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An international team of activists has set sail for the Gaza Strip, in a bid to break Israel's sea blockade with four boats. It comes five years after a similar attempt finished in bloodshed.
The so-called “Freedom Flotilla III” departed from various ports in Greece on Saturday. This is the third attempt to break the Palestinian blockade, which has lasted for nine years, according to a news release on the campaign’s official webpage.


“Our strong determination is to get to our destination despite [Netanyahu’s] threats to stop us," Arab Israeli lawmaker Basel Ghattas wrote on his Facebook page on Friday.
Ghattas is a member of the team of around 70 people, including former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and Spanish MEP Ana Maria Miranda Paza. Their journey is the result of “the joint work of campaigns from Spain, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Canada, Italy, the United States, and many other countries,” spokesperson for the global Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Loukas Stamellos, told the Common Dreams news website.
“At the moment we are sailing on the Swedish boat Marianne of Gothenburg, which [is leading] the flotilla, in the neutral waters of the Mediterranean. Aboard there are an Al Jazeera camera crew, a New Zealand TV crew and Israeli journalist Ohad Hemo, as well as the former Tunisian president and Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament,” RT’s source on one of the ships said on Saturday, adding that they plan to arrive in Gaza on Monday.
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:applaud:applaudI wish them the best of luck and safe travels!
 
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A country has a right to place a military blockade on a territory governed by a brutal Islamic terror organization that advances genocide against its people, preventing the terrorists from gaining arms, ammunition and materials from which to construct weapons; mainly rockets and death tunnels, to be used against innocent civilians.

Objecting to the blockade when the situation doesn't change and a terror organization remains in control of the area is ridiculously immoral, the action itself is clearly futile and it is done purely so to draw attention and make a political statement - again, an insanely immoral one. I hope they get stuck in the middle of the way or something so that they won't have Israeli soldiers bothered with stopping them and arresting them, they have enough on their hands dealing with the terrorists themselves so not to have to deal with the loons who support them.
 
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Apocalypse said:
A country has a right to place a military blockade on a territory governed by a brutal Islamic terror organization that advances genocide against its people, preventing the terrorists from gaining arms, ammunition and materials from which to construct weapons; mainly rockets and death tunnels, to be used against innocent civilians.

Objecting to the blockade when the situation doesn't change and a terror organization remains in control of the area is ridiculously immoral, the action itself is clearly futile and it is done purely so to draw attention and make a political statement - again, an insanely immoral one. I hope they get stuck in the middle of the way or something so that they won't have Israeli soldiers bothered with stopping them and arresting them, they have enough on their hands dealing with the terrorists themselves so not to have to deal with the loons who support them.
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What he said. :yt
 
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Nothing good can come of this, I'm sorry but facing a Israel naval blockade to get to Gaza with nothing more than cameras and good intentions is not bright.

The inescapable truth is between all the parties involved in this long term disaster there is no honest intention for peace. None. Our great grand kids will be arguing this same debate, assuming one side does not get so upset they do something irreversibly drastic and conclusive to the other.
 
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I really hate seeing this. Israel's blockade has been legal and if the flotilla crosses the line, the IDF will board it.

If they really want to get items to Gazans, reroute to Egypt, who controls the Rafah crossing.

This does not bode well.
 
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HowardBThiname said:
I really hate seeing this. Israel's blockade has been legal and if the flotilla crosses the line, the IDF will board it.

If they really want to get items to Gazans, reroute to Egypt, who controls the Rafah crossing.

This does not bode well.
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they could of course also send it through Israel, which routinely sends aid and materiel into Gaza.

But this has nothing to do with the contents of the specific aid being delivered and everything to do with trying to bust the perfectly legal blockade of Gaza Israel and Egypt have imposed to protect their peoples from the terrorist scumbags who control that territory.

And for most of the anti blockade folks, it is pretty clear the issue they have is not with Egypt but with the Jews having the termity to try to defend themselves throguh any means at all. They want the blockade gone so that Gaza can keep up the good fight against the Jews. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
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CJ 2.0 said:
they could of course also send it through Israel, which routinely sends aid and materiel into Gaza.
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Welcome to Israel!” the letter reads. “It appears you’ve made a mistake along the way. Perhaps you meant to sail somewhere not far from here — Syria. There, Assad’s regime is massacring his own people every day with the help of the murderous Iranian regime.

