Gaza Freedom Flotilla
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BDS-Related Responses to Israel’s Flotilla Massacre of 31 May 2010
Only a few days since Israel’s illegal and fatal act of aggression against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, BDS-related reactions around the world were quick and qualitatively consequential. Building on 5 years of international BDS activism since the Palestinian Civil Society Call for BDS was launched on 9 July 2005, a year and a half since… Continue reading
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Moshe Machover: Colonizers’ Hutzpah
This astounding piece of hutzpah is actually quite instructive, inasmuch as it typifies and constitutes a reductio ad absurdum of the age-old method of hasbarah, the propaganda machine of the Zionist project and its Israeli settler state. Continue reading
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The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla by Israeli Navy Commandos on May 31, 2010: The Legal Framework of International Law By Lynda Brayer
Since no state of war existed at the time, the attack on these vessels constitutes an act of war against those governments under whose flags the vessels were sailing. Continue reading
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The Gaza Flotilla and Israel’s Many, Many Rights By Charles Glass
Even if no international law, and certainly no Law of the Sea, actually permits armed soldiers to board unarmed merchant ships in international waters, it is good that Gelb had the guts to say there’s one. Israel can rely as well on Dershowitz, the Harvard Law professor who years ago proposed that Israel destroy Palestinian… Continue reading
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Israel, Nazi propaganda chief Göebbels would have been proud of you By William Bowles
As the true nature of the massacre on the Mavi Marmara becomes apparent now that witnesses can speak out, so too is the scale of the pre-planned propaganda blitz conducted by the Israelis, a blitz that was launched in tandem with the armed attack. Continue reading
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An Italian Fascist Founded the Unit which Attacked the Freedom Flotilla By Miguel Martínez
Wikipedia tells us that the team was “formed in 1949 by Yohai Ben-Nun”. Wikipedia fails to tell us that Yohai Ben-Nun’s instructor, and the mind behind the team, was an Italian (non Jewish) Fascist by the name of Fiorenzo Capriotti, a former member of the Italian Decima Mas unit. Continue reading
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Israel killed more than 9, threw wounded into sea, witnesses say
Activists say some people who were initially on the flotilla are missing. They are also telling stories of horror, carnage and pure barbarism at the hands of Israeli officials. In a shocking account, Humanitarian Aid Foundation (?HH) President Bülent Y?ld?r?m, who returned on Thursday, said a photographer, whose first name was Cevdet, was shot in… Continue reading
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Gaza returnees share horror stories from Israel
Gaza returnees share horror stories from Israel – Activists who were on the flotilla bringing aid supplies to Gaza that was attacked on Monday continued to recount the horror of the attack and its aftermath on Thursday. Many of them speak of a wounded Turkish citizen being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier. Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign Emergency Daily Update 2/6/10
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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Live from The Only Democracy?: part 1 of exclusive interview with Huwaida Arraf of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla By Jesse Bacon
I had the privilege of speaking with Huwaida Arraf of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla direct from Ramallah today. I will write up a transcript later of the talk, but for now here’s the interview audio. Continue reading
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