In the midst of today’s madness by Israel, it’s welcome to read a sensible analysis by Moshe Yaroni at Realistic Peace (thanks to Sol Salbe for the tip). Ultimately, he writes, this incident has the potential to massively damage Israel’s reputation (what, I hear you say, it still has some?) and reveal further to the…
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Israel says al-Qaeda was related to the Gaza flotilla (yes, seriously)
Boarding a ship in international waters and arriving with commandos from helicopters. Yes, Israel clearly made a defensive move. And I thought the Zionist lobby keeps on telling us that Gaza is no longer occupied. Here’s the latest Israeli government spin, predictable and pathetic (perhaps they should claim that Bin Laden was on the Gaza…
Zionist colonists smear Gaza flotilla
Fundamentalist Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Israel, from the group Women in Green, just sent out this statement to show how much they love the IDF (unless, of course, these soldiers ever remove illegal colonies): The People of Israel are united in their support of the IDF’s necessary action to stop the provocation…
What those inside Gaza are saying about Israel’s massacre
A just-released statement from the One Democratic State Group: We Gaza based Palestinian Civil Society Organizations and International activists call on the international community and civil society to pressure their governments and Israel to cease the abductions and killings in Israel’s attacks against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla sailing for Gaza, and begin a global response…
And now Israel will pay a price for its brutal actions
And now the fall-out: Turkey’s foreign ministry on Monday denounced as “unacceptable” an Israeli attack on an aid convoy bound for Gaza which killed at least 10 people, summoning Israel’s ambassador to discuss the incident and bringing already tense relations between the countries to new levels. The ministry said that Israel had violated International law…
The act of piracy is a serious crime
Let’s not forget that Israel attacked the Gaza flotilla in international waters.
Here’s how Israel sees civilians on unarmed boats
Here’s the initial Zionist spin of the Gaza flotilla (thank you Jerusalem Post): IDF Navy commandos encountered fierce resistance early Monday morning as they boarded international aid ships on the way to Gaza to break the Israeli blockade of the Strip. According to defense officials, upon boarding the ships the commandos were attacked by activists…