Posted on 10/20/2012 3:55:00 AM PDT by markomalley
The Israeli navy boarded a ship and halted an attempt to break the sea blockade of Gaza on Saturday.
Soldiers stormed the ship and took the passengers into custody.
"The boarding was carried out only after numerous calls to the passengers onboard," an Israeli military statement. "As a result of their unwillingness to cooperate and after ignoring calls to change course, the decision was made to board the vessel and lead it to the Port of Ashdod."
The boat, named Estelle, was about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza when it was stopped, said Reut Mor, an Israeli activist.
Passengers were hoping to call attention to the blockade of the Palestinian territory, which has been under an Israeli blockade since 2007.
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Good for Israel.
There is no palestinan territory.
This ship is universally known as the “Sea Hitler” and should have been torpedoed.
Thanks markomalley. Of course, factually, there is no blockade — Israel merely defends its borders and waters from illegal crossings. It’s completely legal to import and sell all manner of household and other consumer goods — just no weapons, explosives, ammo, etc. And for that manner, the smuggling tunnels into the Sinai also exist, so even the contraband can make it in.
the quoted spokesmoron is part of this pro-terrorist org:
Combatants For Peace
http://cfpeace.org/?page_id=289
Combatants for Peace
NGO Monitor
http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/combatants_for_peace
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