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Jul 19 2011

Israeli commandos intercept, board last dregs of Gaza floptilla

From the original armada of Leftist boats that intended to invade Israeli waters, only one sad, ridiculous yacht, The Déplorable, er, Dignite al Karama, eventually made it into Israel’s maritime authority before being intercepted by the Israeli Navy.

After a crew of over a dozen hot, smelly pro-terrorist activists refused to divert course away, IDF soldiers boarded, and commandeered the ship. They met with no resistance. The Israeli navy treated their deluded foes with food and beverages, and a health check-up.

Among the passengers were the Commie, Jacqueline Le Corre, a member of the French Communist Party; Commie Jean-Claude Lefort, a former French member of the European Parliament, and Amira Hass, a correspondent for Israel’s loathsome, Leftist rag, Haaretz.

This latest failure on the part of the International Left won’t sink their plans to bring down Israel, however. The Islamonazi-sympathizers are committed radicals, and are already plotting their next effort.

 on Jul 19, 2011

The Israel Navy peacefully boarded the Al-Karama after it declared unwillingness to dock at Israel’s Ashdod port. Not long ago, Israel Navy forces began towing the Al-Karama to Israel’s Ashdod port.

Passengers aboard the Al-Karama received food and beverages by the soldiers. Upon reaching Israel’s Ashdod port, activists will undergo standard security procedures before being processed by the Ministry of Interior and the immigration authorities.

The Israel Navy is steadfast in its commitment to lawfully enforce the naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. According to international law, it is lawful for Israel to impose a naval blockade on the Gaza Strip because it is currently in a state of armed conflict with the Hamas terrorist organization, the ruling entity of the Gaza Strip (see the law of blockade for more information). The Hamas terrorist organization is designated as a terrorist entity by the US, UK, EU and state of Israel.

Useful idiots

Israel Hayom - The Israel Navy on Tuesday afternoon intercepted and boarded the Gaza-bound Dignite al-Karama, the last remnant of the pro-Palestinian flotilla which had planned to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Soldiers met no resistance as they boarded, and offered activists onboard food and beverages, as well as checked their health, according to reports from the ship confirmed by the Israel Defense Forces.

The navy began towing the boat to Ashdod port after commandos took control of the vessel.

The Karama is the only ship remaining of a larger flotilla that had planned to sail weeks ago and was blocked by Greek authorities, and stymied by technical difficulties in what activists described as Israeli acts of sabotage.

Thirteen pro-Palestinian activists and three crew members were aboard the vessel intercepted on Tueday. The activists were transferred to a navy vessel and will be charged with “illegal entry,” on their arrival in Ashdod, according to media reports.

Before boarding the ship, the IDF warned the French-owned vessel it would not be allowed to dock in Gaza, offering them instead to dock in El Arish in Egypt or Ashdod port in Israel.

Naval forces made contact with the passengers of the Dignite al-Karama on Tuesday morning, in an attempt to dissuade them from approaching the Gaza coastline. The navy said it would permit the ship and its passengers to turn back at any point it chooses before soldiers board the ship.

“The yacht was told that it is on a route leading to an area under a maritime security blockade off the coast of Gaza, and that any supplies they may have on board may be transferred, legally, through the existing land crossings and the Ashdod Port,” an IDF statement said.

The navy added that it would prevent the ship from reaching Gaza and would continue to enforce the blockade of Gaza, which Israel insists is legal.

Activists on board the ship who updated their Twitter accounts wrote that navy had asked for their location and they gave it to them. They reportedly said that four navy ships were tracking the boat.

Israel on Monday warned that the ship would be intercepted if it tried to breach the maritime blockade of the coastal territory, after activists said they expected to reach Gaza by Tuesday afternoon.

“If this boat is on its way to Gaza, which is a breach of international maritime law, and tries a provocative act — yes, we shall intercept it,” Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said on Monday.

Media reports on Tuesday morning said that the ship was about 40 miles from the Gaza coastline, yet still in international waters.

One of the Greek activists on board reportedly spoke with navy officers and vowed that the ship was not carrying cargo or weapons. He said the ship was carrying 13 activists and three crew members, and said their destination was the port of Gaza.

The ship departed from the Greek island of Kastellorizo late Saturday, and declared Alexandria, Egypt, as its destination so that it could sail. Greece has banned ships planning to join the flotilla from sailing from its ports, and the Greek coast guard blocked at least two ships that attempted to make their way toward Gaza.

Thomas Sommer-Houdeville, one of the activists on the ship, on Monday told the Agence France-Presse news agency: “We hope to arrive between 12 noon and 2 p.m.; we don’t want to go during the night.” He said the yacht was carrying a “symbolic message of peace and hope and love.”

According to Free Gaza, one of the flotilla’s organizers, the ship’s passengers include Jacqueline Le Corre, a member of the French Communist Party; Jean-Claude Lefort, a former French member of the European Parliament, and Haaretz correspondent Amira Hass.

Israel has insisted the naval blockade on Gaza is intended to prevent arms from reaching Hamas rulers in the Gaza Strip.   (more >>>)

Jul 7 2011

American flotilla entry tosses in the oars, heads home

Obama voters marooned on a dream.

The American entry into the now defunct Gaza Floptilla, “The Audacity of Dopes Hope,” inspired by President Barack Hussein Obama and his book of the same name, has called it quits and is headed home.

Now eyes turn to Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport where hundreds of Leftists are expected to land beginning today in what the Islamonazi-sympathizers are calling an “aerial flotilla“.

Israeli security has gone on high alert and few if any of the would-be trouble makers will likely make it out of the airport.

The great funsters at Latma, Israel’s popular parody site, have put out a new video mocking the Floptilla goofballs. The Audacity of Dopes Band sings “Guns, Guns” Guns”.

Arutz Sheva - Organizers behind the US ‘Audacity of Hope’ Gaza flotilla ship announced Wednesday they were throwing in the towel and would not be going to Gaza.

“The Greek government’s willingness to serve as the enforcer of Israeli’s naval blockade of Gaza made it impossible for this journey to happen,” organizers complained on their website.

“Now our folks are beginning the journey home – some will arrive today, some tomorrow and others in the days ahead,” the organizers wrote of the ship’s 37 passengers and 4 crew.

Its captain, John Klusmire, was arrested after he refused to return to port, sparking a 2-hour standoff that was only concluded when Greek commandos boarded the vessel and forced it to return to a Greek military dock, where it has been impounded.

Klusmire was subsequently charged with attempting to violate the Greek no-sail policy on Gaza and endangering his passengers before being released on his own recognizance.

Nine other passengers from the Audacity were arrested for staging a protest without a permit in front of the American embassy in Athens after the incident, but were subsequently released.

The ‘Audacity’ is not the only ship involved in the this year’s ‘Freedom Flotilla 2′ to have met its Waterloo in Greece. Most of the 10-boat flotilla has found itself impeded by the Hellenic Coast Guard.

