Posted on 06/12/2004 10:56:14 PM PDT by Trident/Delta
Occupied Jerusalem - The Israeli apartheid regime has arrested a former US Marine and initiator of the Human Shield Action to Iraq named Ken O'Keefe, accusing him "of endangering Israeli security."
O'keefe reportedly was arrested Thursday while attempting to enter the Gaza Strip.
O'keefe said he was going to discuss with the people and leaders of Gaza a plan to bring 10,000 western citizens who would act as international observers in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
O'Keefe was detained with another peace activist, named Ian Hodgson, as they walked along the beach into Palestinian towns from an area seized by Jewish settlers at the northern Gaza Strip.
"I desperately wanted to discuss this idea with people in Gaza, and would not simply accept Israel's refusal to admit me entry. Our goal is to save life on both sides of the conflict, and uphold international law by ending Israel's illegal and immoral occupation, which is the root cause of Palestinian violence," said O'Keefe.
He described Israeli repression of Palestinian civilians as "state terrorism."
"Israel's state terrorism is fueling the conflict. Israel must stop its assassinations, incursions, house demolitions and building of the wall, and fully withdraw its illegal settlements and military from the occupied territories until there can be any movement toward a peaceful resolution of this conflict."
He further urged Israel to respect the human rights of the Palestinian people.
O'keefe's remarks reportedly angered the Israeli security authorities, prompting one police official to threaten to deport the American activist to London..
The Israeli occupation regime effectively imprisons over a million Palestinians in Gaza and only allow some journalists and representatives of western-supported NGOs to travel outside the 300-square kilometer's strip.
The Israelis could of just saved their lives. He should of been wandering around Mosul, Iraq.
Incredible; think he needs a Mother; or a brain. . .or to experience some serious consequences.
Thanks for the memory! Ha!
They should deport Okeefe to the middle of the Sahara, barefoot.
Fire up the big 'dozer!
Ken O'Keefe is looking to get Nick Berged. :\
Just what I was thinking. They should make it standard operating procedure.
O'Keefe's still around?!?!
Who else here remembers this silly dick on Fox N Friends getting obnoxious with ED?
The war's about to happen 'cause Saddam had his last chance
He is an evil that the world doesn't need, and like a boil he will be lanced
There still are foolish actors who are whining in the street
I have a plan, I think it's something you'll approve, and the scenario's complete
I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
I wish they all could be Saddam's human…I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
Let's start with Streisand, Redford, Robbins and common law wife
Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, Ed Asner, that big slob, who gives a damn about their life
Another trip for Sean Penn, who is surely still on meth
And, oh, the irony if villagers went wild and Alec Baldwin's stoned to death
I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
I wish they all could be Saddam's human…I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
I wish they all could be Saddam's human…I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
I wish they all could be Saddam's human…I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
I wish they all could be Saddam's human…I wish they all could be Saddam's human shields
Oh, how I LOVE that photo! LOL
Blithering idiot just got his life saved. Gaza is in HAMAS hands, if he wants to talk to Arafat he would have to go to Ramallah. HAMAS once put out flyers putting $10,000 price on American heads. Seeing that the average Arab now only makes a thousand a year that is 10 years wages.
They arrested him trying to walk around the wall on the beach. Like the IDF don't keep an eye there.
Arafat knows the value of media wonks, but HAMAS is less amused. Last human shield in Gaza got shot standing between the IDF and the Pali's. Arafat blamed the IDF of course, but could not explain how he was shot in the back of the head while facing the IDF.
I wonder what level of blindness that is necessary to blame the Jews of State Terrorism during an arrest, while ignoring the State Dispatched Islam-0-Kazis in PA Police uniforms who shoot children in their beds in the middle of the night.
I don't know. If he took 10,000 over there and they were not here to vote this fall, I think I could go for this.
We'd be morally obligated to reimburse the the Israelis for ammo, not to mention wear-and-tear on the bulldozers.
I was hoping, too, since they love the Palis so much, they would just stay and hang out. And let the largest contingent of them come from the Seattle area - because I am really sick and tired of these people everywhere I look.
It's a defensible theory.
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