Posted on 05/30/2010 9:42:20 PM PDT by Cindy
"Gaza flotilla: 2 dead, dozens injured in navy boarding." By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ 05/31/2010 07:00
SNIPPET: "Passengers tried to wrest weapons from soldiers, Army Radio reports; Turkish leadership in emergency meeting to discuss response to attack at sea.
Passengers tried to grab weapons away from soldiers boarding the Gaza protest flotilla, starting the violence, Army Radio reported Tuesday morning, responding to accusations that Israeli commandos assaulted the ships guns blazing."
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
Previously...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2523987/posts
“Israel: Gaza Freedom Flotilla Organizers Linked To Worldwide Terrorism”
Israel News Agency / Google News ^ | May 29, 2010 | Joel Leyden
Posted on May 29, 2010 9:43:45 PM PDT by IsraelBeach
I wish Cynthia McKinney could have been aboard. Maybe next time.
Only two?
Darn!
And don't doubt they would try to shoot the soldiers either.
Oh no, two more St. Pancakes.
Whoa
That's just stupid. But then, I guess that's Darwin in action, weeding out the stupid ones.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hamas/index?tab=articles
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896432,00.html
“Hamas PM Haniyeh slams ‘brutal Israeli attack’”
Published: 05.31.10, 07:40 / Israel News
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NOTE The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896394,00.html
Mashaal: US making contact with Hamas
Published: 05.31.10, 02:07 / Israel News
The US is sending a succession of envoys to engage with Hamas but lacks the bravery to talk to the Islamist movement openly, Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal told the Guardian. (Ynet)
stepping back in time...
Previously...
Quote:
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/g_report_e1.pdf
15/03/2010
Hamas and the Terrorist Threat from the Gaza Strip.
The Main Findings of the Goldstone Report Versus the Factual Findings
The Main Findings of the Goldstone Report Versus the Factual Findings. This document provides the main findings of a study which examined how the Goldstone Report dealt with the nature and activities of Hamas in the Gaza Strip before and during Operation Cast Lead.
Video:
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/Hebrew/heb_n/video/evgr_b_2_22.htm
These cats and the IDF have gone through this many times without this happening.
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e107.pdf
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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e107.htm
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
May 30, 2010
“Portrait of IHH
additional information1
By Col.(Ret.)Jonathan Fighel2”
SNIPPET: “1. Prominent among the coalition organizations participating in the aid flotilla scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip in the coming days is the Turkish IHH (Insani Yardim Vakfi, IHH, “humanitarian relief fund”). It is a radical Islamic organization which was established in 1992 and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995.
2. Already back in 1996,the organization was identified by the CIA as a radical Islamic humanitarian organization bearing the name of INTERNATIONAL HUMANITAIRE HILFSORGANIZATION (IHH) A.K.A International Humanitarian Relief Organization, whose main offices were located in Zagreb and Sarajevo, its Headquarters in Germany, established by a member of the Turkish Refah Party. The CIA report mentioned that the organization was at that time in connections with Extremist groups in Iran and Algeria.
3. The January 1996 CIA report” “International Islamic NGOs” and links to terrorism” was declassified by the USA government after September 2001 Al Qaeda attacks in the USA as part of the government trails against captured Al Qaeda members facing trails in the US. The report portrays a large number of identified Islamic organizations linked to radical Islamic groups.
4. The CIA report deals with the charities and their involvement in terrorism in the context of the conflict situation at that time in Bosnia, where aiding Muslims in distress was an Islamic religious duty. Islamic activists dominate the leadership of the largest charities, and prominent members of some smaller organizations have been identified as extremists. The main objectives of these organizations include proselytizing, helping the needy, and defending Muslim communities from enemies. Where Muslims are engaged in armed conflict, some Islamic organizations provide military aid as part of a “humanitarian” package.”
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e105.pdf
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Previously...
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
May 26 2010
“IHH, which plays a central role in organizing the flotilla to the Gaza Strip, is a Turkish humanitarian relief fund with a radical Islamic anti-Western orientation. Besides its legitimate philanthropic activities, it supports radical Islamic networks, including Hamas, and at least in the past, even global jihad elements.”
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e104.pdf
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Previously...
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e104.htm
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
May 26 2010
“The Aid Flotilla for the Gaza Strip”
NOTE The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896435,00.html
Soldier stabbed in stomach during raid on aid ship
Published: 05.31.10, 07:55 / Israel News
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was moderately injured after being stabbed in the stomach as the Navy attacked aid ships sailing to the Gaza Strip. He was evacuated by helicopter to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
According to IDF sources, “The sail’s participants were not innocent and used violence against the soldiers. They were waiting for the forces’ arrival.” (Ahiya Raved and Shmulik Grossman)
Was that chickenhead Cynthia McKinney one of the dead?