“In contrast, here in Israel, we are dealing with a situation where terrorist organizations such as Hamas are trying to harm innocent civilians. In the face of these attempts, we are protecting the citizens of Israel in accordance with international law,” the letter says.

The statement calls attention to Israel’s transfer of 1.6 million tons of humanitarian aid to the coastal enclave, while it struggles to be rebuilt after the war last summer. The letter said that Israel facilitated the transfer of the supplies, which, it noted, amounts to approximately one ton for each Gaza resident.
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Israel to flotilla activists: Syria is thataway | The Times of Israel
 
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These people would hold more weight if they clogged all the tunnels used for weapons smuggling with the humanitarian aide they claim they're bringing by boat.
 
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Hey nobody posted their anthem:

 
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TheDemSocialist said:
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:applaud:applaudI wish them the best of luck and safe travels! [/FONT][/COLOR]
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Humanitarian crisis averted:

Humanitarian aid on Gaza flotilla fit in 2 boxes | The Times of Israel

Ann Ighe, a member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, sent Booth a photograph to prove that the boat really was delivering supplies to the nearly two million people in Gaza: one solar panel and one nebulizer, a small device used to inhale medication, which she said was donated by the Swedish Association of Midwives.
 
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"...THE IDF SAID...."


CJ 2.0 said:
Humanitarian crisis averted:

Humanitarian aid on Gaza flotilla fit in 2 boxes | The Times of Israel

Ann Ighe, a member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, sent Booth a photograph to prove that the boat really was delivering supplies to the nearly two million people in Gaza: one solar panel and one nebulizer, a small device used to inhale medication, which she said was donated by the Swedish Association of Midwives.
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Cherry picked quotes from the chronically dishonest IDF through an Israeli News source don't really have much credibility do they?

I can easily imagine what your response would be if I cited statistics compiled by Hamas and reported by "Electric Intifada"

When reporting the number of fatalities from all Hamas rockets ever fired, IDF chose to consider an Israeli killed with an ax and an Israeli who was strangled as deaths from "Raining Hamas Rockets" in order to dishonestly inflate the alleged number of Israeli casualties by over 100%.

Meanwhile, according to Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) the total number of ALL Israelis killed by ALL Hamas rockets is 26.


Let's look at what you were careful to omit:


"“Last but not least,” Ighe asserted, “the boat is cargo in herself, bound to be donated to a fishermen’s organization in Gaza.”(1)

And, also missing from your post is:

"....but William Booth of the Washington Post reported Wednesday that the trawler may have indeed been carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....." (1)

. . . . . . . . .

Since some of the boats turned back, we have only IDF's chronically dishonest side of the story & an Israeli news source, who knows what was really on those boats before IDF got their hands on the goodies.

Additionally: "Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon declared “there was no aid on board,” (1) but you really don't want me to cite some of the other quotes by that murderous War Criminal











(1) “Humanitarian aid on Gaza flotilla fit in 2 boxes”
Humanitarian aid on Gaza flotilla fit in 2 boxes | The Times of Israel
 
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B'smith said:
"...THE IDF SAID...."
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In addition to a journalist from the Israeli Channel 2, another journalist had confirmed the fact that the boat was barely carrying any equipment at all:

The ‘humanitarian aid’ aboard a recent flotilla to Gaza fit in two cardboard boxes - The Washington Post
https://twitter.com/BoothWilliam/status/616321129511190528/photo/1

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Clearly it was obvious all along that the boat has no real meaning to the people of Gaza other than stating a position that opposes the military blockaded imposed on the Gaza Strip by Egypt and Israel. (And of course only mentioning Israel in the common hypocritical fashion that these kind of organizations tend to operate by)

In fact the only meaningful humanitarian aid moved into Gaza Strip is the aid that Israel enters itself, due to its humane obligations and its moral codes. Israel allows entrance of 500 trucks filled with equipment, food and medicine into the Gaza Strip every day, even though it aids Hamas' causes greatly. Lest we forget Israel is a modern, Western democracy with a righteous cause guided by its morality.
 
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B'smith said:
"...THE IDF SAID...."




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Cherry picked quotes from the chronically dishonest IDF through an Israeli News source don't really have much credibility do they?

I can easily imagine what your response would be if I cited statistics compiled by Hamas and reported by "Electric Intifada"

When reporting the number of fatalities from all Hamas rockets ever fired, IDF chose to consider an Israeli killed with an ax and an Israeli who was strangled as deaths from "Raining Hamas Rockets" in order to dishonestly inflate the alleged number of Israeli casualties by over 100%.

