The Trojan Horse of "Delegitimization"
Mike RenzulliOn the Turkish-based International Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) flotilla for Gaza, and those "Troublesome Jews" in Palestine.
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Palestine -- Israel
No humanitarian aid aboard Mavi Marmara
• Israel National NewsIsrael's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there were never any humanitarian supplies or equipment aboard the Mavi Marmara, where Israeli commandos were ambushed by armed mercenaries posing as peace activists.
Israeli Soldier's Eye Witness Account off Gaza
• arcleinWhen they finished they took a knife and expanded the wound he already had in his stomach. They cut his ab muscles horizontally and by hand spilled his guts out.
Israeli document: Gaza blockade isn't about security
• McClatchy NewsAs Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of Gaza, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the [elected] Islamist group Hamas, which rules the P
The Silent War: Israel's Blockade of Gaza
• YouTube - MedicalAidPalestineContrary to propaganda originating in Israel, Gaza is not the land of plenty and Israel is not the great benefactor of the Palestinians. Rather, the people of Gaza are being made to suffer as few in the U.S. can imagine; all because of the illegal bl
Hamas Halts Transfer of Aid to Gaza
• Israel National NewsThe Hamas government in Gaza is apparently not interested in receiving the goods that were carried by the 'humanitarian' Turkey-sponsored flotilla Israel intercepted.
What the media won't report about Gaza
• National PostContrary to popular opinion, many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza live a middle class (and in some cases an upper class) lifestyle that western journalists refuse to report because it doesn’t fit with their simplistic story.
(Wake up, blind America) 10,000 protest flotilla attack in Israel
• MondoweissNot only was this one of the largest peace demonstrations for a long time, but also the first time that all parts of the Israeli peace camp - from Gush Shalom and Hadash to Peace Now and Meretz – did unite for common action. The main slogan was “The
Israel Navy Massacres Freedom Flotilla Passengers in International Waters
• YouTube - justicentricUnedited version of video that has been released previously, though heavily edited, by Israel in an attempt to back its version of the raid on the unarmed Gaza aid flotilla.
More Gaza Flotilla Footage
Mike RenzulliActual footage of "Mavi Mamara" activist weapons uncovered before and after the IDF ship raid, television interviews with vessel passengers prior to the raid along with actual footage of Mavi passengers readying to attack Israeli commandos.
Gaza flotilla organizer admits activists seized weapons from IDF commandos
• HaaretzBulent Yildirim, who was deported from Israel along with hundreds of other foreigners who tried breaching an Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, said activists grabbed weapons from IDF commandos, but then threw them into the sea.
The Good Ship Rachel Corrie intercepted, boarded by IDF soldiers. No casualties reported.
Found Zero"We have got to understand that people in third world countries think and care and smile and cry just like us. We have got to understand that they dream our dreams and we dream theirs." -R Corrie, age 10
IDF: 50 flotilla passengers were Turkish mercenaries
• The Jerusalem PostThe members of the mercenary group were not carrying identity cards or passports. Each of them had an envelope in his pocket with about $10,000 in cash in which the funding for the mercenaries may have come from elements within the Turkish government
Turkey PM: Hamas is not a terrorist group
• The Herald Sun - AustraliaTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Friday at a rally in the Turkish province of Konya that Hamas is a resistance movement and not a terrorist group.
Flotilla protesters threw guns overboard
• The Jerusalem PostAside from the knifes, rocks, and slingshots found in a search of the Mavi Marmara, weapons were discovered leading Israeli defense officials to believe that there may have been weapons on board along with plans to kidnap an IDF commando.
MV Rachel Corrie due to reach Gaza within hours
• War in ContextThe MV Rachel Corrie, a cargo ship in the Freedom Flotilla whose passage from Ireland was delayed by mechanical difficulties, is now hours away from its destination. "I commend this courageous action of brave international civilians who are carryi
US citizen killed on flotilla was reportedly shot four times in head
• Rawstory"One of the nine people killed in the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla Monday was a 19-year-old man with dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship, a U.S. State Department official said," CBS News reports.
Israel resists international probe into Gaza ship raid
• ReutersIsrael on Thursday resisted calls for an international inquiry to investigate its lethal seizure of a Turkish ship bound for blockaded Gaza. The United States, less outspoken than most of Israel's enemies and friends backed calls for an international
Paintballs to pistols, Israel admits ship blunders
• ReutersWrong intelligence, wrong guns, wrong tactics. Israel's military acknowledged big mistakes on Tuesday during the bungled boarding of a Gaza-bound aid ship in which elite troops killed nine international activists.
Flotilla activists wanted to be martyrs
• The U.K. TelegraphTwo of the Turkish men shot dead during the Israeli commando raid on an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza strip were activists who wanted to be martyrs for their faith.
Israel's Flotilla Raid
Mike RenzulliActual footage of Israeli soldiers boarding a Gaza flotilla ship. As it turns out, the aggressors in the Gaza flotilla incident were the Gazans. Israeli soldiers fired in self defense.
In raw video, reporters claim Israelis fired on activists before boarding ship
• RawstoryIn raw video captured by Al Jazeera and published to YouTube, journalists provide a play-by-play of the harrowing event as pops and cracks echo in the background. Even before the Israeli forces were aboard, one says, they were pelting the boat with t
Israel: 'Next time we'll use more force'
• Jerusalem PostIsrael will use more aggressive force in the future to prevent ships from breaking the sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, a top Navy commander said. "We boarded the ship and were attacked as if it was a war," the officer said. "That will mean that we wi
USS Liberty Survivor detained by Israel
• http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S1584439.shtml?caJoe Meadors, survivor of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty was hoping to drop a wreath off the coast of Gaza to honor his ship and shipmates. He is now one hundreds detained after the attack on the flotilla in international waters.
Flotillas and the Wars of Public Opinion
• Stratfor Global IntelligenceThe flotilla achieved its strategic mission. It got Israel to take violent action against it. In doing so, Israel ran into its own fist.
Israel raids humanitarian flotilla (graphic video)
• youtubeIsrael raids humanitarian flotilla (a lot of wounded--at least one guy convulsing in death and the raid itself--you have been warned) in Arabic. al-Jazeera video At least nine switching cameras--fairly raw footage from the raided vessel.
Obama administration concerned about Gaza incident
• APThe White House speaking on the eve of a meeting of President Obama with the Israeli Prime Minister, said the US "deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries sustained" in the incident and are "currently working to understand the circumstances surro
Israel’s Disinformation Campaign Against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
• International Solidarity MovementIrish Senator Mark Daly (Kerry), one of 35 parliamentarians joining our flotilla, agreed to carry any letter and to attempt to deliver it to Shalit or, if that request was denied, deliver it to officials in the Hamas government. As of this writing, t
Gaza protest flotilla organizers refuse to give aid to kidnapped soldier
• The Jerusalem Post"We are disappointed that the organizers of the flotilla have refused to also provide basic humanitarian assistance to our son, who has been held in Gaza four years in contradiction of international law," said the family of Gilad Schalit.
Israel Boycotts biased UN meeting
• Jerusalem PostTo protest the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinians, Israeli officials refused to attend the organization’s two-day international meeting on the peace process, which opens in Turkey on Wednesday.
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