The Canadian vessel Tahrir attempted to interfere with the Hellenic Coast Guard cutter that blocked their departure by sending kayakers into its path. The move was to no avail and the captain of the cutter ultimately rammed the Canadian vessel to force it back to port.

Four Canadians involved in the incident – including one of the kayakers – remain in Greek custody at this time.

Previous post on the Floptilla.

Jul 6 2011

Israeli police ready for hundreds of Leftists in ‘flight flotilla’

Flightilla?

As the naval flotilla continues to break up into flotsam and jetsam, hundreds of Leftist Islamonazi-sympathizers have switched to flying into Ben Gurion to cause what mischief and mayhem they can. They are expected to start arriving on Thursday.

I’m confident most all of them will be caught. Leftists smell foul, and so will be easy to spot. The Che Guevara T-shirts will be a give away, too.

The Leftists are complaining that they are misunderstood, and all they want to do is visit Fakestinian families, but the mean old Zionists won’t let them. Why not visit the families of the hundreds of Syrian protestors that have been gunned down by Bashir Assad in recent weeks? Or how about the brave Iranians who are struggling for freedom? Because Leftists are moral cowards, and because it isn’t and never has been about the Palestinians.

Since Leftists don’t believe in work, one has to wonder who is paying for their airplane tickets.

Jerusalem Post - Hundreds of pro-Palestinian foreign activists taking part in an ‘aerial flotilla’ to the West Bank are expected to begin arriving at Ben Gurion Airport from Thursday night onward, according to police assessments.

Three people were declined entry into Israel in recent days after their names appeared on a no-entry list, police said, though it was not immediately clear whether the individuals were directly connected to the upcoming organized arrivals.

Police on Wednesday began boosting their presence in and around the main international arrivals area at Terminal 3, with regular units and Special Patrol Units mobilized.

By Thursday afternoon, the full police deployment will be in effect.

“The main aim is to prevent sporadic incidents,” the spokesman added. The majority of the flights carrying activists are due to arrive from Europe.

“We are aware that the whole point of the protesters is to create a media buzz aimed at embarrassing the State of Israel,” said Cmdr. Bentsi Sao, head of the central police district in which the airport is located.

“We know they cannot arrive with weapons… and that they will try to create provocations,” Sao said, adding that his officers have been ordered to act with restraint.

At the same time, anyone found “disrupting the peace, or attacking police or Interior Ministry officials” will be arrested, he warned. (more >>)

Jul 3 2011

Flotilla flotsam and jetsam roundup

'Audacity of D'oh!' leaves port only to surrender to Greek commandos hours later.

Here’s a brief roundup of some of the latest flotilla flotsam and jetsam.

When we last left off, the boat belonging to the Irish gang of useful idiots was said to have suffered sabotage from Mossad sharks. This has since been denied by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported Friday that the damage caused to the Irish ship might not be a result of sabotage at all. According to the report, investigations have also revealed that the ship was damaged before it entered Turkish waters.

Chock it up to the luck of the Irish or whatever, the boat has pulled out of the race to see who can make the biggest fools of themselves.

Of all the contestants, it appears that it is the American boat, named in honor of Barack Hussein Obama and his book by the same name, ‘The Audacity of Hope,’ that has pulled into first place in the flotilla of fools.

They left port without permission from Greek authorities and were chased down by the Greek coast guard carrying heavily armed commandos. The Washington Times reports:

The boat was carrying 36 passengers, four crew and about 10 members of the media. Its attempt to sail Friday night from the port of Perama, near Athens, was thwarted by coast guard speedboats. On the same day, Greece had announced it was banning vessels heading to Gaza from leaving Greek ports.

Arutz Sheva wrote:

Without support from most mainstream media, flotilla activists were dealt blow after blow as Turkey, and now Greece, have barred ships from heading for Gaza under suspicion that they may be violating international law.

Lloyds insurance company, after being warned of possible violations, cancelled its coverage of the flotilla boats following a warning by the Israel Law Center that it would be liable for lawsuits. Similar legal warnings were sent to suppliers of maritime communications equipment.

Flotsam and jetsam.

So, it looks more and more like the flotilla’s sailing days are over.

Their propaganda armada sprang a thousand tiny leaks and proved unseaworthy in the face of a withering storm of well-executed counter measures by the forces of good.

Will the Leftist terrorist sympathizers sail back to their black lagoons, or relaunch?

The Left never gives up. Their war on freedom, justice, and anything good or decent is eternal, so either way, we haven’t heard the last of them.

Heh.

Jun 30 2011

Second flotilla ship suffers mysterious propeller trouble, throws in the towel

Oops. 2 down 8 to go. Or is it already down to six now. Depends on the story.

Anyway, another bummer for the flotsam flotilla as it seems a second boat suffered a mysterious shark attack to its propeller. This time it was the Irish entry and they say they are throwing in the towel. Buh-bye!

Irish Times - AN IRISH ship, the MV Saoirse , will not take part in the planned freedom flotilla which is preparing to sail to Gaza because it has been sabotaged, according to one of the ship’s intended passengers.

Speaking last night from the Turkish port of Göcek, Fintan Lane, the national co-ordinator of Irish Ship to Gaza organisation, said that the ship would not be able to sail as it had been “dangerously sabotaged”, according to the organising campaign.

He said that the damage to the ship was discovered on Monday night when the captain noticed that there was something wrong. Divers found that a piece was missing from one of the propeller shafts.

“This was the type of sabotage that endangered human life,” Mr Lane said last night. “They put divers under the boat who cut a piece out of the propeller shaft. That means that the damage would have happened gradually and what would have happened eventually is that the propeller would have come up through the bottom of the boat, caused a flood in the engine room and would have caused the boat to sink.”

He said the attack was “unnerving” for the crew, classifying it as a “violent attack” on the lives of those aboard. He said pictures detailing the damage to the ship would be published by the campaign today during a press conference in Dublin. (more >>>)

See earlier posts about or related to the Gaza mega-flotilla:

Jun 28 2011

One flotilla ship mysteriously loses propeller, Mossad shark?

One down, about nine to go.

It seems someone might have sabotaged the flotilla ship jointly owned by Swedish, Greek, and Norwegian Islamonazi sympathizers.

I’m no expert, but from what I’ve gathered, performing such an operation is not an easy task.

I think it was this guy.

I also love that the American boat named in honor of Barack Hussein Obama, ‘The Audacity of Hope,’ is being held up on charges that it, like the Obama Administration itself,  is “not seaworthy”. Heh. I love these guerilla lawyers.

CSM (h/t Weasel Zippers)  — A ship jointly owned by Swedish, Greek, and Norwegian activists hoping to join a flotilla of activist vessels challenging Israel’s economic blockade of Gaza, had its propeller cut while in Athen’s harbor today. A spokesman contacted by the Monitor said that the damage was a deliberate act of sabotage.

Israel and its allies have been working hard to head off the planned flotilla, which is hoping to enter the waters off Gaza in the next week. Col. (ret) Ann Wright, who’s organizing a US vessel named the Audacity of Hope for the flotilla, says her ship has been detained in Athens on spurious charges that it’s not seaworthy. She says that charge was made by an Israeli legal group.

