Israel seizes ship with Iran arms for Gaza: Netanyahu

Reuters /Yahoo! ^ | March 15, 2011 | by Jeffrey Heller

[library user]

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.

Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave controlled by Hamas, an Islamist movement opposed to peace with the Jewish state.

The military said the vessel had set off from the Syrian port of Latakia and stopped in Mersin, Turkey, before heading toward Alexandria in Egypt. Turkey has no involvement in the arms shipment, the military said.

[agrace]

Nah, nobody cares about Israel unless a Palestinian dies. (Crickets from most nations following the slaughter of babies the other day)

[Elsiejay]

German-owned need not necessarily imply German government involvement. Many merchant ships, irrespective of the nationality of their owners, carry registry in, for example, Panama, or Greece.

[Seruzawa]

Not necessarily the govt, true. But anti-semitism is rampant in Europe where commonly the people blame Israel for all the woes of the middle east. No reason some rich businessman wouldn’t lend a hand to the jihadis.

[AliVeritas]

Biblical.

[Cheburashka]

Omigosh. The Deutsche are involved. Whodathunk?

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What? The Deutsche, who gave (as in free) the Israeli Navy two cruise-missile launching submarines, that act as Israel's nuclear deterrent? Those Deutsche? Omigosh.

What's your point, exactly?

[Elsiejay]

. .. .. “No reason some rich businessman wouldn’t lend a hand to the jihadis”.

Quite so; good point.

[GOPJ]

Good for Israel.

[ottbmare]

Isn’t it nice that the Israelis have an actual man at their helm, steering the ship of state?

[tcrlaf]

The Iranians already delivered the weapons to Hez via those warships. All the Bull about staying until Spetember was just that. Bull.

[Publius6961]

Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave controlled by Hamas, an Islamist movement opposed to peace with the existence of the Jewish state.

Damn that Reuters again... I got to fix their stuff all the time!

[Publius6961]

How do they know?

Don't be an idiot.
Israel actually takes national security seriously.

This is not an OBAMA WTF moment...

[servantboy777]

Prayers for Israel.

[Publius6961]

What? The Deutsche, who gave (as in free) the Israeli Navy two cruise-missile launching submarines, that act as Israel's nuclear deterrent? Those Deutsche? Omigosh. What's your point, exactly?

Please ignore the clueless and ignorant on FR.
Yes, even Free Republic has its share; Hard to tell them apart, sometimes, from the trolls. But they think they're profound.

[jacknhoo]

Israel has a real president.

[JoyjoyfromNJ]

for your review & possible ping.

[jacknhoo]

prime minister.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Yes.

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, and Interior Minister Eli Yishai, center right, stand next to a barbed wire fence as they tour the Israel-Egypt border, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The Israeli navy intercepted an Egyptian-bound ship carrying a large delivery of weapons off the country's Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, saying the arms had been sent by Syria to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

[GeronL]

This would have been a big story last week

[riri]

Love the last pic.

[SJackson]

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