Who? Pro-Palestinian activists traveling on Freedom Flotilla to occupied Gaza assaulted by Israelis.
What? Israeli commandos attacked people on board Mavi Marmama, part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, killing 19 civilians and wounding 80 others.
Where? The terror raid took place in international waters, some 65 kilometers off Gaza coast.
When? The aid flotilla came under Israeli commando attack just before dawn on Monday, 31 May.
Why? Israel accused the organizers of Freedom to Gaza Flotilla, an umbrella of international humanitarian aid groups, of having ties with terrorist organizations and delivering bombs and weapons to Hamas in Gaza. The 700 aid workers and activists on board Freedom Flotilla denied the claim. Some 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid was carried on 6 boats with passengers from 50 different countries including Israeli nationals.
How? Israeli special forces first raided the biggest ship ‘Mavi Marmara’ of the Flotilla. They opened fire on hundreds of civilians on board, killing and injuring dozens of people. The ships were then seized and taken to Ashdod port in Israel. The identities of killed and injured people are still unknown.
Israel has become the new Nazi Germany.
If the world does not stand up to it soon, it will end much worse.
i bet u voted for obama , and let me really step out on the edge..u r probably a bleeding heart progressive liberal who claims to be a agnostic. lol!
the question is not what you think about someone else—the question is was Israel wrong.
i support Thomas Mcs comments.it is time to bring Israil govt to order.they have been doing so many illegalities in the name of USA.AS IF THEY OWN THE FREE PEOPLE OF USA.THE oil sleek may be one of their tactics.pls investigate.
the “peace activists” from the mevi marmara where nothing but armed terrorists and you can see it clearly in the next video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LulDJh4fWI
if a nazi nation is one who will use any tools to defend her citizens,than israel is a nazi nation,yes!
Yes, anyone who defies Israel’s illegal blockade in an attempt to deliver crucial humanitarian supplies to suffering civilians must, by definition, be a “terrorist”.
Perhaps you’d care to explain how attacking an aid ship in international waters is an act “to defend” Israel’s citizens. Then perhaps you could explain to us all how war equals peace, freedom is slavery, and 2 + 2 = 5.
LOL! This ‘normal person’ says he’s happy to be called a Nazi and is proud of the fact his nation is acting like a Nazi state. I think ‘normal person’ should stand in Nuremberg Trail (ICJ) and defend his Zio-Nazi state there!
Now let me get this straight–they were terrorists and they armed themselves with poles, chairs, and a pocket kniffe. Some how that
doesn’t sound right.
The video shows how the soldiers were infact attacked first – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hu5UfW3rA8
uri, To attack a ship in international waters is an act of piracy.defending your ship agains pirates is leagle,this is an open act of aggression on israels part. To israel you are throughing away what friends you had, you have used the pretext of self defence too many times and the world is not going to put up with it, the people of the U.S.A. are not going to put up with it (yes I know about the holocoust and it was unconsionable but that was over 65 years ago and you’ve played that pity me card too many times). israel you are becoming/have become what you say you hate and that is a Facist Regime and no better then who you say you hate that being the Nazi’s. I am not anti Jew but I am against what israel has become.
The passengers were UNARMED. It’s disgraceful that anyone would attempt to justify Israel’s actions.
video is not that clear–to make a judgement of who attached who first
The videos are perfectly clear about who was the aggressor. It wasn’t humanitarian aid workers that raided and seized Israeli ships at gunpoint. Israel had no right to board the ship, but the people aboard had every right to defend themselves against armed attack.
Thomas, what the hell are you smoking? pass it around it must be good.
What were they trying to do getting in the boats…if someone enters your home by force, would you welcome him or try to get rid of him??
@Has
Absolutely right. I’ll beat the hell out if my house is under attack. Israel had no logic or reason to invade the ship let alone killing at least a dozen innocent civilians.
Let’s see what Israel finds on those “humanitarian” ships before we guess. In any case, the UN should actually participate in the blockade if they want an opinion on the matter. Hamas is a proven terror group.
You are an ignorant person. The humanitarian ship was just that — humanitarian. It only reveals your ignorance of the subject to suggest otherwise.
Well let’s see what they find—weapons of mass destruction–remember that.
Isreal has become a militaristic Zionist state under Netanyahu. Jews need to realize that the ‘promised land’ is not about real estate. The Palestinians in gaza are living in a squalid ghetto under force. I do not want my tax dollars going towards military aid in isreal, this must stop. Please write your congressman to stop aiding Zionism and their lobbyist. Jesus spoke against the Jews and their corruption of peace. Getting rid of zionists and there will be peace.