Now the Juliano is held up. Mikael Löfgren, a spokesman for Ship to Gaza Sweden, says the damage was discovered at 6:30 in the evening Athens time today, and that divers probably cut the propeller in the past 24 hours.

“The reports I’m receiving is that it’s certain that it was sabotage,” says Mr. Löfgren, reached by phone in Sweden. “The propeller and [propeller shaft] has been cut and we have divers that have filmed the damages. Experts have said there’s no doubt” that the damage was deliberate.

He says that repairing the damage will take a few days. As to who is responsible, he declined to speculate. “We simply don’t know who did it, but it’s obviously a hostile act,” says Löfgren.

Meanwhile, there are reports that the Gaza flotsam are preparing “surprises” for IDF soldiers who may have to board their ships – deadly surprises.

Jerusalem Post - IDF sources said Monday night that new intelligence information obtained in recent days shows that participants of the flotilla planning to break Israel’s seablockade over the Gaza Strip later this week plan to kill IDF soldiers who board their ships.

Audacity of dopes.

According to the information obtained by the IDF, some of the participants have prepared sacks with sulfur, which they plan to pour on the soldiers as they board the vessels.

“This is a chemical weapon, and if poured on a soldier it can paralyze him,” an IDF source told The Jerusalem Post Monday night. “If the sulfur is then lit on fire, the soldier will light up like a torch.”

The information was obtained from closed meetings held by participants on the ships during which some voiced their intention to “murder Israeli soldiers,” according to the IDF.

It’s hard to believe that these Leftists could be so stupid as to try such a thing. But, then again, if they weren’t morons, they wouldn’t be Leftists.

Jun 25 2011

Alice Walker shows true colors: thinks America and Israel biggest terror states, joins Gaza flotilla

Terrorist sympathizer.

Because overrated has-been Liberal hack Alice Walker thinks that America and Israel are the world’s worst terror states, she has decided to join the terrorist-supporting Gaza flotilla. She has called the Leftist activists, “some of the best people on earth.”

Walker has no problem with Islamic terrorists who target innocent women and children, and who call for the eradication of an entire people, as the Hamas charter does.

She has no problem with Muslim ‘honor killings,’ female genital mutilation, second-class citizenship for women, or any of the myriad of other daily outrages committed upon her fellow ‘sisters’ throughout the Islamic world.

Walker has been feeding off of the fame of a single book published in 1982, The Color Purple. After 30 years of mediocrity, she feels compelled to start a new career as a supporter for radical Islam and its adherents. The very country whose freedom allowed her to live a life of fame, money, and privilege, she repays with slanderous bile.

Hey Alice, do you think a book like ‘The Color Purple’ could ever have been published in an Islamic country and then made into a major motion picture? More Israelis have probably read your book and seen your movie than the entire Arab world combined.

But hey, thanks for allowing posterity to know who the real Alice Walker is, and what an absolute fraud and ignoramus she truly is.

See Phyllis Chesler’s take down of Alice Walker in her pieces, ‘Alice Walker: Stop Telling Lies About Israel’ and ‘The Flotilla of Fools off to Gaza’.

Foreign Policy via Big Hollywood - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker will join the flotilla of ships next week that will try to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip. She says the goal is to bring supplies and raise awareness of the situation there. Last May, during a similar attempt by activists, Israel raided six ships. On one, clashes broke out and Israeli commandos killed nine people.

Foreign Policy: Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said the stated goal of “humanitarian assistance” was a false pretext for your mission — and it’s actually designed to serve an extremist political agenda, and that many of the groups participating in the mission maintain ties with extremist and terrorist organizations, including Hamas. Your reaction?

Alice Walker: I think Israel is the greatest terrorist in that part of the world. And I think in general, the United States and Israel are great terrorist organizations themselves. If you go to Gaza and see some of the bombs — what’s left of the bombs that were dropped — and the general destruction, you would have to say, yeah, it’s terrorism.

See earlier posts about or related to the Gaza mega-flotilla:

Jun 22 2011

NY Times, CNN, CBS to violate international law and join terrorist sympathizers in flotilla

America’s Useful Idiot Media is going to participate in the breaking of international law and give the Hamas terrorist cult and their fellow travellers in the U.S. millions of dollars worth of free propaganda.

Oh these brave Liberals in the media. They ignore what’s going on in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, and Sudan, where every day dozens of citizens are mowed down by terrorists or their own governments.

But they will brave those treacherous waters of America’s best and most loyal ally!

This is how low the Liberal media has sunk. May they and the rest of the passengers and crew sink all the way to the ocean floor.

No one could ever prove it, but considering how tight the Obama Administration is with these scumbags, it is not far-fetched to wonder whether Obama and all the other Alinsky apostles in his administration of radicals is behind the idea. If it isn’t their way of getting back at Netanyahu for his unwillingness to allow Israel to commit national suicide by signing on to Obama’s final solution to the problem of the Jewish State.

Will the Jew-haters at the Times, CNN, and CBS be traveling on the American flotilla entry, ‘Audacity of Hope,’ named in honor of Barack Hussein Obama and his moronic book?

There are no journalists anymore in the mainstream media. They are nothing but provocateurs and state-run apparatchiks, a monolithic 5th column of arrogant, overpaid self-loathing miscreants.

The mainstream media – making Goebbels proud 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Commentary (h/t Weasel Zippers) - Journalists from a variety of news outlets – including the New York Times and full camera crews from CNN, CBS – will be covering the anti-Israel flotilla from aboard one of the ships, according to The Nation correspondent Joseph Dana (who will also report from the flotilla).

While it’s hard to blame reporters for seeking out a colorful story, they should realize by joining the activists on the boat they are actually making themselves a part of the story. They will be with the flotilla when it attempts to violate international law by trying to break Israel’s legally-established naval blockade. And they could potentially interfere with the Israeli military’s ability to do its job if IDF soldiers are forced to board the ships.

The one upside of this development is at least now flotilla activists will have a more difficult time  attacking IDF soldiers with knives once the network news cameras are rolling. But the unfortunate downside is these reporters are giving the flotilla activists exactly what they’re aiming for – media attention. Seeing as there’s no humanitarian reason for the flotilla (which is even more obvious now that the Egyptian border with Gaza has been opened), its only point is to generate publicity. The activists are sure to receive a lot of media coverage this time around – and they won’t even have to resort to stabbing soldiers to get it.

See also Phyllis Chesler’s piece - The Flotilla of Fools off to Gaza. In it she shames the media, and especially the colossally ignorant useful idiot, Alice Walker, who is also joining the flotilla.

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

Jun 19 2011

The useful-idiot flotilla

J.E. Dyer writing in Hotair’s Green Room has a good post on how it is American, Canadian, and European Leftists who are most determined to see the Gaza flotilla invade Israel. Turkey pulled out, but that hasn’t stopped the useful idiots from the US and Canadian, Ireland, Switzerland-Germany, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, and Norway-Sweden, and possibly a couple from Spain.

