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Gaza flotilla trying to dupe Israeli Navy?
Ron Ben-Yishai, AFP
Published: 30.05.10, 19:02
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1. A Clarification...Y-Net Don't Be Biased! Print This.
Robert Blum ,   New Albany, USA   (05.30.10)
Courtesy of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday Israel will again be the target of a jihadist-leftist propaganda assault. A flotilla of nine ships which set sail for Gaza from Cyprus earlier this week is scheduled to arrive at our doorstep. The expressed aim of the flotilla's organizers is to unlawfully provide aid and comfort to Hamas - an illegal terrorist organization. Since it seized power in Gaza three years ago, Hamas, which is openly committed to the genocide of world Jewry and the physical eradication of Israel, has transformed the Gaza Strip into a hub of the global jihad. It has been illegally holding hostage Gilad Schalit incommunicado for four years. And it is continuously engaged in a massive, Iranian-financed arms buildup ahead of its next assault. Beyond providing aid to Hamas, the declared aim of the "Free Gaza" movement is to coerce Israel into providing Hamas with an outlet to the sea. This too is in contravention of international law which expressly prohibits states and non-state actors from providing any support to terrorist organizations. IN SENDING out the latest group of ships, Turkey and its Irish, Greek and Swedish partners seek to appropriate the imagery of the Jewish pre-statehood struggle for independence from Britain. In a bid to appease Hamas's jihadist precursors, in 1939 Britain's Mandatory authorities broke international law and prohibited Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine. The League of Nations' letter of mandate for Britain specifically enjoined the British to facilitate Jewish immigration to the land of Israel. Yet following the Arab terror war from 1936-1939, the British issued the White Paper that all but prohibited Jewish immigration. This move blocked the one place on Earth where European Jews were wanted from accepting them and so trapped 6 million Jews in Hitler's Europe. In the aftermath of the war, the British maintained their prohibition on Jewish immigration. To fight this British policy, the Zionist leadership in pre-state Israel organized the Aliya Bet program of illegal immigration. Jewish agents scoured the world for ships large enough to bring Europe's Jewish refugees to the land of Israel. The ship most emblematic of the era was the Exodus. The Exodus which set sail from France in July 1947 with 4,515 Jewish Holocaust survivors on board was the Zionist response to a new British policy to force illegal immigrant ships to return to Europe. The British rammed the Exodus in Haifa. They boarded and killed three Jewish defenders. They then forced its passengers to board British prison ships that would return them to Europe. French authorities denied the ships the right to land in France, so the British sailed on to Hamburg, Germany, where the refugees were forced to disembark. The international outcry against Britain in the wake of the Exodus affair shamed London into cancelling its new policy. It also paved the way for Israel's independence 10 months later. Now the Turkish, Greek, Swedish and Irish governments are colluding with Hamas to purloin the imagery of the Exodus and the heroism of the Jewish people in the years leading up to statehood and project that imagery onto a terrorist organization that seeks to complete Hitler's work. They further seek to invert reality by portraying Israel, which in accordance with international law is trying to contain and defeat Hamas, as a combination of the German Nazis and the British imperialists. SO FAR, they are getting away with it. So far, for their efforts on behalf of a genocidal terrorist organization Erdogan and his ilk are being extolled as human rights champions. Barring any unexpected events, Israel will suffer yet another public relations disaster on Thursday when the ships approach Gaza.
2. they hint to the hidden turkish helicopter as debka said?
israeli ,   israel   (05.30.10)
3. Let them go
Yossef ,   Rehovot, Israel   (05.30.10)
who cares ? Better they reach Gaza safe, than to tarnish Israel image. They have guns ? So what ? We have also guns. The best with such a provocation is to don't react, let them beat the vacuum.
4. #1 Robert Blum, excellent post. Thank you
Howard   (05.30.10)
5. You going to believe the press or your lying eyes?
Victor ,   usa   (05.30.10)
This is such a transparent "spin job"...strictly a PR move by the Palestinians. Sorry, no sympathy here. Out of patience with their whining and professional panhandling.