Meanwhile, according to Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) the total number of ALL Israelis killed by ALL Hamas rockets is 26.


Let's look at what you were careful to omit:


"“Last but not least,” Ighe asserted, “the boat is cargo in herself, bound to be donated to a fishermen’s organization in Gaza.”(1)

And, also missing from your post is:

"....but William Booth of the Washington Post reported Wednesday that the trawler may have indeed been carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....." (1)

. . . . . . . . .

Since some of the boats turned back, we have only IDF's chronically dishonest side of the story & an Israeli news source, who knows what was really on those boats before IDF got their hands on the goodies.

Additionally: "Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon declared “there was no aid on board,” (1) but you really don't want me to cite some of the other quotes by that murderous War Criminal











(1) “Humanitarian aid on Gaza flotilla fit in 2 boxes”
Humanitarian aid on Gaza flotilla fit in 2 boxes | The Times of Israel
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Reading comprehension FTW:

Ann Ighe, a member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, sent Booth a photograph to prove that the boat really was delivering supplies to the nearly two million people in Gaza: one solar panel and one nebulizer, a small device used to inhale medication, which she said was donated by the Swedish Association of Midwives.
 
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CJ 2.0 said:
Reading comprehension FTW:

Ann Ighe, a member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, sent Booth a photograph to prove that the boat really was delivering supplies to the nearly two million people in Gaza: one solar panel and one nebulizer, a small device used to inhale medication, which she said was donated by the Swedish Association of Midwives.
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Memory issues?

Remember, the main contribution in that one instance is the boat itself.

What was on the boats that were turned back?

Why should they include any portable supplies that the IDF could plunder & destroy or did they?

Whatever medical supplies make it into Gaza will be destroyed in the next planned massacre.


“Gaza Under Siege: Israel Destroys Hospitals, Denies Entry to Doctors and Medical Aid”
Gaza Under Siege: Israel Destroys Hospitals, Denies Entry to Doctors and Medical Aid | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
 
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Apocalypse said:
In addition to a journalist from the Israeli Channel 2, another journalist had confirmed the fact that the boat was barely carrying any equipment at all:

The ‘humanitarian aid’ aboard a recent flotilla to Gaza fit in two cardboard boxes - The Washington Post
https://twitter.com/BoothWilliam/status/616321129511190528/photo/1

CI2czR7UEAEeJYm.jpg


Clearly it was obvious all along that the boat has no real meaning to the people of Gaza other than stating a position that opposes the military blockaded imposed on the Gaza Strip by Egypt and Israel. (And of course only mentioning Israel in the common hypocritical fashion that these kind of organizations tend to operate by)

In fact the only meaningful humanitarian aid moved into Gaza Strip is the aid that Israel enters itself, due to its humane obligations and its moral codes. Israel allows entrance of 500 trucks filled with equipment, food and medicine into the Gaza Strip every day, even though it aids Hamas' causes greatly. Lest we forget Israel is a modern, Western democracy with a righteous cause guided by its morality.
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Lest we forget, Israel quickly destroys life sustaining infrastructure & building supplies are soon rendered Radioactive Waste.

Try a few glasses of Gaza's water & see how you feel
 
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Not this **** again.
 
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'GIVE A MAN A FISH.......


Most of us know the old adage:

"Give a man a fish & he eats for a day.....

But...

Teach a man to Fish & he eats for life"


While Occupation supporters revel in the blocking of relief supplies to Gaza's tormented, Native Palestinians, they spread the deception that the whole "Freedom Flotilla " convoy contained: "....only 2 boxes."

In suggesting that "2 boxes" was the sum total of what was on all the boats/ ships, the term: "Lies of omission" comes to mind.

This is not surprising in that gross deceptions comprise the general M.O. of the world's most sophisticated, extensive, State run, costly & well trained Disinformation (Hasbara) network

You're also unlikely to hear that the boats were blocked 100 n. miles off shore in International waters & all radio contact was lost from the hijacked ship, "Marianne".

The Relief Aid in the case of the "Marianne" was not in the form of many portable items that IDF could, “confiscate” or destroy but the ship, itself. The "Marianne" is the gift to Gaza’s fishermen that will, hopefully increase Gaza’s food supply albeit, infintesimally. This is, of course, if the Israeli Navy doesn't sink it for violating ever changing and arbitrary limitations & restrictions determined by the Occupier that day.

