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Sarah Palin: Israeli Flotilla: Don’t Take Mainstream Media Coverage at Face Value
Facebook ^ | Tuesday June 1, 2010 | Sarah Palin

Posted on 06/01/2010 5:00:16 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

The media, as usual, seems to be reporting only one side of the Israeli Flotilla incident. Don’t trust the mainstream media to give you both sides of a story fairly… you must seek out fair reporting to ensure you have all the information.

As far too many in the media, and in various governments, rush to condemn Israel, we must put the recent events off Israel’s coast into the right perspective. This “relief” convoy was not about humanitarian aid, as the liberal mainstream media keeps reporting. The whole operation was designed to provoke Israel, not to provide supplies to Palestinians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Anyone who sees the video of Israeli commandos being attacked as they land on that ship knows the people aboard were vicious thugs, not “peace activists.” The media insults our intelligence with their outright mischaracterization of who these enemies are.

Israel delivers thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies every week to Gaza. These ships could have offloaded their cargoes at a nearby Israeli port if they really wanted to help the people of Gaza. Instead, they chose to incite confrontation and violence. Israel has a right to prevent arms shipments to Gaza that will be used to target innocent Israelis, so they were legitimately checking the cargo on the flotilla. Turkey has chosen to condemn Israel but we should be asking some serious questions about Turkey’s role in this whole affair. Why is a fellow member of NATO sponsoring such a dangerous publicity stunt? As one expert points out: “Three ships of that six-ship pro-terror convoy flew Turkish flags and were crowded with Turkish citizens. The Ankara government – led by Islamists these days – sponsored the ‘aid’ operation in a move to position itself as the new champion of the Palestinians. And Turkish decision-makers knew Israel would have to react – and were waiting to exploit the inevitable clash. The provocation was as cynical as it was carefully orchestrated.”

We can only hope the Obama Administration does not join the anti-Israel chorus in the aftermath of this staged confrontation. Please, Mr. President, we need to let Israelis know we stand with them in their fight against terrorists and those who arm and support them. America and her ally, Israel, stand by waiting for your response.

- Sarah Palin


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KEYWORDS: flotilla; gaza; israel; obama; palin; sarahpalin; terrorflotilla; turkishterrorists

1 posted on 06/01/2010 5:00:16 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

The last time I saw Mitt Romney was on a milk carton in the Kroger dairy case.


2 posted on 06/01/2010 5:07:12 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: Bigtigermike

Despite the obvious contrast on this issue between the two parties, I regret the thought that the overwhelming majority of the Jewish vote would still go to the party that naturally presumes guilt against Israel.


3 posted on 06/01/2010 5:09:52 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: bwc2221

Yes Mitt has disappeared....but when the elections are over, He will say “Look at Me, I am your Savior”...WHAT?


4 posted on 06/01/2010 5:10:03 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

Sarah speaks on behalf of the American people. Occupied D.C. is an enemy of Israel, but America is not.


5 posted on 06/01/2010 5:27:23 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

On this one, Sarah Palin and God are on the same side, I think.

Six million Israelis surrounded by one thousand, five hundred million muslims who want to kill them and billions of others who side with the muslims ...

But on this one, I have faith that it doesn’t matter what those billions want.

Thy Will be done.


6 posted on 06/01/2010 5:55:03 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (He promised hope; he gave us hype. He promised change; he gave us chains!)
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To: Bigtigermike

Thank you Sarah Palin. Thank you.


7 posted on 06/01/2010 6:39:23 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
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To: onyx; hennie pennie; cajungirl

ping


8 posted on 06/01/2010 6:40:25 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
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To: Gene Eric

Don’t worry about who votes where - worry about what’s right - and what’s wrong.


9 posted on 06/01/2010 6:41:22 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
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To: GOPJ

It’s about disappointment, not fear.


10 posted on 06/01/2010 7:32:35 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Bigtigermike
So, where is Myth Romney?

Is that the sound of crickets I hear?

How about the Huckster?

Still crickets!

Tim Pawlenty?

Jindal?

Even my favorite outside of Sarah, Jim Demint?

Where's the leadership from the so-called men of the GOP?

They are silent, apparently still computing the political calculus, while Sarah, as is normal, leads from a principled position.
11 posted on 06/01/2010 8:13:46 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

so true


12 posted on 06/01/2010 10:31:45 PM PDT by unseen1
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To: Bigtigermike

Excellent


13 posted on 06/01/2010 10:34:01 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: SoConPubbie

Also, where’s Ron Paul? Duncan Hunter?

Anybody else?


14 posted on 06/02/2010 10:17:04 AM PDT by Uncle Ivan (Alea iacta est)
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