jerusalem post article link, page-106

"Israel transfers about 15,000 tons of supplies and humanitarian aid every week to the people of Gaza."

Yes, but only recently, it was reported, and purely only to de-legitimise the flotilla.

"Lawyers representing the family of Gilad Shalit, the kidnapped Israeli soldier held in isolation, had asked the protestors to take aid for him, they refused."

Ok, so you say the activists on board, including a member of the Israeli Knesset were holding Shalit? Interesting concept.

"Israel has said that it will deliver any humanitarian aid that was in the boats to Gaza, as it does daily. "

Israel stated that cement, building materials etc would NOT be delivered....in case Hamas built concrete rockets.
The Etc included medical supplies, the lack of which directly caused 28 deaths in Gaza in the last month.
So, tell me, what exactly WOULD they have delivered out of the cargo? Empty boxes?

"Israel has sought peace and compromise with its neighbors for all of its 62 years and it will continue to do so."

Is that why Israel continued to bomb Gaza during the cease-fire before the Gaza war, with its targetted assassinations that also killed women & children?


""We fully intend to go to Gaza regardless of any intimidation or threats of violence against us, they are going to have to forcefully stop us," said one of the flotilla's organizers."

And you did, but I dont think they anticipated being murdered.

"In the past, terrorist sympathizers have used aid deliveries to smuggle items like potassium nitrate in sugar sacks and used it to make bombs. Israel cannot afford to let goods get to Hamas unchecked."

Especially medical supplies or essentials for babies.

"Those on board carried out pre-planned violence, armed with knives and metal bars, each soldier being attacked by a mob of a dozen extremists. They threw one soldier off the top deck of the ship."

Yes, the metal bars were removed from the ship's railing to be used as weapons in case of an illegal boarding in international waters. The soldier looked like he actually fell into the lifeboat, not the ocean.
Oh, and a journalist testified that passengers had already died, shot through the top of the head from above BEFORE any troops had descended. Murder.

"The Israeli government maintains that allowing the illegal flotilla to reach Hamas would have opened a corridor of smuggling of weapons to Gaza and resulting in civilian deaths."

Possibly. But I'm sure an independent international scrutinizing team could have been arranged.

"Using the Arabic term 'intifada,' Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said "We call on all Arabs and Muslims to rise up in front of Zionist embassies across the whole world."

Yes, that was AFTER the Israeli act of murder at sea.

"As the flotilla made its way to meet him in Gaza, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said this week: "If the ships reach Gaza it is a victory; if they are intercepted, it will be a victory too"."

True. And it worked. Israel and the Gaza blockade were exposed for what they were.

"Turkey knew that the IHH (Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation) had organized the Flotilla, and supports the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, several Jihadist organizations in Bosina, Syria, Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere, and has ties with Al Qaeda."

Untrue or unproven conjecture.

"But Turkey did not prevent the Flotilla from disembarking and attacking Israel's sovereign right to protect itself from terrorists attempting to enter Gaza."

Getting a bit sillier. They are all terrorists on board the vessel, eh? Including your knesset member? I admire her courage and sense of right.

"Now Turkey is condemning Israel for the unfortunate casualties, and is leading the charge to condemn Israel at the U.N."

Unfortunate casualties? It was proven to be murder, as I stated above.

"Hamas is responsible for the suffering of both Palestinians and Israelis. Their racist charter calls for Islamic domination; their stance is unchanged and they repress any Palestinians that try and counter their regime."

Well, you guys made them what they are with your cruel repression and occupation. And what is the Israeli Charter?
Not the "Protocols" and world domination? lol

"Any police force in the world would respond to aggression; the provocation is the reason for this regrettable outcome. No country would allow illegal entry of any vessel into their waters without a security check."

So the "provocation" of a humanitarian convoy attempting to break an illegal blockade of an illegally occupied country justifies murder? You guys are in breach of every UN law that exists and also the Geneva Convention.
And still feel that you can just murder people with impunity? Make hay while the sun shines, because it wont last forever.............

GZ