Posted on 06/04/2010 4:33:12 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
The Irish aid ship, MV Rachel Corrie, is expected to arrive in Gazan territorial waters at about 0900 local time (0600 BST) on Saturday.
Israel's foreign minister has said it will not be allowed to dock there and so far the crew have had no communication with the Israeli navy.
...Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire is on board the Rachel Corrie.
On Friday night the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin said he had reached agreement with the Israeli government to allow the vessel dock in the Israeli port of Ashdod, but it is believed that the activists declined the offer.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
“Irish ship the Rachel Corrie is due to arrive in Gaza”
Blow the scow outta the water.
Please tell me Patsy Buchanan is at the helm...
bttt
Wikepedia on Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire:
“In 2004 she went to Israel and welcomed Mordechai Vanunu upon his release from prison, where he had served an 18-year prison sentence for disclosing Israel’s nuclear secrets.[3]
“On 20 April 2007, while participating in a protest against the construction of Israel’s security fence outside the Arab settlement of Bil’in, the Israeli forces dispersed the protesters and Corrigan was hit by a rubber-coated bullet. Corrigan was also tear-gassed, and received medical treatment at an Israeli hospital.[4][5][6]
“In April 2009, Corrigan sharply criticised Israel, alleging that the Israeli government was “carrying out a policy of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians” and that these policies “are against international law, against human rights, against the dignity of the Palestinian people.”
In short: not a person you’d like to have a Guinness with . . .
“Just the name justifies its sinking.”
LOL! True!
Your figuring is good, Zack Attack, as the following report is 6 hours old.
Rachel Corrie arrives at Ashdod Port Saturday afternoon accompanied by Navy ships; senior official says peace activists did not show resistance, offered ladder to IDF soldiers boarding vessel .
Amnon Meranda
Latest Update: 06.05.10, 19:24
The Rachel Corrie ship, with 19 Irish activists and a Malaysian crew on board, entered the Ashdod Port Saturday afternoon accompanied by Navy ships.
Earlier Saturday, Navy commandoes raided the commandeered the ship in a peaceful operation and without any injuries. A senior IDF official said that activists on the ship displayed no resistance and even offered a ladder to the soldiers. He added that the army utilized electronic shielding to paralyze communications on the seized vessel.
Navy officials earlier attempted to convince the ship's crew to change its course and head to Ashdod, but the activists refused all offers. Navy officials earlier attempted to convince the ship's crew to change its course and head to Ashdod, but the activists refused all offers.
"We pledged that all the equipment they're bringing in, including the cement, would be handed over to the Strip, and that they would be allowed to accompany the goods all the way to the border crossings," the Navy official said. "We said the cement would be handed over to the United Nations or to official organizations to ensure it is used for civilian means."
...Police officials said the activists on the Rachel Corrie did not commit any offences, did not offer resistance, and reached understandings with the IDF, and for that reason will be treated leniently. The activists were expected to be interrogated and later taken to an Immigration Authority facility in Holon, near Tel Aviv.
"We told them what we're about to do. We boarded the ship. In light of the number of people on board and their cooperation, we decided there was no need for helicopters. We boarded the ship in a cautious manner, but they did not show any resistance. They just stayed in place," he said.
In a talk with journalists, the senior officer said that the Navy will continue to impose the blockade around the Gaza Strip.
"For the time being, the blockade is in place. In our view this is just and lawful, and we intend to impose it in line with our mandate," he said. Referring to yet another ship, Challenger 2, which was to take part in the original flotilla but was delayed because of mishaps, the officer said Israel had no information about when it would be fixed.
Addressing the possibility that Turkey will initiate additional Gaza-bound flotillas, accompanied by Turkish missile boats, the official said: "It's clear to all of us that this would be a diplomatic incident with major implications. I won't voice an opinion on the matter."
It would be an act of war.
I guess Israel is dialing in those Ankara and Instabul targets for its nukes along with all those other tagets.
Updates in original post and posts 68 and 69.
“SS Flaterpillar”
Hehe, Bean Counter used that line this morning.
dang near fell out of my chair.
Gazans probably eat better than I do
They manage somehow, although I have never heard of a pali equivalent of a kibbutz. Nevertheless, one would assume the saudis and/or persians look out for them.
I just remembered another way they generate income, don’t have time to document now, but they loot Holy Christian sites and sell archeological treasures.
Bump
Here are pics from the Gaza “refugee camp”.
http://www.bivouac-id.com/2009/12/06/attention-photos-insoutenables-gaza-affamee/
You may be surprised
more pics from Gaza:
http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001114.html
You will definitely be surprised
Yes, I AM surprised, have never seen or heard this. I even saw a McDonald’s logo in there. They have EVERYTHING. All of this is COMPLETELY BLOCKED OUT by our “free press,” i.e., the Comrade Obama Propaganda Machine.
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