When are these leftist drama queens going to admit that Israel isn't preventing "humanitarian aid" from getting into Gaza?
Posted on 06/30/2009 7:49:44 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
The Israel Navy intercepted a boat carrying international activists attempting to break a blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday and forced it to sail to the southern port city of Ashdon, the army said.
Earlier Tuesday, the navy surrounded the vessel, which was also carrying humanitarian aid, and told the activists to turn back because of security risks in the area and the blockade, according to the army.
But the boat later entered Gaza's coastal waters, the Israel Defense Forces Spokespersons' Office said in a statement, after which a naval force boarded it.
No shots were fired during the boarding of the boat, and the crew was to be handed over to the appropriate authorities, the army said.
In the statement, the IDF Spokespersons' Unit added that it "would like to emphasize that any organization or country that wishes to transfer humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, can legally do so via the established crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip with prior coordination."
The army said humanitarian goods found on board the boat will be transferred to the Gaza Strip, subject to authorization.
An earlier statement by the voyage's organizers, the Free Gaza Movement, said the vessel, renamed the Spirit of Humanity, left the Cypriot port of Larnaca on Monday bound for Gaza with three tons of medical supplies.
The 20 passengers include former U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire and other activists from Britain, Ireland, Bahrain and Jamaica.
The Free Gaza Movement has organized five boat trips to Gaza since August 2008, defying a blockade imposed by Israel when the militant group Hamas seized control of the territory from its Palestinian rivals in June 2007.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
When are these leftist drama queens going to admit that Israel isn't preventing "humanitarian aid" from getting into Gaza?
Kos kiddies have on their site that they were “kidnapped.”
lmao, she got punked again.
They should have just torpedoed it.
Dear IDF;
Next time, sink it.
Ted Kennedy played the Skipper, John Kerry was Gilligan, but what was McKinky doing there?
The way I look at it is if she’s over there, she’s not over here and that’s OK by me.
That’s an awfully arafat-esque scarf cynthia is wearing. Nor do cynthia herself and the word dignity have anything in common.
A nice shot across the bow would have forced McKinney to change her knickers.
She played the part of Princess Ooga Booga, future Queen of the island!
...Someone had to be the coconut....
One 76mm round at the waterline would be sufficient.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
QUOTE from another news report where McNutty refers to the Israel Navy as "attack dogs":
As the navy surrounded the activists’ boat, McKinney said by phone from the vessel, "I am extremely angry. We demand that the Israeli government call off their attack dogs.”
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Three threads. The question, who were these goods to be delivered to. If Hamas, I don't see how they aren't aiding a designated terror group, a violation of American law.
vaudine
Cynthia’s daddy was right. Those Jews are out to get her.
<sarcasm off.
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