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Speech delivered by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the anniversary marking the demise of Imam Khomeini
In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the world. Peace be on the Seal of prophets, our Master and Prophet, Abi Al Qassem Mohammad and on his chaste and pure Household, chosen companions and all prophets and messengers. Peace be upon you all and Allah’s mercy and blessing. First in the anniversary of the decease, I address the successor of
Rachel Corrie on Her Way
Written by Free Gaza Team | 04 June 2010 [Cyprus, June 4, 2010] The Rachel Corrie is 150 miles away from Gaza in international waters and on her way. They will arrive on Saturday morning. The 1200 ton cargo ship is the last ship from the Freedom Flotilla and is loaded with construction materials, 20 tons of paper and many other supplies that Israel refuses to allow into the imprisoned
Sabotage on the High Sea
Written by Greta Berlin for FreeGaza.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Cyprus, June 4, 2010) On Tuesday,, Colonel Itzik Tourgeman told the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that two more ships are on their way to try and break the naval blockade of Gaza. The head of research in the operations division said, “The ships have not reached their target as of today because covert action was taken against
News update about the Freedom Flotilla 2
Preparation is already well underway for an even larger “Freedom Flotilla Two” to be launched in the coming weeks. The new flotilla will travel to Gaza again in matter of weeks. Statements by the EU, the UN and others have made it imperative that Israel obey international law and lift the blockade. For example, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stated that the siege is “unsustainable and unacceptable.” While
Uncle Sam, Uncle Shmuel and Uncle Tom
One look at the Ha’aretz front page really says it all: (click on picture to read smaller headlines)
Reflections on the future of Palestine and the Middle-East
Things are clearly heating up in the Middle-East again: a US-Israeli attack on Iran appears to be in the final stages of planning. Israel, which has finally clearly given up any pretense of being a civilized, never mind democratic, state, is now preventing dissident American Jews like Finkelstein or Chomsky from entering Israel. Former DIA and CIA analyst Philip Giraldi is suggesting that Israel may have to strike at Iran
Full Text of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Speech!
From Palestine Think Tank: Translated and transcribed from Turkish by Güzin Bilgi for www.palestinethinktank.com and Gulagnik Translators (www.gulaknick.wordpress.com) English editing by Mary Rizzo. It may be reprinted with full credits to the translators and source.——– Today I do not only want to speak to my dear people but to all of humanity. I want to call to the conscience and hearts and minds of the whole of humanity, I would
The Legal Position on the Israeli Attack
by Craig Murray (…) A word on the legal position, which is very plain. To attack a foreign flagged vessel in international waters is illegal. It is not piracy, as the Israeli vessels carried a military commission. It is rather an act of illegal warfare. Because the incident took place on the high seas does not mean however that international law is the only applicable law. The Law of the
Turkish PM Erdogan condemns Israeli raid on Gaza aid ship
First they celebrated the Gaza massacre – now they celebrate their “naval victory”
Look at these images of an Israeli crowd celebrating their “naval victory” in front of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv:
Details about the Rachel Corrie
“Introducing the MV Rachel Corrie” Written by Free Gaza Team (Dundalk, Ireland, April 20, 2010) The 1200-ton cargo ship had been abandoned in July 2009, off the coast of Ireland. She was then impounded after an inspection by the International Transport Federation (ITF) discovered her owners had exploited their Lithuanian crewmembers – not paying their wages and subjecting them to humiliating treatment, and they had been left with just one
BREAKING NEWS: The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla Sails towards Gaza
The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards Gaza in Defiance of Israeli Threats By Michel Chossudovsky URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19481 Global Research, June 1, 2010 Following Israel’s criminal raid in international waters on May 31st, the Rachel Corrie MV continues to sail towards the Gaza coastline in defiance of Israeli threats. In an act of tremendous courage, the Rachel Corrie MV
Democray Now coverage of the Israeli piracy
Let’s debunk the latest Israeli Hasbara lies
Let’s make one thing absolutely damn clear: when a ship is attacked in open international waters they have the right to defend themselves with whatever means they have. So even if we fully accept the Israeli version that their commandos were attacked with metal bars, chairs and even handguns taken from the commandos, this was absolutely legal. In fact, the people aboard these ships had the right to use assault
Details about the official Turkish position
The spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Selim Yenel, has just given an interview to al-Jazeera. In the course of the interview, he has detailed the official Turkish demands on Israel. Turkey demands the following: a) an international investigation into the eventsb) the punishment of those responsible for the operationc) an official apology from Israel This is interesting, as all three demands are unacceptable to Israel.
Memento: where to get your info about the Middle-East
Al-Jazeera: http://www.tvtuga.com/al-jazeera-english-qat/Al-Jazeera: http://www.livestation.com/channels/3%20-al_jazeera_english?page=2Press TV (using Mplayer): mplayer mms://wms.edgecastcdn.net/200216/ipresstvRussia Today: http://rt.com/On_Air.html Question to all: can somebody help me to define the actual video stream on http://www.tvtuga.com/al-jazeera-english-qat/? I would like to pipe it directly into mplayer like I do with the Press TV stream. Thanks!
Breaking News: Mubarak opens the Rafah crossing
According to Le Monde Mubarak has just ordered the opening of the Rafah crossing into Gaza. Ynet and al-Jazeera confirm. Ynet adds: It remains unclear whether the move has to do with the failed aid flotilla to Gaza, because the crossing opens once a month for a few days. Palestinian and Arab officials are pressuring Cairo to keep the crossing open indefinitely.
And now, a few more words from the murderous crazies
The IDF if clearly the dumbest military on the planet.You don’t believe me?Check out that latest statement of these boneheads:_____ ‘Next time we’ll use more force’ Israel will use more aggressive force in the future to prevent ships from breaking the sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, a top Navy commander told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. “We boarded the ship and were attacked as if it was a war,”
UNSC statement on Israel’s Gaza aid ships raid
The UN Security Council has agreed a statement following Israel’s raid on Monday on a convoy of aid ships bound for Gaza. Here is the full text as published by the BBC: The Security Council deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries resulting from the use of force during the Israeli military operation in international waters against the convoy sailing to Gaza. The Council, in this context, condemns those