It is not too harsh to suggest that IDF may “confiscate” or destroy other life sustaining essentials blocked on other boats turned away for two Reasons:

1. ”Nine Turkish men on board Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times, autopsy results reveal” (1) If IDF was willing to execute 9 unarmed Relief workers then, theft or destruction of property is not an unrealistic possibility

The Netanyahu Regime has proven time & time, again that it can violate any International law or standard of decency with impunity. Meanwhile, any critic of Israeli War Crimes is either a “Terrorist Supporter”, an “anti Semite” “naive” or an “Israel Hater”.

2. Israel’s long & extensive history of destroying life sustaining infrastructure (2) as well as poisoning Gaza’s soil & water with experimental, Chemical, Genotoxic & Radioactive ordinance makes the Netanyahu Regime’s intent to make Gaza uninhabitable undeniable(2)

Occupation supporters may belittle the insignificance of aid that actually reached Gaza via sea but this shortage is due to only one thing.
That one thing is the cruelty & deadly criminality of the oldest, illegal, murderous & heavily subsidized Occupation in modern History that is determined to make the home to 1.8 million people a parched & uninhabitable toxic wasteland.








(1). "Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range”
Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range | World news | The Guardian


(2) “Israeli jets destroying Gaza water and sewerage systems: officials” -http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-jets-destroying-gaza-water-and-sewerage-systems-284613778#sthash.S6Kso3HF.dpuf

EXCERPT “Health crisis looming as Israeli attacks accused of targeting already fragile water and sewage infrastructure “CONTINUED


(2) “Gaza's only power plant destroyed in Israel's most intense air strike yet”
Gaza's only power plant destroyed in Israel's most intense air strike yet | World news | The Guardian

EXCERPT "At least 100 Palestinians killed and media outlets, mosque and refugee camp all targeted as calls for ceasefire dismissed

Amnesty International said the crippling of the power station amounted to "collective punishment of Palestinians". The strike on the plant will worsen already severe problems with Gaza's water supply, sewage treatment and power supplies to medical facilities.” CONTINUED
 
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HowardBThiname said:
If they really want to get items to Gazans, reroute to Egypt, who controls the Rafah crossing.
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Just FYI, the Rafah Border crossing has been closed for months, apart from an odd day or two.
 
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I don't believe the intent this time was to bring aid. It was more to let the people know they have not been forgotten - and of course to end the blockade though we know that is just hope.

Activist Kalle Ohlsson said the flotilla’s main objective was not to bring aid, but to open Gaza’s port to allow freedom of movement and trade.

“Our aim is to end the siege of Gaza. We want the Palestinians to know that we haven’t forgotten about them. There are many crises in the world, but the situation in Gaza is also really bad, and we do remember them,” Ohlsson told Al Jazeera.
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Flotilla powered by hope | Jews for Justice for Palestinians
 
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alexa said:
I don't believe the intent this time was to bring aid. It was more to let the people know they have not been forgotten - and of course to end the blockade though we know that is just hope.



Flotilla powered by hope | Jews for Justice for Palestinians
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What blockade? there is no blockade.
Kerem Shalom crossing transfer tons of goods into Gaza each day.
There is a naval blockade for obvious reasons and we all saw the shipments of armaments Gaza receives from Iran by sea.
You want to send goods into Gaza? no problem, you can dock in Ashdod and transport your goods by trucks, its not like they have a seaport that can handle container ships in Gaza anyways.
 
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alexa said:
I don't believe the intent this time was to bring aid. It was more to let the people know they have not been forgotten - and of course to end the blockade though we know that is just hope.



Flotilla powered by hope | Jews for Justice for Palestinians
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I think you're right. You can only imagine what decades of living in a combination Toxic Waste dump / Open air Shooting Gallery does to children who know nothing else & the morale of their parents.

Although we don't know what was on the boats that were turned away, drawing the world's attention to one of the most widely ignored & heavily censored disaster areas on the planet was a brave & admirable undertaking of its own.

I'm sure the families of those unarmed Relief Workers who were executed aboard the Mavi Marmara would testify that joining in on a "Freedom Flotilla" is not for the faint-hearted


Can anyone think of any other disaster of this magnitude, natural or manmade, in which so much effort was required by private individuals to get professionally deceived Western victims of a blatantly bias, pro-Israel Major Media to see the misery of 1.8 million, captive, tormented & traumatized human beings.