6. #1 Excellent-should be in article
Jeremy ,   Jerusalem   (05.30.10)
7. #1 - what do you suggest?
redbourn ,   Arad, Israel   (05.30.10)
8. Why not give them the Hamas-GiladShalit treatment?
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (05.30.10)
Seriously, folks, why not do to them what Hamas did to us? In order to have some equality, we should treat them the same way they treat Shalit. You human-rights activists out there might not like it. In order to behave like Hamas, we'd have to set off a bomb under one of the boats. Yes, several "activists" might be killed, but that's what Hamas did to us. Then we'd simply open fire on the rest of the boats, like Hamas did to us, while our soldiers kidnap a random "activist". We'd then withdraw, firing all the while and maybe killing a few more - just like Hamas did to us. Then we'd take that prisoner and stick him or her in a basement somewhere. In a year or so we'd release a letter, and in a couple of years we'd release a video tape. Just like Hamas. And that would be proportionate response, wouldn't it? Well of course it isn't. Hamas doesn't care about human rights laws, that's why they've fired over ten thousand anti-personnel rockets at Israeli civilians. Hamas doesn't care about human rights for their own people, that's why they endorse "honor killings" - where Islamic men go and slit the throats of a woman family member who they think has besmirched their family honor. And these "humanitarians" on the protest boats are heading to Gaza to support Hamas. I say give them what Hamas gives us, and then let them cry about it. Or maybe that can open their eyes and behave like real "human rights" activists - meaning they'd give a damn about all human beings. Hah! Not gonna happen, cuz it would mean they'd have to protest against Hamas for violating the human rights of Israelis.
9. Karma
Dr. Honey ,   Gaza   (05.30.10)
If this flotilla succeed in reaching Gaza's shores, this is going to be the beginning of a future movement that can really jeopardize Israel image. What is different this time? the intensely media-covered non-violent multi-nationality nature of this event. Something the Palestinians are not accustomed to and surely are learning to adopt. This for ages has been Israel's game. Alas, what goes around comes around.
10. gaza flotilla
eddie cress ,   south afric cape tow   (05.30.10)
There are people (terrorists )on board who have rigged the boats to explode on aproaching the Israel navy and then blame Israel - they dont care about killing their own people for propaganda do they?? Someone better warn the captains
11. Well said, #1. Ynet should have said it first.
Avi ,   Geneva   (05.30.10)
12. To # 1 Robert Blum (Re-Posted)
Dave ,   Bs.Aires-Argentina   (05.30.10)
Robert, thank you very much for your clear and historically accurate post. In this hard times for the Jews in the Diaspora and in the State of Israel too, your post is like a sweet drop in a glass of bitter beverage . I was a witness of the venomous and murderous acts of the Islamic Terrorism here in Buenos Aires, when more than TWO HUNDRED of innocent civilian people was murdered and maimed, among them Jews, Christians and Muslims, in TWO bloody attacks. I and my argentinian brothers want an "EXPLANATION" by the supporters of the Terrorism that post in these Talkbacks, - what was the reason of these attacks against my peaceful country, Argentina, by Hezbollah & her Associates, with the support of Iran ? Sure it won´t be any logical explanation, only hatred and racism. It seems that the Mankind has a shortage of Memory, it has forgotten the Armenian Genocide by the Turks, the Holocaust of Hittler, the 9/11 in NYC, the bombs in Atocha, Spain, the bombs in London, UK, and the daily blood count in Iraq, Afganistan and Pakistan, the eight years of daily rockets from Gaza to Israel, etc. etc. There is indeed a very long list of terrorist attacks against innocent people. But unfortunately, when the bloodshed is Jew, it is very "cheap" for the rest of the world And these idiots dare to proclaim their support to the "poor" Gazans of HAMAS, an internationally declared Terrorist Organization, with the support of Iran, and now Turkey too. We hope that, may be, may be, one day, the non-jewish people will understant the malice and evil of the Terrorist Organizations Once again thank a lot, and G-d bless you.
13. Don't worry about the "Rachel Corrie" cargo ship
William ,   Israel   (05.30.10)
It'll probably just run into a massive ship or the shore line, sink, and they'll make a play about it.
14. let them in.
David ,   USA, exile   (05.30.10)
JUST DON'T LET THEM BACK OUT EVER!!
