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IDF has photos of armed flotilla activists
Yossi Yohoshua
Published: 02.06.11, 13:11
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61. new game
viva ataturk   (06.02.11)
thanks for you guess, so you can be sure that this time round idf will use full force.... once bitten twice come with your gun :))))) lal turk are good at playing game.. so will teach them our rules...
62. usa
viva ataturk   (06.02.11)
as we knoe from our experience in london many muslams are waiting to strick at the right time against the world.
63. Deport Hanin Zoabi...
withheld ,   Copenhagen, Denmark   (06.02.11)
She is claiming Palestinians are refugees? Make her into one... At least charge her for high treason... This is not the first time she has spoken so destructively and aggressively against the Jewish state!
64. 40
zionist forever   (06.02.11)
Edward There have been so many terror attacks around the world that they ran out of virgins years ago. There were just not enough to go round considering every jihadi gets 72 of them and that so many women have sex before the married these days so there is a general shortage of virgins. My guess is these days the terrorists get 72 prostitutes. A man blows himself up, 72 prostitutes comes round tells him how they have never even looked at a man before and how much they love him and wants to be with him forever They later makes their excuses and goes to the next jihadi how they have never seen a man before and how they love him. prostitution for jihad is probably very profitable.
65. #27 graczek
solomon ,   bklyn   (06.02.11)
They were attempting to break a LEGAL blockade, and were given warnings. The other ships in the flotilla did as requested and nothing happened. (BTW: "defending" out of date medicine?) Let me introduce you to 'observer'; you are just as willfully blind.
66. IHH just condemnd the killing of OBL
victoria ,   UK   (06.02.11)
zoabi, hamas & coldplay are in a good company.
67. How Bizzare, How Bizzare!!
RobJohn ,   Seattle, Wash.   (06.02.11)
Where else in our World would we have such a situation? WHERE!! Here in Israel the odd is the norm. In what country would its citizens be supporting a member of the law making establishment as is done in Israel, with Zoabi?? I can find no other. This woman is so fanatical in her desire to deplete & preferably remove the very body she is supposed to support...that... it begs the question...What in the World is Israel doing? When one is elected to serve as a countries representative it is done with the thought they will offer positive, constructive intent. This Zoabi is quite the opposite. Her aim is to destroy Israel and have in its stead a Pal empire. This is not difficult to see. How Bizarre it is that Israel is literally being destroyed from within. Why bother with a strong IDF and laws to support the advancement of your country when members of her government are doing the opposite....while being paid very well by the very country they so desperately want diminished. HOW BIZARRE, HOW BIZARRE!!!
68. To: No. 53
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.02.11)
The Turkish Navy? The Turkish Navy? Of course you do realize that should the Turkish Navy provide cover for a flotilla that is illegally attempting to breach Israel's fully legal and internationally recognized blockade, that is a declaration of war by Turkey. Don't you? Here's a news flash: Israel can -- and would, if necessary -- demolish Turkey in a matter of hours. Here's another news flash: Don't look to NATO to come to Turkey's aid. But do look for Turkey to be bounced out of NATO.
69. To: No. 57
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.02.11)
Yes, we know that the Islamic Republic has a great deal of experience using Photoshop. We've all seen the pictures of the missiles and the "successful" test firings. Clumsy pictures, but -- hey -- it is, after all, Iran. The laptops, mobile telephones and PDA devices were not solen; they were confiscated. They also yielded a treasure trove of intelligence information.
70. Israel is getting desperate
Greta A Hughes ,   Los Angeles, CA   (06.02.11)
Believe me, if there had been ANY armed passengers on any of those boats, we would have seen the photos already. Wonder who the IDF hires for Photoshop?
71. "Sarah BS", according to the IDF...
Persian CAT   (06.02.11)
they were stolen and hawked by the "soldiers" that had stolen them. That's why they were punished. ynet published the news about those thefts. You need to wipe the foam from your mouth and eyes not to let facts over your head so easily, sistah ;)
72. Just because you don't believe it, Zoabi...
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
doesn't mean it isn't true. A picture is worth a thousands words...and after we display it, my guess is your 1000 words will be: "um...uh...umph....well, I....um...ahem...hmmm...umm"
73. If these photos clearly show people with weapons
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
right next to Zoabi...wouldn't that prove that she was in contempt when she gave falsified testimony to both the Israeli Supreme Court and to the Knesset? Isn't that grounds for removing diplomatic immunity or placing her under Knesset censor?
74. It took them a while to 'find' them
Leon ,   Ottawa   (06.02.11)
Next time the IDF should just use photoshop instead of cutting and pasteing the 'evidence.'
75. Israel wanted ships disarmed to murder more than 9
observer ,   Egypt   (06.02.11)
76. #3 - you forget the flak jackets, night vision goggles
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
and $10,000 in cash on many of the "activists", destined for Hamas. I doubt Hamas needs the expired drugs to "resist the occupation". They get plenty of weapons to commit war crimes with through Iran. You know, the one thing you silly buggers never tried to "resist the occupation" was actually negotiating and trying to build a State. Many populations would have loved the opportunity to be given a plot of land with a built in infrastructure and sources of employment the way Gazans were in 2005. But while other populations would grab the opportunity and succeed, you guys destroyed it and blamed "the occupation" for your problems. According to Intl Law and the Oslo Accords, there is no occupation of Gaza so what's the problem besides Jews continuing to be alive?