The TV advertisements you see tragic photographic images soliciting contributions for different Children's Relief Organizations that showcase children from every miserable, War-Torn area in the world but Gaza.

Hollywood Stars stumble over themselves to adopt children & appeal for aid to disaster stricken areas around the Globe, however, career savvy thespians are very careful to exclude Gaza from the list of disaster areas that pull at their heart strings.

I don't remember Freedom Flotillas being required to draw attention to Bangladesh, Biafra & other pits of human misery.

Perhaps these Selectively Sympathetic individuals & groups avoid Gaza because Gaza easily qualifies as a dangerous, toxic waste disaster area from the experimental, Chemical, Genotoxic and Radioactive (D.U.) ordinance & DIME bombs dumped on gaza's civilians by the world's most heavily subsidized ruthless Occupier.

That regularly deployed ordinance quickly destroys or poisons whatever inadequate number of "truckloads" of supplies Israel may chose to allow or disallow from one day to the next.

So, even if the Flotilla was "just for P.R. purposes", there is no area in greater need of "P.R." than Gaza.

I strongly suggest a few glasses of Gaza's water for anyone who needs a taste of the daily misery of life in Gaza
 
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B'smith said:
I think you're right. You can only imagine what decades of living in a combination Toxic Waste dump / Open air Shooting Gallery does to children who know nothing else & the morale of their parents.

Although we don't know what was on the boats that were turned away, drawing the world's attention to one of the most widely ignored & heavily censored disaster areas on the planet was a brave & admirable undertaking of its own.

I'm sure the families of those unarmed Relief Workers who were executed aboard the Mavi Marmara would testify that joining in on a "Freedom Flotilla" is not for the faint-hearted


Can anyone think of any other disaster of this magnitude, natural or manmade, in which so much effort was required by private individuals to get professionally deceived Western victims of a blatantly bias, pro-Israel Major Media to see the misery of 1.8 million, captive, tormented & traumatized human beings.

The TV advertisements you see tragic photographic images soliciting contributions for different Children's Relief Organizations that showcase children from every miserable, War-Torn area in the world but Gaza.

Hollywood Stars stumble over themselves to adopt children & appeal for aid to disaster stricken areas around the Globe, however, career savvy thespians are very careful to exclude Gaza from the list of disaster areas that pull at their heart strings.

I don't remember Freedom Flotillas being required to draw attention to Bangladesh, Biafra & other pits of human misery.

Perhaps these Selectively Sympathetic individuals & groups avoid Gaza because Gaza easily qualifies as a dangerous, toxic waste disaster area from the experimental, Chemical, Genotoxic and Radioactive (D.U.) ordinance & DIME bombs dumped on gaza's civilians by the world's most heavily subsidized ruthless Occupier.

That regularly deployed ordinance quickly destroys or poisons whatever inadequate number of "truckloads" of supplies Israel may chose to allow or disallow from one day to the next.

So, even if the Flotilla was "just for P.R. purposes", there is no area in greater need of "P.R." than Gaza.

I strongly suggest a few glasses of Gaza's water for anyone who needs a taste of the daily misery of life in Gaza
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To say that Gaza isn't talked about enough in the media is ridiculous and laughable. It's probably the most overblown story in international media. By the amount of covering it gets one would think the situation there is worse than Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, etc. In reality while it isn't a paradise it's incomparable with such places.

The flotilla was carrying only two boxes. This is a matter of fact, not something that is up for discussion. As posted three times in this thread this is what was revealed when the ship was boarded and one of the crew members had even admitted so, so again it's a matter of fact that this is all that was brought.

The Mavi Marmara crew members who died were not "relief workers" and were not "executed", they were IHH members, a known terror-supporting organization with ties to the terror organization of Hamas, and they attacked the boarding soldiers. There's a reason no other ship's crew that the IDF had ever boarded was ever injured, because the IDF only acts in self-defense as it should be doing when enforcing the justified military blockade that Egypt and Israel place on the terror-governed Gaza Strip.

The people of Gaza have the power to free themselves from their troublesome situation by opposing the terrorists that govern them, the same way that rebels in Syria are opposing the dictator al-Assad.

