerous
warnings from Despite
attacks by As of the afternoon
of May 30, five ships were located near Ron
Ben Yishai recounts bloody clash aboard
Gaza-bound vessel: The lacking crowd-dispersal means, the brutal violence
of ‘peace activists,’ and the attempt to bring down an IDF helicopter.
[more] A
John Perry Contribution: It
did not have to be like this.
However, Hamas
activists and supporters, in an intentional provocation against It
did not have to turn out this way.
The
organizers of the anti-Israel flotilla claimed that their goal was bringing
humanitarian aid to The
Israeli navy contacted the boats, and warned them not to proceed to Their
refusal violated international law and directly attacked No
government allows unidentified people and goods to flout their border regulations
and enter their countries freely. If these activists behaved similarly
at passport and security control in the It
should not come as a surprise that any country's navy would find it necessary
to board and search a vessel attempting illegally to enter their sovereign
shores. What is surprising is that the Israeli security personnel were
brutally attacked with knives, lead pipes, and other weapons when they
carried out predictable and routine security procedures.
It
did not have to be like this.
The
flotilla organizers claim they are "peace activists." They should be very
concerned that the Hamas government they
seek to aid is an enemy of peace, opposes all compromise and negotiations,
and systematically incites its people to hate and kill Israelis. They should
be concerned that Hamas is a brutal regime
that has tortured and murdered almost a thousand Palestinian rivals, summarily
executes alleged Israeli "collaborators," terrorizes and oppresses Gaza
residents, and has held kidnapped Israeli soldier GiladShalit
incommunicado for nearly three years, violating all human rights standards.
They should also be concerned that in supporting the Hamas
regime, they endorse the murder of Jews and the genocidal threats of Hamas'
main sponsor, It
did not have to be like this.
The
flotilla organizers could have sincerely sought peace by urging Hamas
to recognize People
of good will everywhere should condemn the flotilla's goals and its violence.
IMPORTANT
POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND:
"Activists
carried out pre-meditated violence, armed with guns, knives and metal bars,
each sailor being attacked by a mob of a dozen extremists"
"The
provocateurs were organized by an Islamist organization that has links
to fundamentalist jihadi groups"
"The
extremists brought small children on board knowing that they intended to
violate international maritime law"
"Israel
offered to transfer the aid to Gaza again and again - they refused - and
chose confrontation"
"Weapons
found on board; the organizers intent was violent, their method was violent
and the result was, unfortunately violent"
"Allowing
the illegal flotilla to reach Hamas would
have opened a corridor of smuggling of weapons to Gaza, resulting in civilian
deaths"
"Israel
transfers about 15,000 tons of supplies and humanitarian aid every week
to the people of Gaza"
"We
fully intend to go to Gaza regardless of any intimidation or threats of
violence against us, they are going to have to forcefully stop us," said
one of the flotilla's organizers
"No
country would allow illegal entry of any vessel into their waters without
a security check"
From Itamar
Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch:
On
the day before the Gaza flotilla confronted the Israeli navy, Al-Jazeera
TV documented the pre-battle atmosphere created by men on board the flotilla,
chanting a well known Islamic battle cry invoking the killing and defeat
of Jews in battle:
"[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar,
oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!"
Khaibar
is the name of the last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad's army in 628.
Many Jews were killed in that battle, which marked the end of Jewish presence
in Visit
us at Our Facebook
Page for updates on this ongoing situation. StandWithUs A ShulaAizerContribution
:
Subject: The TIP
Sheet - See Gaza Footage For Yourself
Date: Monday, May
31, 2010, 10:02 PM
See
May
31, 2010
UN
Security Council Meeting to Discuss Incident
TIP
Press Release, May 31, 2010
Video
footage from idfnadesk, the Israeli Defense
Forces' YouTube Channel, May 31, 2010
http://www.theisraelproject.org/videos
Participants
chanted Islamic battle cry invoking killing of Jews and called for Martyrdom
Article
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik,
May 31, 2010
Statement
from Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriella Shalev
The
Gaza flotilla and the maritime blockade of Gaza - Legal background
Israel Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, May 31, 2010
Archive Photo:
IDF Spokesperson
Israel Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, May 25, 2010
Protesters
Attack with Guns and Knives, Israel Regrets 10 Dead
Injured
Evacuated to Israeli Hospitals
TIP
Press Release, May 31, 2010
"The
armada of hate and violence in support of Hamas
terror organization was a premeditated and outrageous provocation."
