Posted on 07/04/2009 1:34:33 PM PDT by Libloather
Cynthia McKinney to Appear in Israeli Court After Gaza-Bound Boat Is Seized
Former U.S. lawmaker Cynthia McKinney is due to appear in an Israeli court Sunday after she and 20 other activists were taken into custody this week when their relief boat was seized by an Israeli naval ship.
FOXNews.com
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Former U.S. lawmaker Cynthia McKinney is due to appear in an Israeli court Sunday after she and 20 other activists were taken into custody this week when their relief boat was seized by an Israeli naval ship.
The 2008 Green Party presidential candidate says the group, "Free Gaza Movement," was trying to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza, but Israel says the boat attempted to sail through a navy blockade.
Israel said it would free the crew and passengers as soon as they were checked, but McKinney and the others say they refused to sign deportation forms because it would have entailed admitting they violated Israel's blockade.
"The Israelis hijacked us because we wanted to give crayons to the children of Gaza," McKinney said in a recorded statement delivered via telephone and posted on YouTube.
McKinney and the other activists left Cyprus on Tuesday on a Greek-flagged boat called the Spirit of Humanity, which was carrying medical supplies, cement, olive trees and children's toys en route to Gaza.
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She is a wannabe martyr. She wants to put the Israelis in a bad light ~ painting them as the bad guys here because they put her in detention. She’s claiming special privilege because she was on humanitarian mission, yada yada yada. Horse Poo! The ship was warned not to cross the blockade. They detained the ship. They gave her the opportunity to go home. She refused. Now she gets to go to court to defend her position. If they’d been crossing an arab blockade of Israel, she’d probably be dead instead of whining.
She is going to bring this to the attention of the media and play to them like a well tuned instrument. She makes me ill.
Dko you know that used in unconventional manner, crayons can be an instrument of deadly force?
How else to scrawl signs demanding “Death to Jews!”
Some pretty powerful magic is being ginned up here.
I ate too much pig today! I’m gonna go have a “”Free Gaza Movement” myself!
“What? You mean the Israelis be JOOOOOOOS?!? When did dat happen? How am I supposed to figure out dey be JOOOOOOS if they be callin’ themselves Israelis? How can they be JOOOOOOS and Israelis at da same time?....
“Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Okay, then, why don't dey make it easy to figure out by calling themselves JOOOOOOraelis? Answer me dat!”
She better hope that it isn’t a crime to be DUMB AND UGLY at the same time in Israel. If it is, she’s toast.
She wants to put the Israelis in a bad light ~ painting them as the bad guys here because they put her in detention
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Thank G-D that most people in politics consider McKinney an idiot.
Speaking of crayons, I’ve always been convinced she was missing more than a few out of her box.
The media has done it’s damnedest to turn her into somewhat of a cult hero. Cult member might be more like it...
Ever hear of FedEx, dipsh*t?
They should have sunk that boat
Isn’t she the nutjob that took a poke at some security guard in D.C.? I hope she tries that stuff over there.
Democrats like Cynthia don’t believe any laws apply to them.
She's only got two - black and brown.
They are going to send her back, what kind of a friend is that? Make her stay in Gaza!
I heard she had 20 lbs of crack under her dress
WHERE I AT?
TELL ME BEFO AH CUT YOU..
I think she might be a fountain and a sparkler short of a block buster box of fireworks
Yours is probably closer to the truth, but I would have loved it if you said black and blue.
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