Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet ( Archived) (845)

oh i think Ive got him sussed now.......he speaks as if hes offering a balanced view...but the bottom line is that all his contributions have the same flavour....pro-israeli and anti-palestinian.

Nothing new there. Its sickening to see how much double-speak is out there. Try looking up anthing to do with this conflict and what you'll find is a list of websites, which in name appear to be palestinian or pro-peace in origin......but are actually pro-israel propoganda.

of course, all sides use spin...but the most sickening for me, as the ship, Rachel Corrie, sails towards a dangerous confrontation, is the outrageous attacks on Rachel Corrie and her family.

The worst is an article entitled "The (self)deceit of Rachel Corrie.

Its almost beyond belief that someone could sit down and write such evil ...and what it suggest to me is that only a guilty mindset could go to such extremes.

What you YOU Fail F A I L to understand U N D E R S T A ND is that there was a blockade in place and, to attempt to break that blockade is an act of war W A R.



Israel would have been perfectly within their rights to blow the ships out of the water W A T E R

Now, listen carefully Siverbirch - STEP AWAY FROM THE CRACK PIPE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE NO HUMANITARIANS BUT RATHER INTENT ON BREAKING A BLOCKADE. AN ACT OF WAR.

Protect the MV Rachel Corrie, Investigate the Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 4, 2010

In the past four days, details about the attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla have emerged.

We now know that 9 civilians were killed in the attack – 8 Turkish nationals and 1 American citizen of Turkish descent. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of those killed. From the depths of our own experience, we feel the pain you are in.

In a response to the incident, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) called for “a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to international standards.”

We are dismayed that, largely due to US influence, the call was not for an independent investigation. With the cases of our daughter Rachel Corrie, crushed by an IDF Caterpillar bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003, and US citizens Brian Avery and Tristan Anderson, both severely injured by the IDF in the West Bank in 2003 and 2009, respectively, Israel clearly demonstrated a failure to investigate itself adequately.

Additionally, the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead, in whichthe Israeli military exonerated itself of any wrongdoing, appears to confirm our own experience.

We call on the United Nations Security Council, and particularly on the United States Government, to demand a credible, transparent, thorough independent investigation into the attack on the flotilla.

At this time, a ship named the MV Rachel Corrie, which departed from Ireland, is on its way to Gaza. It was supposed to sail with the rest of the flotilla but was delayed due to mechanical difficulties. There are 12 people are on board, including the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mairead Maguire and former UN Assistant Secretary-General Dennis Halliday. We call on the United States Government and the governments of the world to insist that Israel not block the safe passage of the ship in reaching Gaza, nor take any actions that may result in the harm of the civilians onboard.

We are also dismayed that the United States Government has not joined the other permanent members of the UNSC in calling for an end to the blockade of Gaza. We call on our government to stand up against the immoral and illegal siege.

Until the blockade, siege and the occupation have ended, and people are permitted to live in freedom and with dignity, we fear there will be more needless deaths, of Palestinians and Israelis alike, and internationals who stand in solidarity with those working towards an end to the occupation and peace with justice.

Cindy & Craig Corrie

FACTS, there's just something about them.

You think the steel plate is transparent? Golly, no wonder you guys see everything upside down, hell, even Hamas isn't stupid enough to pull the idiocy she did. Do the math;

Field of battle, a sixty ton steel plated armored bulldozer with a guy perched high in the air with blind spots a semi driver would get a nightmare from and she wanders around in front of the six foot high blade in an area full of debris and trips.

It might be called 'thinning the herd' in some circles and, if she were part of a work force construction outfit she would be fired for being a total moron but murder on the part of the driver?

Nyet.

Actually, it is balanced however, I do appoligise for being pro Israel on one occasion - when I said they had hot women, good guns and great booze. Other than that, I am merely explaining why your ranting and over the top hubris is shallow and worthless. I would do the same for any one sided bogus attack on an individual that was based on hatred and idiocy such as this is.



No, not the pro Hamas activist side. "roll:



More idiots who are going to meet an end not of their satisfaction in one way or another. Here's how it will play out;

they will huddle and say how determined they are to break this blockade and how the Israelis are starving the Palestinians and these supplies must get through.

Israel will tell them they will not be permitted to land and offer them safe passage to Ashon where the supplies will be off loaded and taken by truck to Gaza. The activists will refuse on some grounds and Hamas will refuse the material as it is non essential.

They will attempt to sail through the blockade and will be boarded same as before and flown home once Israeli security has checked them out.

Will that be smoking or non smoking?





Kid trips and becomes instant worldwide famous martyr. Like what a crazy world huh?

"At the end, I will show what the other side is doing"

And this differs from what you are accusing me of how?



Is provocation giving a right for breaking human rights and endangering civilians? I think not. So it's irrelevant concidering the topic.

We know that both sides are sharing the blame of violence.



Is hate giving a right for breaking human rights and endangering civilians? I think not. So it's irrelevant concidering the topic.

We know that both sides have plenty of hate against each other.



Is this kind of acts giving right to restrict work of humanitary aid organisations on region so the situation is getting even worse for civilians? I think not. So it's irrelevant concidering the topic.

We know that well being of Palestinian civilians isn't the most important issue for both sides.



Dialogue? We can blame Palestians and Hamas as much we like but we should close our eyes from Israel's violations? We can blame Palestinians and Hamas without considering what Israel has done, but only looking things otherway is one dimensional? One side can be blamed and one not.

sharmini:

I suppose this would be the closest to the Shilltilla that you can get however, if you will note, none of the supplies were indispensable to the survival as theywere ultimitely refused until certain conditions were met and, they certainly were not engaged in rescue ops as their stated aim was to break the blockade thus, they became a tool for aid and comfort to the enemy of those requesting the Shilltilla be rerouted to an inspection port.

sharmini:

One did not. It resisted inspection and rerouting to an inspection port. And, guess what, the ship was not attacked rather the boarding party faced with lethal belligerents defended themselves.

sharmini:

A - none of them were and;
B - one of them did not.

sharmini:

In other words,, they have to surrender and comply with the orders of the authorities in charge of the blockade.

One more thing, you will note that this document differentiates between surrender, attack, inspection. Too bad some of the Shills cannot.

May be the Arabs don't want the peace between Israel and Palestine that is very clear. I am sorry to say this but if really they want peace for the two neighbors they should have force Hamas to lay down their weapons and support Mr Mahmud Abass. If the Arab league want that to happen it will happen but they are keeping blind eyes on Hamas and if they don't know the harm they are doing to the innocent Palestinians .
Hamas has a very bad reputation and should be treated as evil they are