Dyer points out that if all these Leftists really wanted to do was to deliver humanitarian aid, they have two sound alternatives available:  having it trucked in from Israel or having it trucked in from Egypt. But, of course, it isn’t and never has been about aid. Just like peace is not about land or settlements.

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Hotair - The Turkish Islamist organization IHH has decided not to participate in the upcoming flotilla attempt to break the blockade of Gaza.  As reported last week, IHH was under pressure from the Turkish government to drop out of the flotilla, presumably because the timing doesn’t look right for Turkey to precipitate an armed confrontation with Israel.  (After the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010, Turkey warned that it might provoke just such a confrontation by providing a naval escort for future flotillas.)

This will mean no Turkish ships in the flotilla.  Earlier this week, the French shippulled out of the flotilla when pressure from French Jewish groups prevented it from docking in Marseilles, where it was to load its activists.

The ships left in the flotilla are the US and Canadian “Boats to Gaza,” the Irish Boat, the Swiss-German Boat, the Italian Boat, the Greek Boat, the Netherlands Boat, the Norwegian-Swedish Boat, and possibly one or two Spanish Boats. (CrethiPlethi has a very extensive write-up from late May.)  That tally squares roughly with the Wednesday statement of activist Adam Shapiro (founder of the International Solidarity Movement, or ISM) that about 10 ships, other than the IHH contingent, would sail in the flotilla, which will reportedly get underway next week.

Thus, it is ships sailing under the flags of NATO and the EU that will be attempting to break the blockade of Gaza.  But not all the flags of NATO; only the flags that fly over the liberal, democratic, traditionally Christian nations.  In the surreal progress of events, Islamic Turkey has dropped out.

As CrethiPlethi’s article reveals, proto-flotilla surges from elsewhere have yielded mixed results.  Indonesia reportedly has a flotilla movement, but there has been nothing concrete from it in the way of a boat or any real publicity. Malaysia’s Perdana foundation, brainchild of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, has of course been behind actual flotilla ships, but none are sailing with the All-American/European flotilla this month.  Perdana supported M/VRachel Corrie in the 2010 flotilla, and most recently was behind the antics of M/VFinch, which made a separate attempt to break the blockade in May 2011.

Also in 2010, activists in Lebanon, Europe, and the US sought to mount the “women’s flotilla” that was to sail from Beirut.  Lebanese authorities prevented it from leaving port on the occasion of its highest state of readiness, and it eventually came to nothing.

So we reach June 2011, and the All-American/European anti-Israel flotilla.  It’s worth noting just a couple of the activists who will be participating – as they did last year – in the 2011 flotilla.  Dror Feiler, ubiquitous spokesman of the Swedish Free Gaza Movement, is a revolutionary- and musician-about-town who hangs out with IHH, Hamas, and the bloodthirsty terrorists of Colombia’s Marxist FARC insurgency.  Douglas Farah reported a year ago that the Swedish-Israeli Feiler was on the board of FARC’s external propaganda agency, ANNCOL.  When Paul Reyes, FARC’s chief ideologue, was killed in 2008, Feiler left a comment at the website of a news story –  about US activists who were mourning Reyes – recalling his visits to FARC, expressing his sympathy, and posting the link to a music video he had made featuring FARC revolutionary songs.

Paul Larudee is a San Francisco Bay-area activist and piano tuner who participated in the 2010 flotilla under the aegis of ISM and his own Free Gaza Movement of Northern California.  Larudee was photographed in 2008 with other activists receiving medals from Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, long-time terrorist and protégé of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin.  Famous for writing uphis moving opportunity to stay at the home of a successful suicide bomber, Larudee ran afoul of Israeli officials when he attempted to enter the West Bank in 2006 after years of conducting anti-Israel activity (Larudee’s reported objective: to “tune more than 40 pianos in the Palestinian Authority area”).

Blogger Lee Kaplan went undercover to attend an ISM training session sponsored by Larudee in San Francisco, at which he learned to deceive Israeli immigration authorities and help Palestinians confound IDF soldiers (see here for the ISM connection with terrorists who participated in the London tube bombing).  Larudee is now planning to send an aircraft to break the blockade of Gaza, as discussed in his interview on Iranian television with British nutball politician George Galloway, the former MP who spoke candidly to Arab media of having given cars and cash to Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, and then lied about it to the English-language media.

So it’s down to the Western fringe leftists, who merit the title “useful idiots” as much as anyone ever has, and Hamas.  That’s who is still planning, as of right now, to aim a gaggle of ships flying the flags of our nations at the Gaza coast and try to break the blockade, so that Israel can’t keep weapons from flowing to Hamas.  If all the activists wanted to do was deliver humanitarian aid, they have two sound alternatives available:  having it trucked in from Israel or having it trucked in from Egypt.  But, of course, that’s not what their goal is, as they have already acknowledged.

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

Jun 6 2011

Israel human rights group sends warning shot over bow of flotilla enablers

Good thinking.

The Israel Law Center in Tel Aviv, Shurat HaDin, is going on the offensive.

The Israeli human rights group is warning maritime insurance companies and Immarsat, the satellite company that provides guidance systems and communications services for the boats in the upcoming mega-flotilla, that they will be legally liable for any future terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas.

Shurat HaDin, Israel Law Center, is an Israeli based civil right organization and world leader in combating the terrorist organizations and the regimes that support them through lawsuits litigated in courtrooms around the world. Fighting for the rights of hundreds of terror victims, Shurat HaDin seeks to bankrupt the terror groups and grind their criminal activities to a halt – one lawsuit at a time. Read more about them >
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Pajamas Media - Shurat HaDin — the Israel Law Center in Tel Aviv — has been in the forefront of the legal battle against terrorism for some time, instituting lawsuits in favor of the victims of terror throughout the world. Many of these suits have been successful and have broken new ground.

Recently they have turned their attention to the Gaza Flotillas in an attempt to place legal restraints on these enterprises, which are in reality anti-Israeli propaganda and Hamas terror supply operations, masquerading as relief ships for an “impoverished” and “blockaded” Gaza.

Another Flotilla has been planned for this summer. Shurat HaDin responded by sending letters to maritime insurance companies. These letters placed the companies on notice concerning the Gaza Flotilla and warned them that if they provide insurance (a necessary component in the effort to smuggle contraband to the terrorists) that they themselves will be legally liable for any future terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas.

Sunday Shurat HaDin announced that they have sent similar warning letters to Immarsat, the satellite company that provides guidance systems and communications services for these boats, including the flotilla flagship Mavi Marmara. They too would be liable for massive damages and criminal prosecution should terror result from contraband carried by these boats.

Watch PJMedia soon for more strategies by Shurat HaDin for stopping the Flotilla by legal means. The law center’s press release on Immersat follows:  (more >>>)

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

May 10 2011

Gaza mega-flotilla shooting for late June

Flotilla passenger

I’ve been keeping you updated on the promised mega-flotilla being put together by the unholy alliance of Leftists and terrorists (see below links).