[more]
TIP
Press Release, May 28, 2010
IDF
forces met with pre-planned violence when attempting to board flotilla
Previously,
May 31, 2010
Behind
the Headlines: The seizure of the Gaza flotilla
Israel Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, May 31, 2010
were brought
along to prevent The
Flotilla to the Gaza Strip – Update
The Intelligence
and
May 30, 2010
Posted
by user MHLE2010, May 27, 2010
BBC Footage posted
by user LetsFreeGaza, May 31, 2010
A
brutal ambush at sea
Article by Ron Ben-Yishai,
May 31, 2010
The
Israel Project appreciates your tax-deductible support of its work to strengthen
the U.S.-Israel relationship.
From:
Israel
Advocacy <israeladvocacy@hvc.rr.com>
Date: Mon, May 31,
2010 at 11:36 PM
Subject: More facts
concerning the Gaza bound flotilla confrontation
Dear
Friends of
More
facts concerning the
The
IDF reports that the passengers on the Gaza-bound flotilla lay in wait
for the IDF to board their vessel and then attacked IDF soldiers, opening
fire on them. One IDF soldier was critically wounded. A crew member reportedly
snatched a gun from an IDF soldier and then opened fire on the troops.
Another soldier was stabbed in the stomach with a sharp object. The soldier
is in moderate condition and was transferred for medical treatment by helicopter
to
The
IDF spokesperson said that the crew of the flotilla were not peaceful humanitarians,
but rather militants who were preparing for provocation and violence, and
were planning to stage a "lynch" of the Israeli soldiers.
Other people wounded
in the operation were transferred to various hospitals in Soldiers are still
checking the boats for explosives and hiding militants.
More On This Story
Late Sunday night,
the Israeli Navy surprised the six-boat flotilla bound for Hamas-controlled One of the crew said
that one “Navy warship” had contacted the six boats in the flotilla and
asked them to identify themselves. They were told the Navy would board
the boats if the ships's crew and passengers
do not agree to head for the International law
allows for countries to ask suspicious boats to identify themselves.
The vessels' passengers did not cooperate and called the move "scare tactics"
on their streamed broadcasts.
The IDF searched
the boats for arms immediately after the takeover. The soldiers were forced
to use tear gas after they were attacked with knives, daggers and cudgels,
putting their lives in danger. Unofficial reports that ten persons have
been killed and another ten wounded were admitted to The IDF has not issued
a complete report on casualties or wounded in the operation. However, hospitals
were put on alert to accept possible wounded.
The IDF released
a terse statement shortly after midnight Sunday, stating, "Israeli
Navy soldiers left this evening in order to stop the flotilla's provocative
trip to The flotilla activists,
some of whom are identified with terrorist Muslim groups, did not expect
a confrontation with the Navy until Monday morning, when the flotilla expected
to near the The flotilla sailed
on Sunday, more than two days later than planned and without two of the
ships that did not join because of malfunctions but which were expected
to set sail after repairs.
“We fully intend
to go to The flotilla included
three ships of passengers and three cargo ships with aid. The Israeli military
and Foreign Ministry accused the activists of being more interested
in trying to stage an anti-Israel stunt and strengthenHamas
rather than trying to help Gaza Arabs. Government spokesmen pointed out
repeatedly that aid always can be shipped to
Will the Media Report Fairly?
The
initial pictures and reports of this incident (supplied mainly by the less
than objective al-Jazeera and Turkish media)
do not paint
It
is the duty of the international media to report fairly and accurately.
We have been here before, from incidents ranging from the al-Dura
affair, the Jenin "massacre" and many
other libels perpetrated by a media all too willing to take the side
of those who seek to harm
We hope that the media will not repeat its past mistakes. While a clearer picture of today's events may eventually emerge, the damage has already been done in the first few hours of reporting. Retractions and corrections will do little to soften the blow.
