Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
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Originally Posted by WIlDuce1883
How do I qualify being a "hater?" Answer that.
Perhaps it's your insistance that all was well with the armada, and it was the Isralei's aggression that started all this. Plus, the copy-n-paste propoganda, and the website links. Facts are bullshit in your eyes, if they don't jive with your misguided and misinformed ideology. Your postings reflect this.
You've heard of the cropping of photos by Reuters...? (an international news outlet) Got busted cropping a photo showing the knife-weilding "peaceavist" standing over a bloddy Isralei boarding party member. (knife and pool of blood missing in the first photo published) It's not Reuters' first brush with photoshopping to further the Palestinian agenda.
Please, tell us the one about the unarmed floatilla again...
Did Reuters Crop a Photo to Remove a Peace Activist’s Weapon? - Charles Johnson - The Lizard Annex - True/Slant
Again...some of us aren't clueless on the subject. Likely a good idea for you to learn the difference between facts and propoganda too, if you wish to sucessfully defend your position.
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
The same people separated by religion. They both carry the same or like genetic code. Talk about Cane and Able. :D
DNA study confirms geographical origin of Jews | Raw Story
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
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Originally Posted by bigsby
...It seems to be part of a strategy - get all worked up, jump up and down, yell and shout. Anything except debate the issues right? ...
:D
no offense, IB, but that is funny. you should have seen the comments that were deleted from a newly banned member on this thread. :buzz_saw:
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
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Originally Posted by delusionsofNORMALity
in some circumstances it shows a bias of some sort, but i don't think you can describe it as racism. the one thing that all jihadists have in common is a devotion to some fundamentalist form of islam. they come in all colors and, though a majority are from the middle east, from all over the world, so i really don't think that racism is the proper term.
racism is, however, the proper term if your goal is to engender a distrust of someone using the term "jihadist". though it has been over-used, it still elicits a certain dismay among the majority of westerners. ...
thats, true. maybe bigoted would be a better description. or just prejudiced. :twocents:
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
The Israeli government has admitted that its blockade of Gaza is not a security measure but actually an act of "economic warfare" against Hamas, an Israeli human rights group says.
In response to a lawsuit by the Tel-Aviv based Legal Center for Freedom of Movement (Gisha), the Israeli government explained the blockade as an exercise of the right of economic warfare, mcclatchydc.com reported on Wednesday.
"A country has the right to decide that it chooses not to engage in economic relations or to give economic assistance to the other party to the conflict, or that it wishes to operate using 'economic warfare,'" the Israeli government said in a written statement McClatchy obtained from Gisha.
Gisha sued the Israeli government for information about the blockade, the Israeli high court ruled in the human rights group's favor, and the government delivered its statement earlier this year.
The documents prove that Israel isn't imposing its blockade for its stated reasons, but rather as collective punishment for the Palestinian population of Gaza, Gisha Director Sari Bashi said.
In addition, an Israeli government spokesman, who spoke on condition anonymity, told McClatchy on Wednesday that the authorities will continue to ease the three-year blockade but "could not lift the embargo altogether as long as Hamas remains in control" of Gaza.
In a report issued on Tuesday, Gisha said the Israeli military allows just 97 different items to enter the Gaza Strip, as compared to the over 4,000 items that entered before June 2007, AFP reported.
The 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip are being deprived at a time when an average Israeli supermarket is stocked with 10,000 to 15,000 different items, Gisha stated.
The report also says that the Gazans are being denied access to goods that have no apparent military purpose, such as ginger, paper, vegetables, and musical instruments.
"(Israel) forbids the transfer to Gaza of large blocks of margarine intended for industrial usage yet allows in small packages of margarine for household consumption," Gisha noted.
"It bans the transfer of rubber, glue, and nylon, which are used in the production of diapers in the Strip, yet allows the transfer of diapers produced in Israel," the Gisha report added.
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Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
The immediate sanctions on Iran were designed to block out Israel's recent crimes. And AGAIN, I ask why does "Israel" not have any sanctions in regard to their nuclear WMD's?