Seems now the floating pond scum have decided on a date, the 3rd week in June. Originally, they planned to arrive at about this time, Israel Independence Day, or as the Jew-haters refer to it, ‘the nakba’, the disaster.

But, too bad for them, they couldn’t get their act together in time, and so had to push back the date.

The “Freedom Flotilla” coalition said Marseille, France, was one of various European departure points for the convoy, and that it welcomed “the recent addition” of a Swiss-German boat. Most of the participants, of course, are Eurotrash, radical Leftists who are upset that Hitler had failed, but are hoping that the Fakestinians, all of whom supported Hitler in World War II, let’s not forget, will succeed in finishing the job.

Weapons used to attack Israeli soldiers

The coalition said organizers will head to Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday to seek the support of anti-Israel European parliamentarians, something Europe has more than plenty of.

The nutjobs did not say how many boats were participating, but IHH, an Islamonazi aid group in Turkey, has said it expects the convoy to be at least twice as big as the one that attempted to reach Gaza last year, which would mean about 12 ships.

Ynet - An aid flotilla will depart for the Gaza Strip in the third week of June, just over a year after a similar flotilla was raided by Israeli forces, leaving nine people dead on a Turkish boat, activists said Monday.

A coalition of pro-Palestinian groups, most of them based in Europe, announced the date in a statement after a meeting in Paris. The unfolding plans for the new flotilla set up a possible confrontation with Israel, which has vowed to stop any attempt to breach its sea blockade of Gaza.

Activists had originally planned to depart on May 31, the anniversary of the botched Israeli commando raid. The delayed departure appears at least partly related to Turkey’s plans for parliamentary elections on June 12.

Turkish activists, who are in contact with the government but say they operate independently, had said they wanted to leave after the vote for fear any controversy could disrupt the election debate.

Turkish officials, who have stepped up criticism of Israel since the three-week war in Gaza that ended in early 2009, have indicated that the Turkish activists are free to sail from home waters.

The “Freedom Flotilla” coalition said Marseille, France, was one of various European departure points for the convoy, and that it welcomed “the recent addition” of a Swiss-German boat. It did not say how many boats were participating, but IHH, an Islamic aid group in Turkey, has said it expects the convoy to be at least twice as big as the one that attempted to reach Gaza last year.

The coalition said organizers will head to Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday to seek the support of European parliamentarians.

[...] Israel eased its land blockade of Gaza amid an international uproar over the raid. But it says its blockade policy prevents weapons from reaching Iran-backed Hamas militants who violently seized control of the territory in 2007.

Israeli military officials have confirmed that preparations are under way to stop any new flotilla while avoiding casualties, and that they would use different tactics this time around.

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

May 5 2011

S. African Muslim groups plan convoy to join Gaza flotilla

Islamonazi groups operating in South Africa are preparing a cross-continent ‘aid convoy’ to Hamas-run Gazastan to coincide with the upcoming ‘mega-flotilla’.

It’s pure propaganda intended to foster the absurd lie that Israel is an ‘apartheid state’ and the usual rubbish. Here is the route they are supposed to take.

It’s a long way to travel just to deliver a bunch of useless crap that no one in Gaza either needs or wants.

May the ‘convoy’ run into every local civil war, bandit, and government thief for which that part of the world is notorious. May it also meet with every storm, pot hole, bog, wild animal, and misfortune between Cape Town and El-Arish. Amen.

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IsraelNationalNews - Muslim organizations operating in South Africa are preparing a cross-continent aid convoy to Hamas-run Gaza to coincide with the second IHH “Gaza Freedom 2” flotilla, the Meir Amit Intelligence and Information Center says.

Preparations for the convoy began earlier this year under the auspices of the Al Quds Foundation and Muslim Judicial Council. Both organizations have a long history of anti-Israeli activity and rhetoric.

The Al Quds foundation is a branch of the Al Quds International Institute, which promotes the “Arab identity of Jerusalem,” while the Muslim Judicial Council is a member of the Union of Good, which unites dozens of Islamic organizations, funds and foundations to transfer monies to Hamas. The Union of Good originated as a terrorism-supporting organization and has been outlawed by Israel and the United States.

The AQF and MJC have been joined in the convoy effort by Muslim organizations, radio stations, charity foundations and Muslim schools, colleges and universities in South Africa.

The plan calls for the convoy to set out from Cape Town in late June 2011 and pass through Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. The aid materials are ultimately destined for an Egyptian port, probably El-Arish, where they will be loaded onto boats headed for Gaza.

One of the most prominent organizers behind the convoy is Maulana Ihsaan Hendricks, MJC president and Al-Quds Foundation director. Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ de facto administration in Gaza, gave Henricks his blessing in dispatching the convoy. In January 2011 Maulana Ihsaan Hendricks met with senior IHH figures in Istanbul, who pledged their support to the convoy.

Analysts at the Meir Amit Center say the motive for the convoy is anything but aid for Gaza’s residents. Instead, they say, the organizer’s aim is to defame Israel, contribute to the campaign to isolate it, promote the “Palestinian cause” in Africa, and demonstrate support for Hamas.

Of particular note are the convoy’s point of origin, its timing, and its route taking it through Sudan.

Origin: A common rhetorical trick of anti-Israel activists is to equate Israel to apartheid South Africa. By launching the convoy from South Africa’s capitol of Cape Town organizers hope to brand Israel as an “apartheid state” in the media.

Timing: The convoy is supposed to leave Cape Town in late June and reach the Gaza Strip in time for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan (August). If the timetable is kept the convoy will pass through Africa at the same time the “Freedom Fleet 2″ flotilla leaves Europe, thereby boosting media coverage.

Sudan: The convoy is supposed to pass through Sudan on its way to Egypt and, ultimately, Gaza. Analysts at the Meir Amit Center say it’s possible Sudanese terrorists may try to join the convoy, or that Hamas may seek to exploit it to smuggle weapons and/or operatives into the Gaza Strip, exploiting the network of Hamas’ supporters in Sudan.

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

Apr 8 2011

It’s baaaack, Marmara to return to Gaza in May


Flotilla passenger

I’ve been tracking the upcoming mega-flotilla for some time (see links below), and said from early on in the Egyptian revolt that the outcome  will have severe consequences for Israel, and that we may well see them when the scheduled misnamed “Freedom Flotilla 2″ arrives in the middle of May.

Mubarak’s Egypt supported the Israeli embargo on Gaza. Will the Egyptian government that replaced him do the same? Don’t count on it. Those seeking office in Egypt’s September election will be quite vociferous in their condemnations. Let’s just hope Egypt keeps its opposition to the embargo to typical Arab displays of fire-breathing bombast and nothing more.

The original flotilla was small, just a few ships, the most notorious of which was the Mavi Marmara which carried no aid, only hate-filled, propaganda-seeking terrorists. Every media outlet in the world dutifully carried the “activists” propaganda, greedily and happily, at least until the truth began to filter out. Then some outlets inched slowly away, but the damage to Israel’s reputation – such as it is in the world – was done.

