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Israel seizes pro-Palestinian activist ship off Gaza
Reuters ^ | Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:03am EDT

Posted on 10/20/2012 11:30:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The Israeli navy seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship on the Mediterranean high seas on Saturday to prevent it breaching Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said.

She said no one was hurt when marines boarded the SV Estelle, a three-mast schooner, and that it was rerouted to the Israeli port of Ashdod after it ignored orders to turn away from the Hamas-governed Palestinian enclave.

The Estelle was carrying 30 activists from Europe, Canada and Israel, humanitarian cargo such as cement and goodwill items such as children's books, a mission spokesman said on Saturday. …

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Libs supporting the true Nazis. Ought to sicken the world.
1 posted on 10/20/2012 11:30:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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“The IDF spokesperson added that any organization or country wishing to reach Gaza or move humanitarian aid is able to do so legally and orderly at all times through land passages and in coordination with the Israeli authorities.”
What’s wrong with doing it this way? Nothing, unless you have bad intentions.


2 posted on 10/20/2012 11:38:43 AM PDT by novascotianative
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What’s wrong with doing it this way? Nothing, unless you have bad intentions.

Or are willing to establish a precedent. Bring in medicine and construction materials for a few shipments, then start bringing in the bad stuff once a few boatloads have been proved to be strictly humanitarian. That's how I'd do it.

3 posted on 10/20/2012 11:44:15 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Cement and childrens books? What strange drugs they partake in to think they need emergency shipments of cement, that they can buy anywhere in Israel or that Muslims want childrens books that dont speak of suicide for the cause.

Even Big Bird on Muslim TV talks up suicide for teens.

Someone has drank the coolaid.


4 posted on 10/20/2012 11:48:44 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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thanks Olog-hai. Additional:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2947601/posts


5 posted on 10/20/2012 1:41:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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6 posted on 10/22/2012 12:43:46 PM PDT by SJackson (none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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was carrying 30 activists from Europe, Canada and

I didn't know we were sending our trash that far out?

7 posted on 10/23/2012 1:13:19 PM PDT by Lent
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was carrying 30 activists from Europe, Canada and

I didn't know we were sending our trash that far out?

8 posted on 10/23/2012 1:14:12 PM PDT by Lent
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