Will the media take at face value the statements and anti-Israel propaganda of groups who were committed to causing an incident of this nature? Will the media join in the automatic knee-jerk anti-Israel reaction that is all too often the norm?
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BBC REPORTING w/ additions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10210949.stm
Gaza flotilla: Israel to free detained activists
Page
last updated at 23:19 GMT, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 0:19 UK
Hillary
Clinton: "The situation is Gaza is unsustainable and unacceptable"
India added its own voice to the global chorus of condemnation of that event. “India deplores the tragic loss of life and the reports of killings and injuries to people on the boats carrying supplies for Gaza,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement Monday. “There can be no justification for such indiscriminate use of force, which we condemn.”
Israel says it will release all the foreign nationals seized on board an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza.
The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it hoped deportations would be completed within 48 hours.
At least nine pro-Palestinian activists died when Israeli commandos raided the six-ship convoy early on Monday.
Amid international criticism Israel says its troops acted in self-defence, but campaigners deny this.
The incident has sparked widespread concern and led to calls for Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Israel has maintained control of Gaza's airspace and territorial waters, as well as most of its land borders, since withdrawing troops and settlers from the territory in 2005.
According to the UN, Gaza receives about one-quarter of the supplies it used to receive in the years before the blockade was tightened in 2007.
Israel
and Egypt sealed off the territory after militant group Hamas seized power
there in 2007.
Obama
condolences
Amid ongoing diplomatic concern at the incident, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the situation in Gaza "unsustainable".
She said on Tuesday that Washington would support an Israeli investigation of the raid but it must be "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent", as called for by the UN Security Council.
And President Barack Obama was reported to have called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express his condolences over the loss of life on the Turkish-registered lead vessel.
Mr Erdogan has described the assault as a "bloody massacre" and said must be punished. He said Israel should not test Turkey's patience.
Turkey, formerly a close ally of Israel, has been one of the states most vocal in its condemnation of the raid.
Diplomatic
sources in Ankara have said at least four of those killed were Turkish.
Irish
concern
Meanwhile,
another ship carrying aid has set sail for Gaza intending to challenge
the Israeli blockade, organisers said.
LEGALITY
OF CONVOY RAID
Continue
reading the main story Mavi Marmara just before it left Istanbul on 22
May
* The UN Charter on the Law of the Sea says only if a vessel is suspected
to be transporting weapons, or weapons of mass destruction, can it be boarded
in international waters. Otherwise the permission of the ship's flag carrying
nation must be sought.
* The charter allows for naval blockades, but the effect of the blockade
on civilians must be proportionate to the effect on the military element
for the blockade to be legally enforceable.
* A ship trying to breach a blockade can be boarded and force may be used
to stop it as long as it is "necessary and proportionate".
* The Israeli Defense Forces say soldiers acted in self-defence.
* An investigation, either by the UN or by the ship's flag-carrier Turkey,
is required to find if the use of force was proportionate to a claim of
self defence.
Q&A: Israeli raid on aid flotilla Israeli raid: What went wrong? Guide: Gaza under blockade Convoy raid sparks press fury In pictures: Aid flotilla raid protests
Greta Berlin, of the Free Gaza Movement, said on Tuesday the MV Rachel Corrie would "be there within the week".
Five of those on board are Irish, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire, prompting Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to appeal for its safe arrival in Gaza.
"If any harm comes to any of our citizens it will have the most serious consequences," he told parliament on Tuesday.
He said Dublin had asked Israel to ensure the boat "complete its journey unimpeded and discharge its humanitarian cargo in Gaza".
Israel seized more than 670 people with the ships and deported 50 early on Tuesday.
But officials faced mounting calls on Tuesday to free those still be detained.
"All foreign nationals who were on board the fleet and were arrested will be deported from Tuesday night," Mr Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
The expulsions would be carried out by Thursday, according to Israeli military radio.
Eyewitness accounts of the raid from some of those activists released earlier cast doubt on Israel's version of events.
Israel said its soldiers were attacked with "knives, clubs and other weapons" when they landed on the Turkish passenger ship Mavi Marmara and had opened fire in self-defence.
German politician Norman Paech said he had only seen wooden sticks being brandished as troops abseiled on to the deck of the ship.