@Melissa
What you’re saying absolutely makes sense Melissa but Israel has been a Zionist militaristic state since day one. Netanyahu just makes it more crude and arrogant. Ideologies like Zionism is a poison to all religions of the world and threatens global peace.
It’s funny how the leaders of a state established on Arab land by the British designated terrorists are calling the native people who are struggling to recover some of their ancestral land from the theives – as terrorists.
One wonder what Turkey’s NATO allies have to say about Israeli attack on three of the vessels flying Turkish flag? According to NATO constitution – an attack on any NATO member will be considered an attack on all NATO member states.
http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/freedom-flotilla-under-israeli-threats/
@Rehmat
I really doubt if NATO status of Turkey works in case of hostility with Israel. The Zionist entity is above any international law and operates with impunity. Things would have been the same even if Turkey was an EU member. Don’t forget Israel forged passports of EU nations to carry out assassinations in Dubai. Israel is a rogue state and knows no laws.
Israel’s unwarranted killing of the multinational citizens of a naval food convoy to the starving by the Israeli blockade Palestinians in Gaza is a crime against humanity. And it has come at the height of a U.S. and Israeli campaign to depict Iran as a danger to Middle East peace, and at a time that a U.S. sponsored resolution against Iran at the U.N. Security Council was debated. And Israel’s action definitely has blown a hole in the U.S. propaganda balloon that has tried to depict Iran as the evil state in Middle East and to the international community. But the international community is
howling loudly now against Israel’s policies and actions, and demand justice!
That definitely has put the U.S. in the defensive, and I have no doubt that the White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel – who has delivered in person an
invitation to Israel PM Netanyahu to visit Obama at the white house tomorrow- called Netanyahu who had made a stop to Canada and told him to
turn around and go back to Israel. Obama definitely didn’t want Netanyahu to have a press conference outside the white house, and call the Israeli victims of the “Food for Gaza flotilla” supporters of terrorism” [Hamas]. The deputy Israeli foreign minister, Mr. Avalon, the one who had earlier forced the Turkish ambassador to sit in a low demeaning position, has already called the dead
provocateurs. But the massive anti-Israeli demonstrations in Turkey tell a different story.
We have our Memorial Day celebration here, but unfortunately the rest of the world is screaming loudly, and demands justice for the victims of the Gaza humanitarian mission. And there is no doubt that the U.S. -who has just expressed just a nonchalant “concern” only for the killing, will be deemed guilty by blindly supporting a brutal Israeli policy against humanitarian groups. And this incident, coming after the Richard Goldstone U.N. report that Israel had previously committed “War Crimes in Gaza,” should give the white house a reason to admit the truth of what is really happening in Middle East, and adjust our foreign policy accordingly. We have the Iraq and Afghanistan albatrosses in our neck, and we don’t need have an Israeli albatross in our neck too! Nikos
Retsos, retired professor and human rights activist
@ Nikos
I agree with each and every word of yours sir. Your sane words need to be spread around, especially in the Muslim world to show people there that Americans too are against the policies of their establishment/government and are demanding for a radical change.
People are people –you have Jewish people who do not agree with this act and they are in Israel.
@nikos
the u.s. propaganda balloon is the result of jews in America warping our politics and dragging the rest of us into a pro Isreal stance no matter what the israe
@nikos
The U.S. Propaganda balloon is the result of Jews in the U.S. warping our political agenda so that we will support Israel no matter what atrocities they commit.
More Asians died at the hands of the Japanese than all the Jews and Europeans put together in WWII. I’m so tired of the jewish argument about their holocaust justification
‘never again’ should mean never again for all mankind
@Dillon
One massacre cannot be the basis of another revengeful massacre. If Zionist Jews argue that they went through a genocide under the Nazi Germany then this will give several other nations of the world a right to seek revenge and commit genocides to extract revenge and score points.
If the U.S. stopped supporting Israel we would have a better relationship with all the countries in the middle east. The middle east gives us oil, what has Israel done for the U.S.?
It’s high time Americans stood up and took responsibility and change this situation. This is blood on our hands.
Netanyahu = George W. Bush of Jerusalem
Even the most stupid, ignorant, illiterate person can now realize the true nature and intentions of Israel. You don’t tell me a bunch of civilians carrying food and water to poor and oppressed villages in Gaza are terrorists. Terrorists are those people who come at night to civilian ships in the middle of international waters and kill 19 people and injure many more with real guns and weaponry. Israel needs to stop or more massacre will suffice.