Take that, moslems.
JCPA.org
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Off Thread Topic:
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0
“Israel’s Critical Security Needs for a Viable Peace”
(Added May 25, 2010)
This is to be expected. There is no way Israel could have backed down from enforcing the blockade and retained credibility.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137780
Published: 05/31/10, 12:18 AM / Last Update: 05/31/10, 12:19 AM
“IDF Surprised Flotilla at Night and Arrested Passengers”
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
SNIPPET: “Late Sunday night, the Israeli Navy surprised the flotilla bound for Hamas-controlled Gaza in international waters and hundreds of IDF soldiers who came by air and sea boarded the ships and announced to all passengers that they are under arrest..
One of the crew said that one “Navy warship” had contacted the six boats in the flotilla and asked them to identify themselves. They were told the Navy would board the boats if the ships’s crew and passengers do not agree to head for the Ashdod port instead of the Gaza Coast, where Israel maintains sovereignty under the Oslo Accords and does not allow ships to approach without searching them for arms.
International law allows for countries to ask suspicious boats to identify themselves. The vessels’ passengers did not cooperate and called the move “scare tactics” on their streamed broadcasts.
The IDF searched the boats for arms immediately after the takeover. The soldiers were forced to use tear gas after they were attacked with knives, daggers and cudgels, putting their lives in danger.”
Either shoot a few morons or sink the ship and kill 10’s or 100’s of morons! Go get em Israel!
Previously...
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/05/military-clashes-between-hamas-activists-2
“For The Record - The IPT Blog “
“Military Clashes between Hamas Activists and Israel on the Mediterranean Sea Likely by Month’s End”
by IPT News • May 28, 2010 at 1:52 pm
SNIPPET: “With organizers of the “Freedom Flotilla” determined to violate Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, it appears more and more likely that the incident may escalate into a military confrontation between Israel and the ruling Hamas regime in Gaza.
Earlier this week, seven senior ministers of the Israeli government announced that Israel will block the ships from entering Gaza and will direct them to the Israeli port city of Ashdod by force, if necessary.
Following the announcement, on Thursday, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General met with the ambassadors of Turkey, Cyprus, Sweden, Ireland and Greece—the countries of departure for the eight ships carrying about 10,000 tons of humanitarian and 750 activists. Israel again invited the organizers to dock at the Ashdod port and offered to transfer the cargo to Gaza, after appropriate examination, in accordance with Israeli and international law. Cyprus is the only country that decided to ban any ships from sailing from its shores.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that if Israel’s offer to flotilla leaders is rejected it will “use all the means at its disposal” to prevent the ships from entering the port, although Israel hopes to avoid the use of force.”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1974/confrontation-looms-over-gaza-flotilla
“UPDATED: Confrontation Looms Over Gaza Flotilla”
IPT News
May 26, 2010
UPDATE:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896416,00.html
“Report: 14 killed, 50 injured in Gaza sail”
Roee Nahmias
Published: 05.31.10, 06:47 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “At least 14 people were killed and 50 were injured early Monday as the Israeli Navy took over the ships taking part in the aid sail to Gaza, Arab and Turkish media reported.”
and another source:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=176963
“Flotilla organizers: At least 10 activists killed in clashes”
By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF
05/31/2010 08:25
SNIPPET: “Defense officials say soldiers attacked with rocks and knives upon boarding ships, protesters stole soldier’s weapon in escalating violence in Gaza waters.”
these people support terrorists. They are not “innocent”.
We are with you Israel!!!
This is heavy mam.
UPDATE:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=176970
“IDF: Soldiers were met by well-planned lynch”
By YAAKOV KATZ
05/31/2010 09:18
SNIPPET: “At least 10 activists killed, six soldiers wounded in violent Israeli takeover of Gaza flotilla”
Previously...
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yphfyN0dqi8
“Israeli Navy Commander Vice Admiral Eliezer Marom Briefs Forces Set to Intercept Gaza Flotilla”
Video Description - quote:
idfnadesk — May 27, 2010 — Vice Admiral Marom, head of the Israeli Navy, instructs the troops intercepting the Gaza flotilla. He specifies how the troops must conduct themselves during their mission and how they are not to be dragged into provocations with the passengers of the ship. He states that humanitarian aid is imported into Gaza on a daily basis. In addition, the shipment of goods that the flotilla is attempting to deliver will be imported to Gaza through Israeli crossings following a security inspection.
Category:
News & Politics
Tags:
Israel Gaza Navy Flotilla Humanitarian Aid Interview Speech
ya this should have been routine.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=176968
“IDF braces for possible Arab riots”
By YAAKOV LAPPIN AND JPOST.COM STAFF
05/31/2010 09:14
SNIPPET: “Top cop in North calls for high state of alert amid flotilla reports.”