And Israeli Arab MP Haneen Zuabi told a press conference that troops began firing while still in the helicopters hovering over the ships.
The six ships, carrying more than 100 tonnes of aid and 700 campaigners, had sailed from Cyprus in a bid to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.
Israel had warned organisers that the flotilla would not be allowed to arrive.
HOW
ISRAEL RAID UNFOLDED
The flotilla of six ships, including the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara, was
on its way from Cyprus to Gaza carrying supplies including cement, paper
and water purification tablets.
HOW
ISRAEL RAID UNFOLDED
As the flotilla, still in international waters, neared Gaza, Israeli commandos
intercepted the boats from air and sea. This image shows a soldier rappelling
from a helicopter onto the upper deck of the ferry.
HOW
ISRAEL RAID UNFOLDED
The Israelis say their soldiers were set upon and beaten with bats, chairs
and metal poles as soon as they boarded the Mavi Marmara. Activists say
the soldiers attacked them first.
HOW
ISRAEL RAID UNFOLDED
As the incident escalated, the Israelis used live weapons on the activists,
although the exact circumstances are unclear. This still from Turkish TV
footage shows first aid being given to an injured activist.
HOW
ISRAEL RAID UNFOLDED
At the end of the incident at least 10 activists were dead. Israel escorted
the flotilla to the port of Ashdod and detained the protesters. An online
maritime tracking map shows the route taken by the boats.
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Following the Israeli raid, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered the border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to be opened.
The Rafah crossing has been closed since 2007, although special medical cases are occasionally allowed through.
The
Egyptian state news agency said the latest opening was to allow humanitarian
aid through. It is not clear how long it will be kept open
LEGALITY OF CONVOY RAID
Continue reading the
main story Mavi Marmara just before it left Istanbul on 22 May
*
The UN Charter on the Law of the Sea says only if a vessel is suspected
to be transporting weapons, or weapons of mass destruction, can it be boarded
in international waters. Otherwise the permission of the ship's flag carrying
nation must be sought.
*
The charter allows for naval blockades, but the effect of the blockade
on civilians must be proportionate to the effect on the military element
for the blockade to be legally enforceable.
*
A ship trying to breach a blockade can be boarded and force may be used
to stop it as long as it is "necessary and proportionate".
*
The Israeli Defense Forces say soldiers acted in self-defence.
*
An investigation, either by the UN or by the ship's flag-carrier Turkey,
is required to find if the use of force was proportionate to a claim of
self defence.
Q&A: Israeli raid on aid flotilla Israeli raid: What went wrong? Guide: Gaza under blockade Convoy raid sparks press fury In pictures: Aid flotilla raid protests
White House backs investigation into Israeli raid
(AP) – 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The White House says it supports a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an investigation into Israel's deadly raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, however, wouldn't say whether President Barack Obama condemns the actions of the Israeli forces.
Gibbs stood by the president's earlier statement expressing "deep regret" for the loss of at least nine lives in the attack. Palestinians, Arabs and Turkey have called for a stronger condemnation.
The raid is likely to
increase pressure on Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Gibbs
says the blockade is meant to keep weapons, not aid, out of area. He says
the incident highlights the need for a comprehensive peace plan.
ARAB TREATMENT AGAINST ISRAELIS
Jews should leave Palestine and return to Europe,
top U.S. journalist says
White House reporter Helen Thomas also slams Obama administration for not condemning 'deliberate Gaza flotilla massacre.'
When asked where then the Jews should go, the senior White House correspondent said they should "Go home…. To Poland, Germany…and America and everywhere else."
IDF: Five Gaza flotilla activists
linked to Hamas, Al-Qaida
The military did not specify whether these five activists took part in the violent clashes with the Israel Navy commandos that left nine people dead and several more wounded.
Israel still balking at external Gaza flotilla probe, despite growing
world pressure
Iran Revolutionary Guards offer to escort Gaza-bound ships
Report:
Iran smuggling German-made nuclear equipment via Dubai
Egypt may strip citizenship from those who marry Israelis
washingtonpost.com
Krauthammer: Those troublesome Jews
Charles Krauthammer
Friday, June 4, 2010; A19
The world is outraged at Israel's blockade of Gaza. Turkey denounces its illegality, inhumanity, barbarity, etc. The usual U.N. suspects, Third World and European, join in. The Obama administration dithers.
