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Gaza flotilla to set sail Tuesday
Ronen Medzini
Published: 26.06.11, 12:44
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1. flotilla ?
Luke ,   South Africa   (06.26.11)
Always 'Big talk,mostly small action !'
2. from Greece?don t they have enough trubles...
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (06.26.11)
that are looking for some more?anti-semitism does not pay,ask japan...
3. SINK SINK SINK !!
Yosef ,   Jerusalem   (06.26.11)
now is the chance to make up for last year's lack of action
4. By the time the flotilla gets here.....
Jacob Erickson ,   Holon, Israel   (06.26.11)
It's just going to be one guy in a row boat with one paddle wondering where everyone went... And we should let him in, with a nice escort of Israeli Navy Soldiers laughing the whole way.
5. Iranian subs in Red Sea earlier this month
Devorah   (06.26.11)
What ever happened to them?
6. the "activists" already started campaining their provocation
kyle ,   USA   (06.26.11)
flotilla on LAT NYT ect. what about israel??? where is the FM response??? don't wait for the last minute!!!! act now!!
7. Zahal PROTECT OUR BORDERS!!!!
David ,   Haifa, Israel   (06.26.11)
sink these vermin
8. redirect them on all levels
jan ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.26.11)
I'd like to see the navy redirect them to Ashdod, where they would be greeted by normal Israeli's. Bring food, flower, good international pop music etc. Most of them are brainwashed historical revisionists who may never have met a Jew outside of the extreme left who support them. Let them disembark in a cool place in the Port and take the opp. to try to teach them the truth about Gaza, the truth about us and the scam going on within UNWRA. What's to lose -better than blowing up African American nobel prize winning poets considering who we have to deal with in the white house. I encourage young people to open up a facebook and try a new approach -I'll come even though I'm old!
9. Not very "green". 10 ships for 500 people
Rebecca ,   Modiin   (06.26.11)
and one is defiantly not carrying any aid, and going on last flotilla, the aid the others might be carrying is useless. I think Green peace should attack them
10. Greece coldnt afford too turn down the few $$$ port fees
Alan ,   SA   (06.26.11)
11. Flotilla
Thomas Kempe ,   Waterford Ireland   (06.26.11)
As a German, I have deepest sympathy for Israel. This country tries to live in peace with their neighbours. The flotilla is a provocation whoever is behind. Israel has to be strong, Without strenght it would be already wiped out of the map.
12. Show them the truth
Anadelfos ,   Athens Greece   (06.26.11)
These people don't represent the goverment, nor the majority of greek people ,who are positive about Israel's right to exist in safety. The approach between greek and israeli people must not be disturbed due to some irresponsible usefull idiots who have been warned not to participate. I would suggest to redirect them to Ashdod as you did last year and show them pictures of the brutaly murdered Fogel family and the dead student from the A/T missile struck schoolbus. There is a great chance to understand their mistaken assessment and wake up from their illusions.
13. How to deal with the Gaza Flotilla
Mladen Andrijasevic ,   Be'er Sheva, Israel   (06.26.11)
The Gaza flotillas are essentially propaganda tools to discredit Israel. Some of the passengers will be Islamic propaganda kamikazes willing to kill and die for jihad and to blacken the Jews in the eyes of the gullible West in the process. The right way to fight the flotilla in addition to stopping it with military means is to turn the tables on the jihadists and expose to the world what these people believe in and what they are fighting for. This can be done by printing thousands of leaflets and making a few huge posters with quotations from the Hamas Charter. For instance: Article 7 : "Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him,' Article 13 " There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by jihad". http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1609.htm These leaflets can be dropped on the ships before the interception takes place and posters appended to the side of the ships in full view of any video taken by international media.
14. Why only 10 year ban for journalists?
Eric ,   Tel Aviv & NY   (06.26.11)
The US Embassy has told Israelis that inappropriate entry can result in lifetime ban. Israel needs to let these journalists and misguided people that they could get a lifetime ban from Israel and/or jailed for years for their mistaken attempts to breach a perfectly legal blockade on Gaza.