Now, as an attempt to be purposefully provocative, the 15-20 ship fleet of terrorists and/or their supporters has announced that the Mavi Mamara will be riding the Jihadi waves along with them again.

If this flotilla truly manifests and seeks to carry out its threat in mid to late-May, it will become a major story, and the very same media outlets that smeared Israel the first time will seek to do so again.

Ynet - The Marmara ship which was involved in the deadly IDF raidlast May is scheduled to return to Israel as part of the “Freedom flotilla 2″ next month, head of the IHH Bülent Yildirim said Thursday.

The flotilla is slated to depart in the second half of the month of May. “What happened in last year’s flotilla will not affect us or the next flotilla,” Yildirim said. He noted that the Marmara will depart from Europe and will carry artists, journalists and politicians. The organizers claim more than 15 vessels are slated to take part in the flotilla. (more >>)

Passenger carry-on items

This is not a trivial story in the least. It ties in with much that is happening in and around the Middle East, and even Europe and America. The flotilla aims to arrive on the anniversary of last year’s flotilla incident, but around the same time, on the 15th, we know from the Facebook story, that there is call for a 3rd Intifada against Israel, and a mass march on Jerusalem.

Bulent Yildirim

To further emphasize the gravity of the situation, go to MEMRI to watch and read what Bulent Yildirim, the head of the Islamic Human Rights and Freedom Organization (IHH), which organized the first flotilla, told an audience of over 1,000 lunatics about the organization’s plans for the 2nd flotilla to Gaza, one they hope will also include land convoys and an airplane.

“Until Our March to Al-Aqsa is Completed, This Sea Intifada and Land Intifada Will Continue”

“We are getting ready… There will be a ship from every country… in Europe. Our own Mavi Marmara will also set sail from Europe… Vessels will come from everywhere in the world…

“Israel will learn this: The Mediterranean does not belong to Israel… Just because we have had shahids, we are not fearful… We will not step back…

“Let all know this: Until the blockade on Gaza is lifted… and until our march to al-Aqsa is completed, this sea intifada and land intifada will continue!

“Also, it will not be only by sea. We are preparing for land convoys as well. And with Allah’s permission, our project for the purchase of an airplane will soon be realized. This way we will reach Gaza by air too.”

“Our Problem Is Zionism – Which, Like a Virus, Has Infected All Humanity!”

“What do we say to the world leaders? Do not expect us to live in peace, when people in Gaza are dying… And do not expect us to remain silent when al Aqsa mosque is a prisoner…

“We are saying this: We don’t have a problem with the Christians or Jews. Some of them were with us in our ships… But we do have a problem with one place! And we declare it with courage… without fear… We say this with no hesitation: Our problem is Zionism – which, like a virus, has infected all humanity!”

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

Apr 1 2011

Netanyahu futilely asks UN’s Ban Ki-moon to help stop May mega-flotilla

In an act of futile desperation, Benjamin Netanyahu is asking UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help stop the upcoming “mega-flotilla” that I keep warning about.

He has to beg ask, but Bibi knows that the UN is the enemy, sides with terrorists, and will stop at nothing to destroy Israel.

What can he expect from a guy who said this just a couple days back.

“The occupation that started in 1967 is morally and politically unsustainable, and must end. The Palestinians have a legitimate right to the establishment of an independent and viable state of their own.”

I count at least six propagandistic lies in just two sentences.

Ban Ki-Moon not only supports the flotilla and every hate-filled thing it stands for, he is hoping that it will be a propagandistic coup for the terrorists.

Jerusalem Post - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday spoke with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and asked him to work towards stopping a planned flotilla which is scheduled to arrive in Gaza in May. Netanyahu told Ban that the flotilla is being organized partly by radical Islamists, whose aim is to provoke and cause violence.

Netanyahu said that today Gaza is open to all types of goods through land borders. “Because of the attempt to smuggle weapons into Gaza by sea, Israel must act with force against the flotilla,” Netanyahu said.

Earlier in March, pro-Palestinian movements in Europe, including the Free Gaza movement, said they planned to send another flotilla to Gaza in mid-May. Organizers have said that the flotilla will include 15 ships from a number of different countries, and thousands are expected to participate.

At their meeting Amsterdam, the Free Gaza movement urged the governments of participating nationals to take the necessary steps to protect those nationals who will participate, the Kuwait News Agency reported. The flotilla will reportedly be called “Freedom Fleet 2.”

See earlier posts about or related to the mega-flotilla:

Muslim Brotherhood demands Egyptian military break Israel’s ‘siege’

Turkish-sponsored 15-ship Leftist ‘mega-flottilla’ to invade Israel

Cyprus sinks leftists’ flotilla hopes

Egypt’s New Foreign Minister Would Open Border with Gaza

Here is exactly when and how we will know the true ambitions of the Egyptians and their Leftist supporters

Mar 29 2011

Muslim Brotherhood demands Egyptian military break Israel’s ‘siege’

Democariah.

Mohammed Jefferson, Abdul Adams, Yasir Madison, and Abu Franklin, don’t you know.

Time will tell.

Keep an eye on the upcoming May “mega-flotilla“. Should it arrive as scheduled, the ‘new’ Egypt’s response will signal where it is headed.

World Net Daily – Buoyed by its new-found legal status under Egypt’s provisional military leadership, the Muslim Brotherhood wants the Supreme Council of the Egyptian armed forces to “break the siege which is suffocating the lives of the people of Gaza.”

The Brotherhood also is demanding that the “Arab peoples must take a decisive stand on this issue.”

In what appears to be a response to the Brotherhood’s appeal, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby issued a warning to Israel against rushing into military operations in Gaza.

At the same time, he called on Palestinian groups not to give Israel any excuse to use violence, saying that Egypt condemned any violence against civilians.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s statement, which appeared on its “Ikhwanweb,” said that the revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North Africa reflect “the winds of change that have uprooted the Mubaraks and other U.S.-backed Arab regimes.”

The Brotherhood also is known as the Ikhwan in Arabic.

The statement went on to say that protesters will not be dissuaded from their “fundamental cause of Palestine and other Islamic and Christian sanctities,” explaining that it is time for the “Zionists to review their accounts, after the ouster of their dog, who saw him as the strategic ally and a treasure for Israel that promotes the latter’s policies, and supports their malicious scheme and strikes with its sword.”

Mar 25 2011

More on that Iranian arms shipment to Hamas that was disguised as humanitarian aid

You might recall the story of the freighter “Victoria” Israeli commandos seized on it’s way to Egypt and Gaza, the one that carried 50 tons of Iranian weapons intended for Hamas. If not, I can’t blame you as the media all but ignored the incident. Below is an update on what was captured, and the threat that the confiscated C-704 missiles posed.

