Defense Minister Ehud Barak said earlier Monday that the organizers of the Gaza aid flotilla were to blame for the violent events aboard the ship. Barak voiced regret for the deaths, but called the flotilla a political provocation and said the sponsors of the flotilla were violent supporters of a terror organization. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, meanwhile, said the soldiers were forced by violent activists to
I am outraged at Israel’s latest criminal act. I mourn with my fellow Free Gaza travelers, the lives that have been lost by Israel’s needless, senseless act against unarmed humanitarian activists. But I’m even more outraged that once again, Israel’s actions have been aided and abetted by a U.S. political class that has become corrupted beyond belief due to its reliance on Zionist finance and penetration by Zionist zealots for
by Gilad Atzmon As I write this piece the scale of the Israeli lethal slaughter at sea is yet to be clear. However we already know that at around 4am Gaza time, hundreds of IDF commandos stormed the Free Gaza international humanitarian fleet. We learn from the Arab press that at least 16 peace activists have been murdered and more than 50 were injured. Once again it is devastatingly obvious
Press Release 05/31/2010 Uri Avnery: this night a crime was perpetrated in the middle of the sea, by order of the government of Israel and the IDF CommandA warlike attack against aid ships and deadly shooting at peace and humanitarian aid activistsIt is a crazy thing that only a government that crossed all red lines can do “Only a crazy government that has lost all restraint and all connection to
Protesters try to storm Israeli consulate in Turkey. Police succeeds to stop them. Turkish authorities have summoned the Israeli envoy. Is anybody besides me following this?
Al-Jazeera has just reported that the lawyers of the Freedom Flotilla in Israel have announced that 10, not 2, people were killed during the Israeli seizure of the Turkish ship in international waters. This is building up to become yet another a PR disaster for Israel.
I am listening to PressTV and al-Jazeera, video footage from Turkish TV and I am following the Ha’aretz website. So far, here is the picture I get: Israeli stormtroopers stormed at least one ship described as “large” and Turkish. 2 civilians have been killed, 50 wounded. The attacked occurred about 60 nautical miles off the Palestinian cost, thus in international waters. The attack took place at around 4AM. The Turkish
(Cyprus, May 31, 2010) At 11:00 pm Cyprus time and in international waters off the coast of Israel, the boats were contacted by the Israeli navy. “Who are you and where are you going?” Our reply was that we were part of a flotilla and we were going to Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies. On the radar, the boats could see three Israeli war ships shadowing us, and 15 minutes
Of course the peace flotilla will not bring peace, and it won’t even manage to reach the Gaza shore. The action plan has included dragging the ships to Ashdod port, but it has again dragged us to the shores of stupidity and wrongdoing By Gideon Levy for Ha’aretz via Informationclearinghouse The Israeli propaganda machine has reached new highs its hopeless frenzy. It has distributed menus from Gaza restaurants, along with
by Gilad Atzmon In the last few days Israel was singled out by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation conference’s decision to note Israel as a country’s whose facilities must be regulated as “fundamentally wrong and duplicitous.” This happens for a reason. As much as Israel insists to operate as a modernised high-tech Jewish Ghetto, it also persists in being the biggest threat to world peace. Seemingly, nations are starting to show some
Follow all the developments live by clicking on this link: http://witnessgaza.com “Join us as we travel to Gaza. Witness what happens on board the boats. Watch our videos everyday. Stay tuned for WitnessGaza”
by Gilad Atzmon Haaretz reports today that Israel will attempt to block the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla heading toward Gaza. However, according to the Israeli paper, the humanitarian cargo would then be unloaded, inspected and sent to Gaza overland via the United Nations. Typical for Israel, it tries to win a lost battle. On the one hand, by stopping the flotilla Israel attempts to maintain its regional status as an omnipotent
Informationclearinghouse just republished three articles about the US preparations for the upcoming war on Iran: US Special Forces Pave the Way for a Military Strike on Iran By Giles Whittell and Michael Evans Such plans “are always going to be under serious consideration,” Anthony Cordesman, of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, said, “because you are dealing with a serious threat” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25543.htm General Petraeus’s Secret Ops By Robert Dreyfuss
“Rahm Emanuel invites Netanyahu to discuss shared ‘security interests’ with Obama” – that is the headline which Haaretz chose. They might as well have written “Rahm Emanuel invites Natanyahu to finalize war plans on Iran”. The number of indicators and warning which point to a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran is rapidly increasing. Though probably not imminent, we are probably talking a few months at the most.
Having recently celebrated the first “White House Seder” (already declared as a “new White House Tradition” by no less than the New York Times, Obama is now working hard on deciding who will make it on the highly coveted list of guests invited to the opening event of the “Jewish Heritage Month” (not to be confused with the President’s Annual Hannukah Party). Spring in the USA is so full of
by Philip Klein for the American Spectator I’ve obtained a document that the Rand Paul campaign is circulating to those interested in his views on Israel, and it’s interesting to see how the positions he’s taking as a Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky differ from those adopted by his father, Rep. Ron Paul, a harsh critic of U.S.-Israel ties. “Israel and the United States have a special relationship,” Rand’s position
One million of people in the streets of New York at a parade to celebrate, I am not kidding you, the “salute to Israel” festival. As for Rahm Emanuel, the 2nd most powerful man in the USA (that is officially, in reality, he is #1, of course) – he is in Israel to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah. Just another day in America…
