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MEDIA LENS ALERT: HEADSHOT – PROPAGANDA, STATE RELIGION AND THE ATTACK ON THE GAZA PEACE FLOTILLA – PART 2
As discussed in Part 1, media coverage of the non-violent Iranian capture of 15 British sailors (in Iranian waters) focused on the humiliating failure of the sailors to open fire in self-defence. Journalists took a very different view of the May 31 Israeli attack on the ship Mavi Marmara carrying human rights activists and supplies… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: HEADSHOT – PROPAGANDA, STATE RELIGION AND THE ATTACK ON THE GAZA PEACE FLOTILLA – PART 1
The public, in a sense, does not receive news – it receives the +same+ event repeated over and over again. The same security forces are always taking regrettable but necessary action against terrorists and militants. The public no longer sees real, changing, complex events; it sees the same frozen, benevolent image of the world. As… Continue reading
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Israel about to criminalize BDS
We just learned new bill has been introduced in the Israeli Knesset by 25 Knesset members, that would criminalize all BDS activities or even BDS advocacy inside or outside Israel. The proposed bill would target those that initiate, encourage, or provide assistance or information about boycotts against Israel. Continue reading
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Israel forced to apologise for YouTube spoof of Gaza flotilla
The Israeli government has been forced to apologise for circulating a spoof video mocking activists aboard the Gaza flotilla, nine of who were shot dead by Israeli forces last week. Continue reading
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Israeli Occupation Archive has posted 8 new items 5 June, 2010
* Israel arrests Free Gaza chief * Noam Chomsky Interview: speaking of truth and power * Graham Usher: No change at the UN * British survivor of Gaza flotilla raid: ‘Israelis ignored SOS calls’ * Hamas officials given one month to leave Israel * Charles Glass: The Gaza Flotilla and Israels Many, Many Rights *… 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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Israeli Occupation Archive has posted 7 new items 4 June, 2010
* UK Lawyers: In law Israel has a case to answer * Interior Minister seeks to revoke Israeli Arab MK’s citizenship * Moshe Machover: Colonizers’ Hutzpah * Haneen Zoabi: Flotilla Interview on RT * World Zionist Organization: Responding to the Consequences of the Flotilla Episode * IOA editors: Israel Exposed * Craig Murray: Israeli Murders,… 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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“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