It is believed that the weapons which were loaded in Syria were first carried on the Iranian battleships that Egypt, the UN, and Obama allowed to pass through the Suez Canal unprotested, if you remember that story. There are no coincidences in the Middle East.

The interdiction of these arms is proof that the Gaza blockade serves a serious purpose, but don’t expect that to matter to the media if the new mega-flotilla appears on the horizon.

Mar 23 2011

Turkish-sponsored 15-ship Leftist ‘mega-flottilla’ to invade Israel

Back in January I posted about the new mega-flotilla being formed to coincide with last year’s notorious ‘Freedom Flotilla’ that was used to falsely bash and scandalize Israel.

Last year’s phony ‘Freedom Flotilla’ became a major story, as the world’s entire media set upon Israel like ravenous wolves before knowing any of the facts. Soon, however, it became clear that the Mavi Marmara was an ambush, and that the ‘righteous peace activists’ were nothing but gangs of blood-thirsty terrorists.

But that didn’t stop the ridiculously Liberal rag Time magazine from absurdly counting the Mavi Marmara incident as one of the 10 greatest naval clashes in history. That tells you all you need to know about the looney Leftist media.

For a ghastly idea of what the Israelis faced when they boarded the boat, read the testimonies of the Israeli commandos that were ambushed, and see what kind of savage animals they faced.

Despite recent news that Cypress has sunk Leftists’ hopes that the country will allow the terrorist-loving freaks to use their waters as a harbour for their Israel-hating propaganda, Haaretz reports that flotilla plans are still very much afloat.

Peace-activist carry-on luggage

Thirty radical Leftist organizers from 15 countries met in Madrid about six weeks ago to discuss their nefarious plans, which have so far been kept under wraps for “security reasons.” They have also asked the governments of some of the countries whose nationals plan to be aboard the flotilla to guarantee their safety should Israel try to stop the ships.

The real story behind the story, as I predicted way back on February 4th during all the media rah-rah over Mubarak’s ouster, will be how Egypt responds this time around. Before, Egypt quietly sided with Israel, supporting the blockade.

The question this time will be, what will a Mubarak-free Egypt say and do? Should the new flotilla materialize this May, put me down for a much less sympathetic Egypt, and an even much more anti-Israel world media.

Israel’s seizure last week of a huge supply of Iranian weaponry intended for Gaza won’t matter to the media. Few outlets even reported the news that Israeli commandos had captured the ship and exposed the terrorist plot. The Left’s war on Israel never rests.

Haaretz – Israel will launch a public campaign on Tuesday against a plan by the Turkish organization IHH and several left-wing European groups to send a flotilla to the Gaza Strip this May, a year after another IHH flotilla resulted in bloodshed that prompted widespread international condemnation of Israel.

IHH activists aboard that flotilla attacked Israeli soldiers who tried to intercept it with axes, knives and iron bars. Nine Turks were killed.

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon will summon foreign ambassadors to the ministry today to seek their help in stopping this year’s flotilla, which is slated to contain at least 15 ships. The sailing date has not yet been finalized, but the ministry expects it to be sometime between May 15, when the Palestinians commemorate the “Nakba” (“catastrophe” ) of Israel’s establishment, and May 31, the anniversary of last year’s deadly interception.

Thirty organizers from 15 countries met in Madrid about six weeks ago to discuss their plans, which have so far been kept under wraps for “security reasons.” They also asked the governments of some of the countries whose nationals plan to be aboard the flotilla to guarantee their safety should Israel try to stop the ships.

Over the last two months, the Foreign Ministry has asked several governments, including those of Spain, Britain, Ireland and Sweden, to publish travel advisories warning their citizens against sailing to Gaza. Britain and Ireland have in fact done so.

When the president of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, visited Israel about 10 days ago, the flotilla was a key topic of discussion. Christofias stressed that the order he issued a year ago banning ships from sailing to Gaza from Cypriot ports remains in force.

The ministry is far from sure the flotilla can be stopped by diplomatic means, but is determined to try.

Mar 15 2011

Cyprus sinks leftists’ flotilla hopes

One for the good guys.

You might recall the story I posted about the mega-flotilla that was being prepared to launch against Israel in May. Well, it looks like Cyprus doesn’t want any part of that armada of filth.

Cyprus is the first country to officially declare it will not cooperate with efforts by various anti-Israel movements and countries to send flotillas to violate Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Good on them.

That doesn’t mean the terrorists and their Leftist enablers aren’t going to keep trying. According to Israel-hating Reuters, it sounds like there is still a mega-flotilla out there in the making, but at least it doesn’t look like they will be setting sail from Cyprus, and for that Reuters and Leftists are very disappointed.

Flotilla member

The phony ‘Freedom Flotilla’ of last year was a major story, as the world’s entire media set upon Israel like ravenous wolves before knowing any of the facts. Soon, however, it became clear that the Mavi Marmara was an ambush, and that the ‘righteous peace activists’ were nothing but gangs of blood-thirsty terrorists.

For a ghastly idea of what the Israelis faced when they boarded the boat, read the testimonies of the Israeli commandos that were ambushed, and see what kind of savage animals they faced.

Arutz Sheva - President Demetris Christofias of Cyprus assured President Shimon Peres Monday in Jerusalem that his nation would stand strong in its support of Israel.

The president of Cyprus, who arrived this week on his first state visit to Israel, is leading a delegation of 60 Cypriot business people. The two presidents met with news media following their meeting.

Cyprus is the first country to officially declare it will not cooperate with efforts by various anti-Israel movements and countries to send flotillas to violate Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Peres thanked his counterpart for also being the first country to take concrete steps to prevent flotillas from leaving its ports.

“Terror activities in Gaza are unacceptable,” stated Christofias, “and therefore we have prevented the flotillas from leaving.”  (more >>)

Mar 8 2011

Egypt’s New Foreign Minister Would Open Border with Gaza

The state-run media and Liberals everywhere continue to insist that the revolution in Egypt was made up of millions of Muslims with little Jeffersons and Madisons inside them. They have no evidence to base their wishful thinking on, but Liberals never need evidence, just propaganda.

So we have the newly appointed Foreign Minister saying that Egypt should open the border to Gaza, which would mean an uninterrupted flow of terrorists and weapons and other materials intended to kill Jews.

From early on I said wait until the planned May mega-flotilla, then we will see where this new government is really headed. Egypt sided with Israel on the blockade last time around. Will they do so again? Don’t count on it.

(Arutz Sheva) Egypt’s caretaker prime minister, Issam Sharraf, announced Monday the appointment of Nabil al-Arabi as Foreign Minister. Arabi replaces Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who had headed the Foreign Ministry since 2004.

In an article he penned for Egyptian publication Ash-Shurouk last month, Al-Arabi opined that Egypt should rethink its foreign policy following the January rebellion and lift its blockade of Gaza, “which is contrary to the rules of international humanitarian law which prohibits the siege of civilians, even in times of war.”