But as Leslie Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, writes, the blockade is not just perfectly rational, it is perfectly legal. Gaza under Hamas is a self-declared enemy of Israel -- a declaration backed up by more than 4,000 rockets fired at Israeli civilian territory. Yet having pledged itself to unceasing belligerency, Hamas claims victimhood when Israel imposes a blockade to prevent Hamas from arming itself with still more rockets.
In World War II, with full international legality, the United States blockaded Germany and Japan. And during the October 1962 missile crisis, we blockaded ("quarantined") Cuba. Arms-bearing Russian ships headed to Cuba turned back because the Soviets knew that the U.S. Navy would either board them or sink them. Yet Israel is accused of international criminality for doing precisely what John Kennedy did: impose a naval blockade to prevent a hostile state from acquiring lethal weaponry.
Oh, but weren't the Gaza-bound ships on a mission of humanitarian relief? No. Otherwise they would have accepted Israel's offer to bring their supplies to an Israeli port, be inspected for military materiel and have the rest trucked by Israel into Gaza -- as every week 10,000 tons of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies are sent by Israel to Gaza.
Why was the offer refused? Because, as organizer Greta Berlin admitted, the flotilla was not about humanitarian relief but about breaking the blockade, i.e., ending Israel's inspection regime, which would mean unlimited shipping into Gaza and thus the unlimited arming of Hamas.
Israel has already twice intercepted ships laden with Iranian arms destined for Hezbollah and Gaza. What country would allow that?
But even more important, why did Israel even have to resort to blockade? Because, blockade is Israel's fallback as the world systematically de-legitimizes its traditional ways of defending itself -- forward and active defense.
(1) Forward defense: As a small, densely populated country surrounded by hostile states, Israel had, for its first half-century, adopted forward defense -- fighting wars on enemy territory (such as the Sinai and Golan Heights) rather than its own.
Where possible (Sinai, for example) Israel has traded territory for peace. But where peace offers were refused, Israel retained the territory as a protective buffer zone. Thus Israel retained a small strip of southern Lebanon to protect the villages of northern Israel. And it took many losses in Gaza, rather than expose Israeli border towns to Palestinian terror attacks. It is for the same reason America wages a grinding war in Afghanistan: You fight them there, so you don't have to fight them here.
But under overwhelming outside pressure, Israel gave it up. The Israelis were told the occupations were not just illegal but at the root of the anti-Israel insurgencies -- and therefore withdrawal, by removing the cause, would bring peace.
Land for peace. Remember? Well, during the past decade, Israel gave the land -- evacuating South Lebanon in 2000 and Gaza in 2005. What did it get? An intensification of belligerency, heavy militarization of the enemy side, multiple kidnappings, cross-border attacks and, from Gaza, years of unrelenting rocket attack.
(2) Active defense: Israel then had to switch to active defense -- military action to disrupt, dismantle and defeat (to borrow President Obama's description of our campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaeda) the newly armed terrorist mini-states established in southern Lebanon and Gaza after Israel withdrew.
The result? The Lebanon war of 2006 and Gaza operation of 2008-09. They were met with yet another avalanche of opprobrium and calumny by the same international community that had demanded the land-for-peace Israeli withdrawals in the first place. Worse, the U.N. Goldstone report, which essentially criminalized Israel's defensive operation in Gaza while whitewashing the casus belli -- the preceding and unprovoked Hamas rocket war -- effectively de-legitimized any active Israeli defense against its self-declared terror enemies.
(3) Passive defense: Without forward or active defense, Israel is left with but the most passive and benign of all defenses -- a blockade to simply prevent enemy rearmament. Yet, as we speak, this too is headed for international de-legitimation. Even the United States is now moving toward having it abolished.
But, if none of these is permissible, what's left?
Ah, but that's the point. It's the point understood by the blockade-busting flotilla of useful idiots and terror sympathizers, by the Turkish front organization that funded it, by the automatic anti-Israel Third World chorus at the United Nations, and by the supine Europeans who've had quite enough of the Jewish problem.