15. Disable their rudders and let them beg.
Gabe Yakmore ,   Canada   (06.26.11)
16. I would love to see the ships sunk
Bad assed Jew. ,   United States   (06.26.11)
filled with these idiots who should remember what happened the last time. If the "audacity of hope ' sails, nothing would please me more than to see them swim back to shore.
17. yeah very small, only 10 vessels :)))))
somalian pirate ,   med sea   (06.26.11)
God bless Israeli navy commandos
18. This will be the LAST flotilla.
Mel ,   Chicago   (06.26.11)
So those intello fascists will fail once again
19. This war isn't about land
Geert W ,   Nederland   (06.26.11)
World never seems to run out of idiots, thats for sure. This war isn't about land. The Islamic world's intenition isn't to coexist with Israel, its to destroy it, and either kill them all, or subjugate them under dhimmi status. Its one of the core tennants of Islam, and was the reason for the '67 war. Its in hamas' charter that their main goal is to destroy the jews. How the hell can you possibly make peace with people that want you dead?
20. Economic Hardship?
solomon ,   bklyn   (06.26.11)
Could someone please explain what "the economic hardship the Greek people are experiencing," has anything to do with stopping the flotilla? Thanks.
21. Protect Israeli civilians from terrorist attacks
Eran ,   Singapore   (06.26.11)
In order to protect Israeli civilians from attacks by the terrorist organization Hamas, the IDF lawfully enforces a naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. Given previous attempts by the terrorist organization in smuggling weapons via land and sea and the inherent difficulties in conducting inspections at sea, it is critical that Israeli forces inspect all goods and material marked for Gaza prior to their transfer into the Strip.
22. SAME OLD, SAME OLD
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (06.26.11)
Just another Pallywood moment, for a flotilla that isn't needed and who have a sole purpose, to vilify Israel. So in a way, this is just a big joke! No aid is needed in Gaza, We don't KNOW what if any aid is on board these ships? Plus anything on the ships, can be delivered through overland routes that have been well established by Israel and Egypt. Frankly, the Media should just ignore this flotilla, give it no media coverage and they will stop, it is that simple. There is an old adage: "The Media is the Media". Put simply it means the Main Stream Media (MSM) invent, stage, create, whatever word you want to use, they manufacture their own stories. There will probably be as many media people, as passengers, on these ships. They will be cynically hoping and praying for violence, for people to die. Plus a way to blame Israel, Why? They are bias, and right now, they are looking for anyway to get the so called "Arab Spring" totally drowned out. Even though it virtually gets no coverage now, at least here in the USA. I just watch the Sunday morning News Talk shows, each one, is one hour, on three different networks, NONE , not any network, mentioned a word about Syria, Libya etc. or if they did it lasted all of 5 seconds and was passed over as nothing. Yet we all know what kind of coverage Israel will get if just 9 terrorists die on a flotilla, don't we?
23. Another flotilla with Peter Falk
Eran ,   Singapore   (06.26.11)
Quote by,D.Greenfield; Incidentally the death of PETER FALK reminds me of another flotilla. At the close of World War II, Falk tried to sign up for the armed services but was rejected because of his eye. After serving with the U.S. Merchant Marines, he signed up to go to Israel to fight Egypt. Back then there were people getting on boats to help Israel defend itself.
24. SHOULD THEY PERSIST ...ARREST ANY iSRAELI (DUAL CITIZENSHIP
EST ,   MIAMI USA   (06.28.11)
OR NOT) ON THE FLOTILLA FOR BREAKING THE LAW...MAKE THEM PAY FOR THE STATE'S COST IN STOPPING THE ILLEGAL FLOTILLA...KEEP THEM IN JAIL UNTIL THEY DO SO!!! MAYBE THEY WILL LIKE LIVING IN THE SAME PRISON THEIR FRIENDS THE TERRORISTS ARE IN...
25. the other side of the coin
e ,   united kingdom   (07.01.11)
as a turkish jew living in the uk (long story) i wonder how the turkish public would react to a flotilla arranged by israel, destined for south-east of turkey, taking supplies to rebel kurds as an aid mission???
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