Posted on 05/28/2010 2:02:48 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah
Hamas Ahoy! Claudia Rosett, 05.28.10, 11:15 AM ET
With a flotilla of "peace activists" steaming toward the blockaded Gaza strip, Israeli authorities have been worrying about a showdown turning into a public relations disaster. That's a sorry reflection not on Israel but on the willingness of a world audience to swallow almost any amount of propaganda, if it comes with a Gaza label.
The basic narrative spun by the organizers of this "freedom flotilla" is that some 700 "activists" from dozens of countries have boarded eight or nine ships filled with tons of "humanitarian aid." Their mission is to run the Israeli blockade, "break the siege of Gaza" and "establish a permanent sea lane between Gaza and the rest of the world." The umbrella website for this venture is labeled "The Free Gaza Movement," and on it the "Free Gaza Team" of the "Freedom Flotilla Coalition" professes a dedication to nonviolence and respect for universal human rights.
... if Gaza were a peaceful and democratic enclave, unreasonably walled up by its neighbors. But there's some important information that the flotilla crew omits. Gaza is a terrorist enclave. Gaza is controlled by an Islamist terrorist group, Hamas. And Hamas is: backed by Iran; headquarters some of its leaders in terror-sponsoring Syria; has a busy and violent history of suicide bombings, shootings and rocket and mortar attacks; and is dedicated in its charter to the destruction of Israel.
That is what the blockade is all about. It didn't happen because the neighbors decided to victimize Gaza. Rather, it is Hamas-run Gaza that threatens the neighbors, and for that matter, is hostile generally to liberal, western societies.
Recall that in 2002, trying to stop the violence of Yasser Arafat's second intifada, ...Israel in pursuit of that peace withdrew in 2005 from Gaza--
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I monitor the local “peace” message boards, and when they aren’t pimping this nonsense, they are actually making excuses for North Korea. They actually think the peaceful North was provoked into defending their territory, and whatever sank that ship was “defensive” in nature.
“It’s enough to make you puke.”
Roger Debris
“The Producers”
I wish Israel would blow them all out of the water. The world would be so much better off without the terrorist-loving, Jew-hating scum aboard those ships.
Me too. Then I could enjoy the video to beer and chips.
I’m sure the IDF can figure out a way to disable these ships without sinking them.
If they want to not sink them.
Torpedo the crafts in the middle of the night using North Korean torpedoes. Problem(s) solved.
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