15. WHAT IS LIFE ! IF WE HAVE NO MERCY TO OTHERS ?
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
16. DIDNT SAME GOD CREATE GAZANS AND YOU ! ISRAEL ?
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
17. POWER GIVEN. POWER TAKEN. BUT HONOR LIVES FOREVER.
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
18. WERENT YOU SEE MUCH THAN 1400 KILLED ONES IN GAZA ?
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
19. HOW CAN A HUMAN SLEEP GOOD WHILE ITS NEXT DOOR CRY BLOOD ?
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
20. NONE OF US ( YOU, ME, REST OF WORLD ) STARTED WARS IN THE ..
... FIRST PLACE ,   ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
21. #1. Robert Blum, plagiarist.
k1w1 ,   NZ   (05.30.10)
You have lifted your so-called opinion straight from an article by Caroline B Glick. You have not credited her. You have made this out to be your own thoughts. There was nothing of your own in the piece. You are a plagiarist. Be gone!
22. Our Flotilla Uses Advanced Iranian Stealth Technology That
Ahmad Cohen ,   Ibn Mousa HaLevy   (05.30.10)
is Superior to Israel's. We will be coming in to Gaza in stealth mode avoiding Israel's best radar system. Furthermore, we will enjoy the protection of Hamas's Elite Naval Forces who will be reinforced by the Beit Hanoun Mujahadeen Jemilaat fighters who managed to escape the Beit Hanoun 19 hour seige by IDF. These fighters have brand new high heel shoes, mascara, push up bras, and dresses that would make any Israeli woman envious. In the meantime, Greta Berlin has arranged for the entertainment of everyone by compiling songs from her distant relative Irving Berlin. These include: "How deep is the ocean", "Little fish in a big pond", "Oh how that German could love", "Pack up your sins and go to the Devil", "Reaching for the Moon", "Say it isn't so", "There's no business like show business", "What will I do?", "Leaving the world behind", "You can't get a man with a gun", "You"re laughing at me", "What do I have to do to get my picture in the paper?", "After you get what you want, you don't get it", and "I am putting all my eggs in one basket". Between our Iranian technology, HAMAS protection, and our incredible music arrangement, Israel doesn't have a chance.
23. #1 and #12: are you saying, that all muslims should be held
eporue ,   europe   (05.30.10)
in concentration camps ? and what, #1, of your strange post justifies a blockade on civilians, and what justifies the rejection of a human aid ship ?
24. YOU ! PEOPLE OF ISRAEL'S NATION ! LIFE IS SHORT ! ...
...THINK OF YOUR OWN ,   ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.30.10)
THIS ISRAEL LOST ITS WAY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT UNITY. THIS IS ABOUT YOU ! YOU BY YOURSELF STAND FOR PEACE THIS MEANS TO STAND FOR YOUR OWN. IF YOU ARE PRISONERS OF THIS ISRAEL ! AND IF YOU CANT TALK MUCH ! JUST PRAY IN SILENCE. TO WISH PEACE. you can do much than I think. you dont need my advice.
25. Sensationalists On The Make
Not that bothered ,   Tel Aviv   (05.30.10)
The story is so dead its not getting reported anywhere apart from ynet. Get over your flotilla and go home to grey rainy london you might be in time for a weekend of sun (but probably not).
26. Open Inspection of Cargo
emanon ,   USA   (05.30.10)
First there should be an open inspection of the cargo to see exactly what is being brought over. Second, if there is no war material aboard, let them dock in Egypt bring the cargo through normal diplomatic channels.
27. Possible Plan
emanon ,   USA   (05.30.10)
Since terrorists consider life expendable, what if the terrorist sympathizers are planning to blow up their own ship(s) so they can blame this on Israel. We already know, at the terrorstinians acknowledge homicide bombing is justified as is killing their own people if they can try to make it look like Israel's fault. Remember the mileage they got from the al Dura setup? Just a thought . . .
28. Flotilla organizers linked to Turkish terror group
Cynthia ,   USA   (05.31.10)
Israeli news agencies reporting IHH, Turkish Human Relief Foundation, a global terrorist organization, is behind the flotilla. This group has close ties with Hamas and known to use "humanitarian efforts" as a front. For more information, see attached article by Joel Leyden of Israel News Agency; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2523987/posts
29. Post script to my previous post
Ahmad Cohen ,   Ibn Mousa HaLevy   (05.31.10)
30. Post script to my previous post
Ahmad Cohen ,   Ibn Mousa HaLevy   (05.31.10)
Allah Hu Akhbar W'Mujahadinhu Jemilaat
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