Claiming that what needs to be done to solve the situation is to lift the military blockade that prevents arms and ammunition from reaching Hamas when the terrorists that govern that area have yet been dealt with is wrong, immoral and inhumane - not admirable, as it opposes the right of innocent civilians to security from threats to their lives. There's also nothing brave in taking part in such a flotilla since Israel is a Western democracy that does not threaten the crew members' personal safety and doesn't even detain the crew members for longer than a single day. It would be brave if they were to sail towards Syria, for example, something that they unfortunately have no intention of doing which exposes the deception that the self-titling of "humanitarian activists" is.
 
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Apocalypse said:
To say that Gaza isn't talked about enough in the media is ridiculous and laughable. It's probably the most overblown story in international media. By the amount of covering it gets one would think the situation there is worse than Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, etc. In reality while it isn't a paradise it's incomparable with such places.

The flotilla was carrying only two boxes. This is a matter of fact, not something that is up for discussion. As posted three times in this thread this is what was revealed when the ship was boarded and one of the crew members had even admitted so, so again it's a matter of fact that this is all that was brought.

The Mavi Marmara crew members who died were not "relief workers" and were not "executed", they were IHH members, a known terror-supporting organization with ties to the terror organization of Hamas, and they attacked the boarding soldiers. There's a reason no other ship's crew that the IDF had ever boarded was ever injured, because the IDF only acts in self-defense as it should be doing when enforcing the justified military blockade that Egypt and Israel place on the terror-governed Gaza Strip.

The people of Gaza have the power to free themselves from their troublesome situation by opposing the terrorists that govern them, the same way that rebels in Syria are opposing the dictator al-Assad.

Claiming that what needs to be done to solve the situation is to lift the military blockade that prevents arms and ammunition from reaching Hamas

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Is every Jew & non Jew who opposes the oldest, most brutal & heavily subsidized Occupation in modern history a "Terrorist" or "Terror supporter"?

Your Post is brimming with familiar falsehoods:

Re: 1."To say that Gaza isn't talked about enough in the media is ridiculous and laughable."

- When was the last time you ever saw anything about Gaza's Zionist inflicted misery on the front page of ANY major US Newspaper.

Re: 2. "The flotilla was carrying only two boxes. This is a matter of fact,"

- It is only a Fact that you have no idea what or who was on the other boats of the Flotilla that were turned away.

The Fact that you omit was that the Ship, ITSELF was a donation to Palestinian Fishermen. A ship is harder to steal.


Re: 3. "The Mavi Marmara crew members who died were not "relief workers" and were not "executed",
Yes they were executed according to the following Israeli / Jewish video:

“IDF Executed Mavi Marmara Victims”
Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם
IDF Executed Mavi Marmara Victims Tikun-Olam Tikun Olam-

You have no idea what they were & everyone who doesn't support Israel's brutal Occupation is not a "terror-supporter"


4. Repeatedly referring to Hamas as a "Terrorist Group" is inaccurate. The ratio of soldiers to civilians killed by Hamas was roughly 8 times more "soldierly" that IDF. On the other hand, IDF killed 10 times as many civilians as Hamas Fighters & was also condemned for targeting of civilians & use of WMDs. (2)

Occupied populations have the legal right to resist Israel's cruel & illegal Occupation under: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236”

There is no weapon that is more "Terrorizing" than the experimental Chemical weapons used by IDF.
How many times did Hamas use Chemical weapons? Please answer.

5. Israel's Blockade is another War Crime as it is Collective Punishment. It is intended to block life sustaining supplies as basic as Water, building material needed to rebuild Water treatment plants, Hospitals, & Electric Power generation Plants targeted & destroyed by IDF

If the Blockade is intended to keep out military supplies, why is drinkable water so scarce & ammunition so plentiful?


I don't have time to counter the many additional falsehoods throughout your Post





(1) “IDF Executed Mavi Marmara Victims”
Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם
IDF Executed Mavi Marmara Victims Tikun-Olam Tikun Olam-

EXCERPT “But this video vividly confirms my strong suspicions.
It shows IDF commandos executing a passenger on the Mavi Marmara with one and possibly two point blank shots from above into the victim who lies on the boat deck. In truth, one cannot distinguish the face of the victim since it is blocked by a boat railing. But from the muzzle flashes and weapon recoils and the downward direction in which the shooter looks at his victim, it is clear this is an execution just as I described earlier.”CONTINUED


(2) The death toll from "Operation Protective Edge" continues to rise as victims of Chemical weapon exposure die slow & painful deaths.
 
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