Lifting the blockade on the Egyptian border with Gaza could mean that Egypt would allow the uninterrupted flow of weapons into Gaza. This could be a casus belli for Israel, which retreated from Gaza based on the assumption that Egypt would prevent the flow of weapons into it.  (more >>)

Further evidence that Nabil al-Arabi could spell trouble is that Hamas is absolutely delighted with al-Arabi being named the new foreign minister.

The Iranian agency quoted Hamas ”We praise the positions of the new Foreign Minister of Egypt Nabil al-Arabi on the issue of the Gaza siege and his rejection of this unjust policy, as well as his position that damage was caused by the Camp David Accords,” Hamas said in a recent statement.

”We hope these positions will be translated during his new post, and that they will be a new beginning in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry’s policy,” Hamas said.

Kumbaya, baby.

Feb 4 2011

Here is exactly when and how we will know the true ambitions of the Egyptians and their Leftist supporters

It won’t take long to know the true ramifications of the events going down in Egypt. We will know all we need to know by late May.

Allow me to be the first to remind you of my post about the mega-flotilla that is scheduled to make for Gaza on the anniversary of last year’s controversial flotilla, and the terrorist attack by passengers on the Mavi Marmara.

At the time of that flotilla, Egypt supported Israel’s blockade of Gaza. I predict that this next flotilla will not only be bigger and better organized, but Egypt, with or without Mubarak, will not support the blockade, and will join in the protest.

This will signal the beginning of the end of the peace treaty that Egypt signed with Israel, and the start of new hostilities by Egypt. Indeed, the Muslim Brotherhood has already said in so many words that it will not honor the peace treaty, but the media and all those who suffer from the democracy fetish, refuse to believe it.

Furthermore, this next flotilla will be used by the Leftists, the media, and the Obama Administration to further isolate Israel, the facts be damned.

What is going on now in Egypt is indeed about many things, but the one thing that tops all others is the desire of Egyptians, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the radical Left who supports them, to take down Israel.

The media is ignoring the anti-Israel sentiments on the streets of Cairo, but they won’t be hidden from the world for much longer. The first major hint of what Israel will face will be clear in just a few months, if it hasn’t been already by then.

The next convoy of ships will be named “Freedom Flotilla 2” and is expected to include delegations from a dozen different countries, including ships from the United States and Canada. Organizers are currently in the process of collecting funds, purchasing vessels and recruiting volunteers.

Peace-loving flotilla crew member

Radical Leftist like Bernadine Dohrn and Code Pink were involved in the last flotilla, and they are working with the Egyptian protestors now. You will see them again come late May. And, the Obama Administration will be even less helpful this next time around than they were the last.

Daily Caller reported today that the leaders of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain have followed Obama’s lead (and, sadly, most of those in the U.S. Senate), and ratcheted up the pressure on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, saying that Egypt’s political transition “must start now”.

Whether these leaders are aware of the next flotilla, or even care, is impossible to say. But come that event, we will learn of their stances as well.

All of this all coincides with the growing number of nations that have come out publicly that they support a UN created Palestinian state. South America has been leading in this attack, but you will see more countries signing on as well over the coming months.

Everything happening in Egypt is being coordinated by anti-Israel persons, groups, and governments. No, it is not the only reason they support the overthrow of the Mubarak regime, but it the major reason, as we shall surely see.

In short, Israel is more alone than ever before. Not even the United States will stand with Her, at least not that led by Barack Hussein Obama.

Jan 25 2011

Pro-terrorist groups plan biggest flotilla yet

It appears that this spring Israel is being set up to be run through another media meat grinder to provide loads of delicious propaganda for all the Israel-haters of the world.

The Jerusalem Post reports that international pro-Fakestinian groups are preparing a massive flotilla of ships to the Gaza Strip in the spring to coincide with the first anniversary of the Israeli operation to stop the Mavi Marmara in late May.

The phony ‘Freedom Flotilla’ of last year was a major story, as the world’s entire media set upon Israel like ravenous wolves before knowing any of the facts. Soon, however, it became clear that the Mavi Marmara was an ambush, and that the ‘righteous peace activists’ were nothing but gangs of blood-thirsty terrorists.

Peaceful flotilla crew member

For a ghastly idea of what the Israelis faced when they boarded the boat, read the testimonies of the Israeli commandos that were ambushed, and see what kind of savage animals they faced.

Jerusalem Post says that the next convoy of ships will be named “Freedom Flotilla 2” and is expected to include delegations from a dozen different countries, including ships from the United States and Canada. According to the article, organizers are currently in the process of collecting funds, purchasing vessels and recruiting volunteers.

All this despite that the Turkel Committee cleared the government and the Israel Navy of wrongdoing when they stopped the Mavi Marmara from breaking the Israel-imposed sea blockade on Gazastan last May.

I hope Israel will be prepared for the propaganda blitzkrieg that will accompany all these jihad-loving, Leftist freaks. But Israel has the worst PR of any country in the world, and so she will probably be dragged mercilessly through the media mud, no matter how they deal with the situation.

Jan 18 2011

Time Ragazine: Israeli take over of Gaza flotilla one of the top 10 naval clashes in mankind’s history

Time Magazine shows again why it is the magazine of choice for Liberal dunces.

This week, Time wants to teach Americans history by naming Israel’s boarding of the Gaza flotilla as one of the top 10 epic sea battles of all time.

Yep, you can’t make this stuff up.

Here is a list of all the sea battles known to historians. Hundreds and hundreds of battles that changed the course of history, but to the history flunkies that write for Time, none of them top the media spectacle they helped manufacture.

Notice that Time would not dare mention one of the most historically decisive battles of all time, The Battle of Lepanto. It took place on October 7, 1571. It was when a coalition of European powers defeated the mighty Ottoman Empire, and so saved itself from being Islamized and having shariah law hoisted upon them. Islam has had to wait another 440 years to accomplish that, and has done so without firing a shot.

The Battle of Lepanto, 1571

No doubt Time found the loss by their Islamic heros too unfortunate and depressing to mention.

To make themselves feel better they substituted the Battle of Lepanto with the ‘Sea Shepherd Vs. Japan’ skirmish that nobody remembers.

That was the story about a boat-full of environmental wackos who harassed some Japanese whalers. It netted the enviromentalcases millions of dollars in donations from Liberal stooges so that they could forward their radical Leftist cause.

For Time Magazine, Leftists and terrorists behaving like jerks or savage barbarians, that’s high-seas glory, baby!

Moonbattery via Gateway Pundit:

According to the moonbats rewriting history for Time magazine, the sinking of the Lusitania, which helped bring the USA into World War I, does not qualify as one of the all-time top 10 clashes at sea. Neither does the sinking of the Bismarck, which was key to establishing Allied naval superiority in World War II. What does make the list is a publicity stunt by a pathetic collection of pro-terrorist moonbats calling themselves the “Freedom Flotilla.”

More Moonbattery here >>>

An oldie but a goodie: Flotilla Choir presents – We Con the World

Also: For an in-depth look at Time Magazine’s history of anti-Israel calumny, read the study done by Honestreporting.com