Israel's Nuclear Facilities | atomicarchive.com
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
To: UN General Assembly
Dear UN General Assembly Members:
We, the undersigned citizens of the world, call on the United Nations General Assembly to rescind Israel's membership in the UN, as a step toward ending Zionist apartheid.
Israel's attack on a humanitarian aid fleet on Monday June 31, 2010, its murder of 19 human rights activists in international waters and wounding 50 others demonstrate that Israel rejects the structural tenets of our shared humanity, manifested in a global moral consensus and international law.
Countless UN resolutions call on Israel to respect international law. It abides by none of them. It should therefore lose its place among the global family of nations.
Israel has been violating international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention in its building of settlements, displacement of the indigenous population of Palestine, invasion of surrounding countries, killing and ethnically cleansing civilians systematically through the use of massacres. Israel has never been held accountable for the massacres of Deir Yassin, Qibya, Sabra and Shatilla, Qana, Gaza, and Jenin, for murdering Rachel Corrie, nor, as of today, for its massacre on the flotilla of international peace activists hoping to break Israel??s siege on the Palestinian people. As of 2007, Gaza has been turned into an open air prison housing 1.5 million people. Since 1948, Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship do not enjoy equal protection or rights under Israeli law for not being classified as ??Jewish Nationals.? Palestinian survivors of ethnic cleansing are denied the right to return.
We, the citizens of the world, call upon you to shape the 21st century with a new ethic, already enshrined in the United Nations. We call upon you to end Zionist apartheid and racial injustice by stripping Israel of its UN membership.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Strip Israel of UN membership Petition
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
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Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
By disarming the Muslim countries one by one, the neo-conservative US policy serves the Israeli objective of ??securing?? its expanding borders, which at present is confined to building settlements (land theft) in the occupied territories. When this episode is forgotten, Israel will try to occupy another piece of land using the pretext of security, no doubt the world will be told, Israel was compelled to act in self-defence; thus, creeping towards its ultimate dream of creating Eretz (greater) Israel that runs from the Nile, to the Euphrates. The latest attempts to intimidate nuclear-free Iran by nuclear Israel, reflects that long term Israeli ambition.
Here are the facts:
? Iran has not attacked any of its neighbours over the last 60 years, unlike belligerent Israel.
? Iran is a signatory to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) treaty, and has no nuclear weapons.
? With the direct help of the US, Israel has been armed with nuclear weapons, and the power of its conventional forces continues to increase in relation to the surrounding countries.
? Israel continues to build more settlement in the occupied territories, openly violating the UN resolutions in place.
? In direct contravention of International Law, Israel denies the right of the Palestinians to return to their homes, and concurrently permits any Jews to come and settle in occupied Palestine.
? In addition to state terrorism, the inhumane and illegal blockade of Gaza has turned it into an open concentration camp, and corroborates Israel??s brutal policy of ethnic cleansing.
? Israel refuses to become a signatory of the NPT, and denies the international inspection of its nuclear weapons.
? Recently, United Nations ratified a resolution aimed at creating a Middle East without any nuclear weapons, which is casually ignored by Israel.
? All the 189 signatories to the NPT agreed for the establishment of a Middle East without nuclear weapons. For this purpose, they have called on all Middle East nations to attend a conference to be held in 2012. Israel has confirmed they will not participate in this collective peace process.
? The agreement also, stressed "the importance of Israel's accession to the treaty and the placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards." Israel will not sign the NPT treaty.
Israel and the US oppose this unified move from the International community, the same old excuse of Israel??s security, and it rants about the ??threat?? from nuclear-free Iran. Over the years, the numerous military adventures undertaken by Israel have proven that its conventional force provides adequate security, not to mention, the mighty US is always ready to help should Israel need it.
Therefore, what does Israel do? It sends two of its submarine equipped with nuclear weapons to the coast of Iran. Israel??s possession of nuclear weapons with its record of disproportionately killing Arab civilians is not a problem for the US. Why should it be? The US has excelled in that arena. As for Israel, it continues to commit state-terrorism, assassination, and now piracy in international waters; from Ban Ki Moon to Obama and every other western leader looks on with regret after regret, whilst privileged Israel continues to ignore and plead the usual ??argument?? of: we are victims acting in self-defence.