Note: The following blog entry is a quote:
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/27402.htm
Blog Details
Hamas Official: We Will Not Relinquish Our Arms, Nor a Single Grain of Palestinian Soil
In a May 27, 2010 meeting with senior Hamas clerics, Hamas official in Gaza Salah Al-Bardawil said that the movement would not relinquish its arms and would not negotiate over a single grain of Palestinian soil, and that its strategy is based upon resistance.
He added that Hamas is working to encourage resistance in the West Bank, and has recently formed ties with many elements worldwide to alleviate the siege on Gaza.
He also referred to the Egyptian reconciliation document, saying that this document is impossible to implement and that Hamas has suspended its efforts in this domain.
Source: palestine-info.info, May 29, 2010
Posted at: 2010-05-30
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896500,00.html
“IDF: More than 10 activists killed on Gaza boats”
Published: 05.31.10, 09:40 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “The army said earlier that the soldiers who raided the ships were attacked with live ammunition.”
NOTE Video included.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137780
“Militants Aboard Flotilla Open Fire on IDF Soldiers”
by Rachel Sylvetsky and Eli Stutz
SNIPPET: “The IDF reports that the crew of the Gaza-bound flotilla lay in wait for the IDF to board their vessel and then attacked IDF soldiers, opening fire on them. One crew member reportedly snatched a gun from an IDF soldier and then opened fire on the troops. Another soldier was stabbed in the stomach with a sharp object. The soldier is in moderate condition and was transferred for medical treatment by helicopter to Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Doctors there determined he would require surgery. Three other soldiers were also wounded and were transferred to Tel Hashomer hospital.
According to the IDF spokesperson, the crew of the flotilla were not peaceful humanitarians, but rather militants who were preparing for provocation and violence, and were planning to stage a “lynch” of the Israeli soldiers.”
NOTE for the video at link in post no. 37 — Commerical plays first on the video.
No commercial at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKOmLP4yHb4
“Israeli Navy Addresses a Ship in the Flotilla and Offers it to Dock in the Ashdod Port”
(Added May 30, 2010)
This was such an obvious setup to try to make Israel look bad...humanitarian aid, right.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896515,00.html
“Gaza flotilla ships transported to Ashdod”
SNIPPET: “IDF spokesperson says fighters who raided vessels headed to Gaza ‘attacked with clubs, long knives.’ Army reports more than 10 passengers killed in operation. Dozens injured, including four soldiers”
Ynet reporters
Published: 05.31.10, 10:01 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “Navy fighters on Monday morning took over vessels which tried to sail into the Gaza Strip and began transporting them to the Ashdod Port, accompanied by Naval Commando forces.
“This was not a humanitarian sail, but a violent provocation directed against us,” said Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Avi Benayahu. “We were attacked with clubs and long knives.””
SNIPPET: “Benyahu confirmed that the activists snatched one of the fighters’ weapons. “He was attacked by the crowd and they opened fire. During the incident, our fighters were in real danger, both from the clubs and from the weapons. They used crowd dispersal means, and when there was no choice – live ammunition. We don’t know if there were any other weapons on the ship, because the entire picture is unclear. We did not encounter peace activists on this boat.””
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896587,00.html
“IDF Manpower Directorate discusses where to transfer activists’ bodies”
Published: 05.31.10, 11:20 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “Major General Avi Zamir, head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Manpower Directorate, held a meeting on where to transfer the bodies of the foreign activists killed in the takeover of the Gaza aid ships.”
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=176984
“IDF: Gaza flotilla activists stole 2 handguns from soldiers”
05/31/2010 11:30
SNIPPET: “The IDF said Monday that international activists aboard a ship of the Gaza flotilla were found with handguns.
The weapons were stolen from soldiers who boarded the ship early Monday.”
NOTE: Video included.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896588,00.html
“Israel: Activists on Gaza sail had weapons”
SNIPPET: “Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon holds press briefing several hours after IDF takes over flotilla headed to Strip, accuses fleet’s organizers of having ties to Hamas, al-Qaeda”
Ronen Medzini
Published: 05.31.10, 11:24 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said Monday morning that the pro-Palestinian activists on the flotilla sailing to the Gaza Strip had weapons on board.
In a first official Israeli response to the deadly Israel Defense Forces takeover of the ships, Ayalon accused the sail’s organizers of having ties to the Hamas and al-Qaeda terror organizations.”
Will 0bama say that the Israelis “acted stupidly?”
pretty much my sentiments...
this will not end well for all involved.
“This was such an obvious setup to try to make Israel look bad...humanitarian aid, right.”
And I’ll bet on obama uses this to impose sanctions on Israel.
Thanks to a special emailer for the link in post no. 48.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896635,00.html
“Cleared for publication: 2 IDF soldiers seriously injured in raid”
Published: 05.31.10, 12:04 / Israel News
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