published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-13 20:23
Jerusalem - Ma'an - A report conducted by a Jerusalem rights center following the shooting death of a Palestinian man in East Jerusalem on Friday by Israeli border guards suggests he was shot point blank.
Ziad Al-Julani, 38, was shot and killed after he allegedly failed to stop at a checkpoint in the Wadi Joz neighborhood in the occupied part of the city.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-13 17:42
Five Palestinian families in the Jordan Valley, in the eastern part of the West Bank, received eviction orders from the Israeli military on Sunday, just days after Israeli settlers set up an illegal outpost on the families' land and took over a water well in the area. The eviction orders told the families to vacate their homes and land within ten days so that Israeli troops could occupy it.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-06-12 16:37
New footage has emerged of the Israeli assault on a convoy of aid ships headed to Gaza in which nine activists were killed.
Mail & Guardian (South Africa) 12 June 2010
The high quality film was reportedly recorded by New York-based documentary maker Iara Lee aboard the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship that bore the brunt of the Israeli attacks.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2010-06-07 11:34
I have for many years understood that we, people of conscience, are the true holders of power in this world. Frustratingly however we have largely relinquished that power and failed to reach our full potential. Our potential to create a better world, a just world. Nonetheless I have conspired with others of like mind to reveal and exercise our true power. In 2002 I initiated the TJP Human Shield Action to Iraq because I knew that the invasion of Iraq had been planned well in advance, that it was part of a ‘Global Spectrum Dominance’ agenda as laid out by the Project For A New American Century.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2010-06-07 10:44
The last member of the international aid convoy, the Rachel Corrie MV, has not made it to its Gaza destination at the scheduled time mid-morning Saturday, according to local media reports.
Finian Cunningham, Global Research, 5 June 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2010-06-07 09:57
A British-born al-Jazeera producer recalls his ordeal on the Gaza flotilla
The Independent, 6 June 2010
I joined the Mavi Marmara in Istanbul on Friday 21 May as one of between 30 and 40 journalists reporting on the flotilla's mission to Gaza. I am a journalist for al-Jazeera.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2010-06-07 09:46
German Jewish group prepares flotilla to protest Israel's blockade on Gaza. 'Activists frightened, but not by Hamas,' member of organization says.
YNetNews, 06 June 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 23:45
Captured, disarmed hijackers did not face "lynching" as Israel claimed
The website of Turkish newspaper Hürriyet published a gallery of photos showing Israeli soldiers captured after their attack on the Mavi Marmara in international waters in the early hours of 31 May.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 23:40
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has called for the formation of an international investigation committee to probe Israel's deadly attack on Gaza-bound aid ships.
Press TV, 6 June 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 23:34
Free Gaza Movement - June 6th 2010 - The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign has just recieved word that the five Irish prisoners from the MV Rachel Corrie, which was hijacked yesterday by Israeli forces, are due to arrive in Dublin airport at 11.20am tomorrow morning. There will be a welcoming committee to meet them and press conference to follow at 3pm in The Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dulin 2. Included among the five returning are Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Ireland and Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General, Ireland.
published by joeblow on Sun, 2010-06-06 09:45
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 08:26
Dubai/Cairo: According to a report in The Guardian, an Algerian activist, who gave her name as Sabrina, revealed that Israeli troops pointed their gun at a one-year-old Turkish child in front of his parents to force the captain of the Mavi Marmara to stop sailing.
Gulf News, 3 June 2010
Many reports have emerged from among the 124 activists who crossed over into Amman, Jordan, yesterday.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 08:17
I have, of course, been outraged at armed men boarding ships in international waters, killing passengers on board who attempt to resist and then forcing their ship to the hijackers' home port. I am, of course, talking about the Somali pirates who are preying on Western ships in the Indian Ocean. How dare those terrorists dare to touch our unarmed vessels on the high seas? And how right we are to have our warships there to prevent such terrorist acts.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 08:10
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:51
Rich Wiles views Israel’s murder of peace activists aboard the Gaza-bound international aid flotilla against the background of a long history of Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. He reminds us that, even as the world was mourning the murder of the peace activists, Israeli soldiers and settlers continued to murder Palestinians.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:40
Tel Aviv - Ma'an - 6 June 2010 - Israel's military came under intense scrutiny Saturday after releasing a new, heavily edited version of a video it had distributed to journalists in the days following its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy.
Initially distributing footage of its navy radioing the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara prior to a raid that left nine dead Monday, the military released a new version Friday that it said proves its claims that many aboard were religious extremists.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:34
Twenty-eight children lost their fathers as a result of the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla.
Press TV, 05 June 2010
Nine people were shot dead on May 31 by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara as it attempted to transport humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.
Eight of them were fathers whose children are now yatims due to the Israeli assault on the Freedom Flotilla.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:29
Jamal Elshayyal, a journalist with al-Jazeera, woke with a start to the opening salvos of an Israeli assault that would transform the decks of the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish vessel bound for Gaza, into a bloodbath.
The Independent, 6 June 2010
published by joeblow on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:26
Activist Idris Simsek, who was on board one of the six ships of the Freedom Flotilla during the Israeli attack, claims that four wounded activists were thrown into the sea.
The Israeli troops also put immense psychological pressure on the activists of the Freedom Flotilla, the Turkish daily Today's Zaman quoted Simsek as saying in an article published on Saturday.
Simsek said they expected some harassment from the Israeli forces but did not expect an armed attack.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:23
Excerpt from the diary of prize-winning crime author Henning Mankell
I've just dropped off when I am woken again. Out on deck I see that the big passenger ferry is floodlit. Suddenly there is the sound of gunfire. So now I know that Israel has chosen the route of brutal confrontation. In international waters.
published by pandora on Sat, 2010-06-05 16:37
Nine Martyrs Dead, Many Hostages Still Held - Second Attack in a Week - International Outcry!
For the second time this week, heavily armed pirates from Israel have captured a legally registered humanitarian aid ship in route to Gaza City. Today, the MV Rachel Corrie was captured in a bold daylight raid. This came unexpectedly, as the pirates are cowards, and previously used the cover of darkness to hide their barbarous acts.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-06-05 16:05
Nine Turkish men on board Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times, autopsy results reveal.
The Guardian, 5 June 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-06-05 15:26
Autopsy results on the nine Turkish activists killed in Monday's raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship showed they had been shot a total of 30 times, many at close range, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday.
France 24, 5 June 2010
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-06-05 10:21
Week-long ban is initiated by Swedish Port Workers Union, who says act is reaction to the 'unprecedented criminal attack on the peaceful ship convoy.'
Haaretz, 5 June 2010
Swedish dockworkers will launch a weeklong blockade of Israeli ships and goods arriving in the Nordic nation to protest Monday's attack on a Gaza-destined aid flotilla.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2010-06-05 10:02
Israeli troops have taken control of an aid ship trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military says soldiers boarded the Irish-owned vessel from the sea and did not meet any resistance.
It says the ship is now being taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod. There has been no word from those on board.
It comes days after nine people died in clashes when Israel troops boarded a Turkish aid ship, triggering international condemnation.
published by joeblow on Sat, 2010-06-05 07:14
The NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief, whose objectivity was cast into doubt because his son actively serves in the IDF, has just published a detailed article on the flotilla massacre.
The second paragraph jumps off the page:
The crack of an Israeli sound grenade and a hail of rubber bullets from above were supposed to disperse activists, but instead set them into motion. And when three Israeli commandos slid down ropes out of helicopters to take over the ship, a crowd set upon them.
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