Posted on 06/01/2010 6:42:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a press conference on Monday that while he was sorry for lives lost, the organizers of the Gaza-bound protest flotilla were solely responsible for the outcome of the fatal IDF raid earlier in the day. Fifteen activists were killed and dozens wounded in the violent clashes.
Barak said that the soldiers tried to disperse the activists aboard the ship peacefully but were forced to open fire to protect themselves.
He called the flotilla a provocation, specifically called the IHH, an Islamic aid organization, "extremist supporters of terror."
The defense minister also called on Arab and Palestinian leaders not to let this "provocation by irresponsible people" ruin the progress made in proximity peace talks.
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Please help me out here. What background and origin? Are you privy to info that the rest of the world is not privy to?
Israel needs to step up the pressure on Hamas and other terrorists who want to destroy her. If that means maintaining a blockade, so be it. And if they try to break the blockade, let them face the consequences. And believe you me, the IDF won’t mess around next time.
Like when Golda Mier said, “when Arabs love their children more than they love war there will be peace”.
Wrong Barak. That caught me too.
Thank you 23 Everest
Lord, please bless that woman.
:’) Yeah, that’ll happen...
It’s going to get ugly, fast. When Iran starts the next war, Zero is going to have to move assets to reopen the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea shipping routes, meanwhile Israel will have to make do for days or weeks until the Kenyan Muzzie gets pressured into sending a couple of skids of rubber bullets.
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