77. #4 - The Israeli Navy is outsourcing to Reuters?
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
Or are they too busy with the "Palestinian" PR campaign?
78. "Navy can't explain why took so long to get these photos"
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
I can! It's called absolute inefficiency and the IDF is full of it on low-priority issues. This comment was answered in the article which stated that the cameras were still be poured over by different departments. When Hamas is firing Grad rockets at civilians, it's hard to justify spending resources on photos from the Mav Marmara terror ship.
79. SO what?
IRAN#1   (06.02.11)
I got photos of naked Israeli girl soldiers, wanna trade?!?!?!
80. #17 - She's not fighting for minority rights in Israel
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
Her Arab constituents are very upset at her, and the other Arab MKs because they spend all of their time fighting Israel and supporting the "Palestinians" who aren't even Israeli citizens. So, the Israeli Arab voices are actually ignored and they're feeling very frustrated as a result. Even a member of the Zoabi clan denounce her for her selfish actions promoting her own political career. As for rights in Israel - ALL minorities have equal rights in Israel...and obligations. Which is why so many refuse to live in a new "Palestinian" State if the border places them on that side. You're not an Israeli citizen. You're a Jordanian citizen...and they are the ones who provide you your "rights". Go complain to the King.
81. #18 - I guess the commando already had the bullet
William ,   Israel   (06.02.11)
inside him when he arrived on the ship. Nice try, but even the photos from the "activists" themselves showed them with knives, metal poles they cut from the ship, saws, etc. And what were they defending the ship from...a legal at-sea boarding by a military force with jurisdiction over their destination port of call? They had nothing to worry about because the other 5 ships were boarded peacefully.
82. #22 - we also photoshoped the bullet in the soldier
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
we're that damn good!!
83. #27 - no they don't - weapons are against Maritime conventio
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
That's why ships passing close to the Horn of Africa are not able to really arm themselves properly against pirate attacks. Please tell us what cargo was the "activists" protecting on this ship? All I saw was expired drugs, a few crates of items that were plentiful in Gaza. then...there is the flak jackets....the night vision goggles...and the hundreds of thousands of $$$ in cash... if that's the cargo, then the Mavi Marmara was a smuggling ship and could be boarded and even sunk under the rules of Intl Maritime Law (NATO uses this against the Somali pirates and Iranian weapons smugglers). Never mind that the ships' purpose was to break a legal war-time blockade, again making them a military target rather than a "humanitarian" one. All they did was prove Israel's point - they were no "humanitarian" activists and they were aided a terrorist group.
84. Notice how the stories change....
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
First, these "activists" said there were no weapons. Then they were caught red-handed and said they were only basic items found already on a ship. Then the videos came out and testimonies showed bullets shot from non-IDF guns....now we have them justifying it to "save them from the Zionist pirates". In other words, violence against the IDF was already planned and justified before it left port. These guys just didn't think their dirty little secret would be revealed.
85. #30 - "Zoabi for President"...of Jordan
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
but it's really a figure-head position, no real power or obligations. Which is a lateral move for her. She currently doesn't do anything for her Israeli Arab constituents either.
86. #70 - An Egyptian MP already admitted to it
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
during a speech to the Parliament. He was chided for revealing too much by other MPs. And of course, the other videos, testimonies, and confiscated weapons were all made public soon after the incident. How quickly your memories fade.
87. #71 - you can't sell drugs from a police evidence locker
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
It's the same thing. Those soldiers were punished for trying to sell evidence, which meant theft from the IDF. But they were not punished for confiscated the items from the "activists". That is perfectly legal under the law, when they were arrested, for violated an Intl legal war-time blockade and attacking the rights of a sovereign State. This is not an uncommon activity when being arrested by security forces anywhere in the world....except in Iran. Loss of your video camera comes with a complimentary raping and torture.
88. #75 - Don't come armed....
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
and you'll go away in peace like the souls on the other 5 ships did. Darwinism proven again.
89. #79 - we always knew you Arabs were obsessed with Israelis
William ,   Israel   (06.03.11)
in all senses of the word. According to a poll in the ME, many of the Arab men find themselves actively looking for porn of Israeli women, especially in army uniforms. There is a site called Parpar and they claim almost half of their visitors come from the Gulf States, including Iran. Hilarious!
90. To: No. 71
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.03.11)
Laptops, PDA devices and mobile telephones carrying a wealth of information about a terrorist organization with strong ties to Hamas and Hezbollah "stolen" and "hawked?" You probably also believe that Iran has second and third generation centrifuges that are far superior to anything in the West and that there is no drug addition or homosexuality in Iran. You are definitely not the brightest bulb in the marquee, chica. Sit down and give your brain a rest.
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