What's left? Nothing. The whole point of this relentless international campaign is to deprive Israel of any legitimate form of self-defense. Why, just last week, the Obama administration joined the jackals, and reversed four decades of U.S. practice, by signing onto a consensus document that singles out Israel's possession of nuclear weapons -- thus de-legitimizing Israel's very last line of defense: deterrence.
The world is tired of these troublesome Jews, 6 million -- that number
again -- hard by the Mediterranean, refusing every invitation to national
suicide. For which they are relentlessly demonized, ghettoized and constrained
from defending themselves, even as the more committed anti-Zionists --
Iranian in particular -- openly prepare a more final solution.
New Feedback : Monday, June
7, 2010 4:31 AM
You have received feedback from
Mr/Ms Reuben.
The following data has been submitted.
First name: Yoel
Last name: Reuben
E-mail: yoelreuben@yahoo.com
City/State/Zip: Lod
Country: Israel
The Armed forces made the right
decision after they were attacked by armed assassins on the Flotilla, Any
normal country would have done the same
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Daniel B. wrote on Tue, Monday, June 7, 2010 2:03 AM
Give me Helen's address; I would
like to shift to her house from Israel. In any case she will depart sooner
or latter. So what will she do keeping a house?
And for "Turkey" - look who is talking???
Daniel
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Janet B. wrote on Tue, Monday, June 7, 2010 2:03 AM
Some news that does not get to the media...
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4223912/inside-the-freedom-flotilla?playlist_id=87937
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4223984/glenn-beck-web-exclusive
Prior to departure, the 'peace activists' sing about killing Jews
Close-Up Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers.
Weapons Found on the Flotilla Ship Mavi Marmara Used by Activists Against IDF Soldiers
Israeli Navy Soldier Describes the Violent Mob Aboard Mavi Marmara
StandWithUs Denounces Anti-Israel Flotilla Goals and Lynching Attempt
Op-Ed in Jerusalem Post - "Peace activists? More like 'peace' militants"
Great article by Melanie Phillips - 'Peace convoy'? This was an Islamist terror ambush
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Debbie added :
Helen Thomas under fire for saying
Jews in Israel should go back to
Germany, Poland
Video
CNN Reported : Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas retires after controversial remarks about Jews, her agency says.
Hamas Praises Liberal Media Darling Helen Thomas For
Jew-Bashing Rant
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, June 7, 2010, 5:38 AM
Source : http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/06/hamas-praises-liberal-media-darling-helen-thomas-over-recent-jew-comments/
Sweet. Liberal media matron Helen Thomas has a growing fan club in the
Middle East.
The Hamas terrorist website Al-Qassam is very impressed with her recent
comments urging Jews “to get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to
Poland and Germany.
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Al-Qassam reported (translated):
Israelis ignore the reality, that they never belong in Palestine but belong in some other countries they know better. Thomas when she asked by David , where Jews should go ? she replied him: “They should go home, German , Poland, America and anywhere else”.
She also mentioned that “remember these people are occupied and it is their land , not German and not Poland”. This statement by Thomas Helen reflects the opinion of American majority in USA and all masses who support justice and peace in Palestine an whole world.
Moreover, her statement serves peace process in -Middle East- as they like to call it, to a very great extent.
Peace process will be successful, only when Israel get out of Arab Areas, Golan and occupied Palestine, then we can say that peace is happily achieved, other wise, and as long Israel occupies Palestine and some Arab lands, peace will never be achieved and more headache will be brought to the world by state of terror-Israel .
HEAVY WEAPONS FOUND IN THE CARGO
OF THE M/S. MAVI MARMARA FLOTILLA
VESSEL.
June, 7th, 2010
I cannot understand why no news station is broadcasting this information!!!
Has everyone gone mad?
- Naomi
This video shows that during the unloading of the Marmara boat in the port of Ashdod, behind the bags of flour were boxes of heavy weapons and ammunition: mortars, artillery shells, bazookas, without counting a trunk where more than one million euros was found intended for Hamas.
This videoshould be widely distributed
as evidence of why the IDF Naval commandos were =dispatched to intercept
the six vessels including the M/S Mavi Marmara. One wonders what is aboard
the Irish vessel, the M/S. Rachel Corrie, that Israel will intercept sometime
today when it approaches the Naval blockade line off the coast of Gaza.