After disarming Iraq, the first step towards disarming Iran is to ensure that it remains nuclear-free, whilst helping Israel to increase its strength. Power in international arena is always relative. That would leave Turkey as the only other Muslim country in the region. Perhaps, Turkey has spotted that, even as a NATO ally it too will be subjected to the same US-Israeli policy eventually and the noise is being made about saving the Armenians are ominous. This may partly explain why nationalist Turkey has have started to take a radically different stance on its relationship with Israel and the Arab countries, in recent times.
News: The US Foreign Policy: Disarm the Muslim World and Arm the Israelis | Wake Up From Your Slumber
Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed
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Originally Posted by WIlDuce1883
Do you know how much financial aid Israel contributes to America? None. All of Americans hard earned tax dollars goes towards Israel's wars.
Israeli request for more arms from US raises fears of regional violence
Israel has approached the United States for more bombs and asked Washington to increase an emergency arms cache stowed on Israeli soil by 50 per cent, according to the leading newspaper Ha'aretz.
The approach, made by Defence Minister Ehud Barak during a recent visit to Washington, reflects the heightened tensions in recent months between the Jewish state and its neighbours that have given rise to widespread fears within Israel of an imminent regional conflict.
News of the request emerged as members of the international community stepped up the pressure yesterday for a thorough and impartial probe of last week's Israeli raid of a Turkish vessel bound for Gaza with humanitarian aid that ended in a bloodbath.
The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, who was attending a regional security summit in Turkey, added to the criticism of Israel and said he would raise the question of who would conduct an inquiry with the United Nations.
Israel has agreed to carry out an investigation, which could be overseen by two international observers, but would be limited to a theoretical debate of the merits of the raid and the blockade. The commandos who led the raid would not be questioned.
Israel has defended its land and sea blockade of Gaza, arguing that it prevents the flow of weapons to Hamas, the Islamist group that governs the strip. Critics say it constitutes collective punishment that has led to a humanitarian crisis.
Fearing that its enemies are rearming along its borders, Jerusalem has asked Washington to increase the emergency stores by $400m (£278m) to $1.2bn and is also seeking to buy more Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs from the US, the liberal newspaper Ha'aretz reported, citing unnamed sources.
The JDAM is a sophisticated satellite-guided bomb used extensively by Israel in the Lebanon War in 2006 and in its Gaza offensive at the end of 2008.
The Israeli Ministry of Defence refused to comment on the report and the US State Department did not respond to requests for comment.
Washington agreed in December to double stores to $800m worth of arms, including rockets, bombs and armoured vehicles, allowing the Israeli forces to use the equipment with US approval in the case of an emergency.
Israel has already done so in the past, falling back on the US munitions during the Lebanon War in which at least 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis were killed.
The Israeli move reflects the country's growing sense of embattlement in a region largely hostile to it. Iran
has repeatedly threatened to erase Israel from the map, while Hizbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia group, has amassed thousands of rockets along Israel's northern border. Relations with Turkey, once Israel's closest ally in the region, have plunged to new lows following the flotilla raid.
"Israel does have a sense of the coalescing of an alliance which is committed sooner or later to war with Israel," said Jonathan Spyer, senior researcher at the Global Research in International Affairs Centre in Herzliya. "Everyone is building up frightening amounts of military hardware."
Israel recently accused Syria of providing Hizbollah with Scud missiles, a powerful weapon capable of hitting cities deep inside Israel. Syria vehemently denied the claims, countering that Israel was seeking a pretext for war.
Neither Hizbollah, still smarting from the previous conflict four years ago, nor Israel are likely to want another war, Spyer said. Any conflict with Hizbollah would likely spin out of control beyond Lebanon to include Syria and Iran.
The US, Israel's staunchest ally, provided $2.5bn in military aid to Israel last year, freeing up an equivalent amount for spending in other areas. It recently agreed to help fund the country's Iron Dome project, a controversial anti-missile system.
Israeli request for more arms from US raises fears of regional violence - Middle East, World - The Independent
