June 3, 2010
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Flotilla attack – Sarah Colborne gives eyewitness account
Message From Sarah Colborne The last 72 hours have been the most harrowing in my life. Even for an experienced campaigner like myself, nothing prepared me for the barbaric onslaught by the Israeli Army on a boat of unarmed peace activists with a cargo of humanitarian aid. Continue reading
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Israeli forces’ attack on Freedom Flotilla: Update 2
3 June, 2010 — Jewish Peace News The Free Gaza Movement’s aim of bringing the legitimacy of the Israeli government’s blockade on Gaza into question appears to be increasingly successful. Nicholas Kristof in today’s New York Times himself referring to an opinion piece in Haaretz and yesterday’s NYT editorial as well as Amos Oz’s op-ed Continue reading
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The Gaza Siege: A Fact Sheet By Yousef Munayyer
In recent days, coverage of the attack on the aid flotilla headed to Gaza has danced around the many pressing issues of the siege, and has limited its focus to merely the lack of availability of certain humanitarian goods. This fact sheet is a brief reference for informed discussion of the siege and its effect… Continue reading
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Hurricane Season: The Oil is Headed Up the East Coast
News, background and links to information. Continue reading
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The Gaza Siege: A Fact Sheet By Yousef Munayyer
In recent days, coverage of the attack on the aid flotilla headed to Gaza has danced around the many pressing issues of the siege, and has limited its focus to merely the lack of availability of certain humanitarian goods. This fact sheet is a brief reference for informed discussion of the siege and its effect… Continue reading
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Craig Murray, “The Legal Position on the Israeli Attack”
A word on the legal position, which is very plain. To attack a foreign flagged vessel in international waters is illegal. It is not piracy, as the Israeli vessels carried a military commission. It is rather an act of illegal warfare. Continue reading
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US secretly paid media to spin news against Cuban Five
The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five claim to have evidence that proves the US paid tens of thousands of dollars to Miami journalists to spin stories against the five men to convince the jury to convict them. Continue reading
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Flotilla attack a war crime – Craig Corrie
‘I think you have to condemn the actions of the Israelis when they board with gunfire a ship we know is in international water. That seems like a crime to me, and incarcerating those people, killing people – that’s a crime. I’m shocked that the United States seems to pretend that Israel can do an… Continue reading
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“No question” Israel was aggressor in flotilla attack
‘It is a shame that the United States has to follow last. As an American citizen, I would like to see my country leading the rest of the world in defending human rights and unfortunately when it comes to Israel they are not, they are doing just the opposite. Israel has instituted collective punishment against… Continue reading
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“Israel committing an act of state terrorism” Omar Barghoutti
Omar Barghoutti from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel argues that ‘Israel committed an act of state terrorism against a civilian ship on the high seas – international waters.’ ‘There is absolutely no legal or moral justification. Israel is simply ignoring international law and acting as a pariah’ Continue reading
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Opening Soviet Archives Providing New Insight Into Stalin’s Mind By Sherwood Ross
Historians today are only coming to understand the complex and sophisticated individual that was Joseph Stalin, who ruled Russia for nearly thirty years until his death in 1953. Much of the information shedding light on the character of the dictator is being unearthed from the archives of the Soviet Union, opened in the 1990s after… Continue reading
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Israel deports Gaza ship activists after raid
Ch 4 interviews members of Gaza aid boat as pressure on Israel to lift blockade builds Continue reading
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Israeli forces’ attack on Freedom Flotilla (update)
The Israeli government is still refusing to release most of the members of the flotilla, so not much new information has emerged. But there have been a number of important reactions and comments summarized in the MERIP article below (‘Outlaws of the Mediterranean’ www.merip.org/mero/mero060110.html) and on Democracy Now (www.democracynow.org/2010/6/1). Most of the reaction—both official and… Continue reading
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Hostages on the Way Home – But How Many?
The latest news on those peace activists who have been illegally held by the Israeli Government is encouraging. We understand that the majority of those being held have been released and are heading back to their homes, via Istanbul. However, we have been told that not all the hostages have been released, with certain activists… Continue reading
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Israeli-Palestinian MP tells of her terror on aid ship By Jonathan Cook
Nazareth, Israel // An Arab member of the Israeli parliament who was on board the international flotilla that was attacked on Monday as it tried to take humanitarian aid to Gaza accused Israel yesterday of intending to kill peace activists as a way to deter future convoys. Haneen Zoubi said Israeli naval vessels had surrounded… Continue reading
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More updates re: “the Ashkelon 4”
Legal defense team: “The court’s decision to detain the Arab political leaders who took part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is discriminatory and constitutes selective prosecution. They are not being detained because of their Israeli citizenship but because they are Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel. Instead, the Israeli military, which attacked the ship and its… Continue reading
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MK Regev tells MK Zoabi: Go to Gaza, traitor!
Knesset members on Wednesday slammed MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad), who took part in the flotilla to Gaza raided by the IDF on Monday. Fears of violence against her by other MKs have led the Knesset to grant her personal security guards. MK Anastassia Michaeli (Yisrael Beiteinu) chased Zoabi in an attempt to keep her from… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 