Clearly the Turkish AKP Islamist government is complicit in permitting
this military cargo to be loaded on the 'peaceful' Free Gaza
Flotilla. Please distribute this video
widely.
If you had any doubt about what was on the flotilla, here is the video. The French explains that the arms on display w ere hidden behind sacks of grain.
VIDEO
But wait until it's over. You won't believe your eyes.
QUESTION REMAINS WHY THE MAJOR MEDIA
NETWORKS ARE NOT REPORTING THIS NEWS ?
Helsinki Principles on the Law of Maritime Neutrality
5.1.2(3) Merchant ships flying the flag of a neutral State may be attacked if they are believed on reasonable grounds to be carrying contraband or breaching a blockade, and after prior warning they intentionally and clearly refuse to stop, or intentionally and clearly resist visit, search, capture or diversion.
5.1.2(4) Merchant ships flying the flag of a neutral State may be attacked if they:
(a) engage in belligerent acts on behalf of the enemy;
(c) are incorporated into or assist the enemy’s intelligence system;
(e) otherwise make an effective contribution to the enemy’s military
action, e.g., by carrying military materials, and it is not feasible for
the attacking forces to first place passengers and crew in a place of safety.
Unless circumstances do not permit, they are to be given a warning, so
that they can re-route, off-load, or take other precautions.
5.2.1 Visit and search
As an exception to Principle 5.1.2 paragraph 1 and in accordance with Principle 1.3 (2nd sentence), belligerent warships have a right to visit and search vis-à-vis neutral commercial ships in order to ascertain the character and destination of their cargo. If a ship tries to evade this control or offers resistance, measures of coercion necessary to exercise this right are permissible. This includes the right to divert a ship where visit and search at the place where the ship is encountered are not practical.
5.2.10 Blockade
Blockade, i.e. the interdiction of all or certain maritime traffic coming
from or going to a port or coast of a belligerent, is a legitimate method
of naval warfare. In order to be valid, the blockade must be declared,
notified to belligerent and neutral States, effective and applied impartially
to ships of all States. A blockade may not bar access to neutral ports
or coasts. Neutral vessels believed on reasonable and probable grounds
to be breaching a blockade may be stopped and captured. If they, after
prior warning, clearly resist capture, they may be attacked.
For a complete version :
http://www.vilp.de/Enpdf/e025.pdf
http://www.achgut.com/dadgdx/index.php/dadgd/article/helsinki_principles_on_the_law_of_maritime_neutrality/
UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like
Nazis in Gaza
(Jewish Traitor)
Video
INTEGRITY RECORD OF SIR KAUFMAN
Sir* Gerald Kaufman's £1,800 rug and an £8,865
claim for a television: MPs' expenses
Sir* Gerald
Kaufman and his Regents Park flat Photo: Anthony Upton/Eddie Mulholland
The former environment minister was asked to attend a meeting with officials from the parliamentary fees office to discuss details of another claim relating to £28,834 of work on the kitchen and bathroom at his London flat.
He told them that the work was necessary because he was “living in a slum”, though his second home, off Regent’s Park, is in one of the most fashionable areas of the capital. He was eventually reimbursed for £15,329.
* Did the Queen make a mistake - can he be UN-KNIGHTED :).
Full Report at :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5330816/Sir-Gerald-Kaufmans-1800-rug-and-an-8865-claim-for-a-television-MPs-expenses.html
Judge a person by his friends
It is most telling that, on Thursday, Kaufman – who once branded Ariel Sharon “a war criminal” (a label which he ended Thursday’s polemic by assigning to the entire Israeli Government) – was keen for the House (and the country) to hear that Yasser Arafat was “a friend of mine”. What a mark of distinction! For someone who read philosophy at Oxford, however, Kaufman employs the most bewildering of moral compasses.
More at : http://melchettmike.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/dame-gerald-our-very-own-uncle-tom/
CAN UK CITIZENS SEEK JUSTIFICATION FOR THE
ALLEGATIONS OF Gerald Kaufmann ABOUT ISRAEL
?
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