@smiles; I’ve been saying the exact same thing for years. If we supported the middle east as a region instead of only the Israelis, American interests would be preserved. Why should we continue to support Israel when they don’t support peace?
@b.Roman
A very sensible and logical point. American re-alignment in the Middle East will not only preserve its interests but also guarantee a new era of peace and friendship with the people of Middle East and the wider Muslim world.
Israel behavior is very disturbing and threatening the World security , Israel sees itself above the law and does whatever pleases, International community must come together and stop Israeli crimes, before is too late, Israel is a dangerous cancer for whole World.
@Najafzadeh
Israel’s brutalities give sense to Iranian president’s statement when he talks about Israel being the cancer of the Middle East. World is quick to condemn statements issued by elected leaders but never thinks about the reasons they’re issued. The ignorant but powerful western leaders should realise that the tide is turning against Israel and they’re only losers by siding with the aggressor.
This is real face of Zionists, a rouge nation who back this brutal and demon act. Civilized world should not only condemn but also get determined to cease it. These ships were carrying around 600 humanitarian aid workers from various nations, countries and religions whom these lairs call supporters of Hamas. With falsified statements only rubbish idiots can believe but not sensible free minds. If embargo is justified due to selecting Hamas what should be punishment of these attackers.
Attack on international aid workers in international waters is the adventure of real terrorists, rouge state, axis of evil who have kept innocent civilians as hostage for last 3 years because they elected limited government not liking these monsters. If we recognize this false justification for a moment then by this what should be punishment of citizens of this Zionist, racist, hostile beast state. Why not UNO held an international neutral mission to investigate. Will these demon agree on it.
It is continuation of state terrorism, this time on international aid workers in international water in the name of so called self defense. It is the same ridiculous stance that attacking armed military commandos killed unarmed peace workers in their defense, which isarel used to use against pebbles throwing surrounded and restricted Palestinees. World is to know what the defense and security doctrine of Israel is and how this monster and demon state is behaving. What if others start following
Israil is taking the revenge that what has happened with them in Nazi Solution. United Nation must ponder on it; otherwise the world is at few step behind to the Atomic Click.
(World War III)
End of Humanity…….
Well said, (almost) everyone. Remember, this happened in INTERNATIONAL waters. I was interested, but not surprised, by how the U.S. news media has soft-pedaled this tragedy.
@Cass
Mainstream media has lost its credibility in almost all the western countries as it fails to answer the very basic ‘WHY’ question of any event. Not a single outlet told you ‘why’ Israel had to conduct this raid, did they? They’ll never tell you the reasons behind any Israeli/U.S. atrocity…I can bet on that!
how can we see these injustices and then we be silent?why USA and some other countries support Israel and they are silent?how can they support Israel that kill innocent people and occupied land of innocent people? how can we forget yesterday, a time that some people ,canidates of some countries decided to help the innocent people of Gaza and gathered to help, they were be like UN,how can we forget? really ,really living in a world that these injustices happen is easy?what is the result of supporting zionist?how long does it take that Israel continue their cruelty behaviors and USA continue its support? i have many questions in my mind, and i am sure that it is the end of thses injustices.i am sure, i am sure …
@Shima
The Israeli acts are just baffling to people around the world including Iran, USA, Turkey and Israel. Why do world powers chose to support Israel remains a mystery to say the least. We, the citizens of the world, need to make an alliance that supports the oppressed and forces our governments to support and help the oppressed people around the world. Once we unite, there is no power in this world that can stop us from living a happy, peaceful and fair life.
Today US blocked an ındependent ımpartıal and ınternatıonal ınquıry ınto thıs massacre. How come we could expect the US to stand agaınst Israel whılst ıt cannot even ıssue one sıngle condemnatıon? The key ıs the cıtızens of the US otherwıse Jews and Western leaders ın the hands of jews wıll not gıve a shıt what the entıre world thınks about. It ıs tıme for Amerıcans to wake up and smell the blood. The blood ın theır hands!
@LT
The U.S. citizens know that their government is siding with the aggressors but many don’t know what to do about it. People assume that they’re powerless hence they put up with injustice. What in your view, are the ways the voiceless people of U.S. can do to make their voices heard?
As an American myself, LT, I couldn’t agree more.
Thats great stuff you got on your blog. Been searching for articles on this all over. Great blog
Seems to me that the soldiers acted in self defense, cant blame them for that .
You can’t storm humanitarian aid ships in international waters fully armed and then call it “self-defense” when they shoot activists who resisted. That is called “murder”.