On Sunday the Israeli Naval Forces seized a Flotilla of six ship carrying humanitarian supplies to the people of Gaza known as the Free Gaza Flotilla in International Waters. Israel has a blockade forbidden the transport of supplies into Gaza. Israeli forced boarded the ships after they refused to change course. While the crew of the Flotilla expected the possibility of being reprimanded by Israeli forces they did not expect that it would cost them their lives. An estimated 16 casualties have been reported and over 60 were injured. There were eleven US Citizens on the ship including Edward Peck former Ambassador to Iraq and Mauritania, Joe Meadors a USS Liberty Survivor, Huwaida Arraf co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, and Hedy Epstein a Holocaust Survivor. The mainstream media has covered has not reported on the fact that Epstein is a Holocaust Survivor considering they usually bring up of the Holocaust when it suits their political objectives.
The Government of Israel has defended the actions as self defense. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu told Canadian PM that "this was done successfully with five ships, but the sixth did not cooperate."
Netanyahu said" hundreds of people on board that ship beat, clubbed and stabbed soldiers, and there was a report of gunfire." Andy David, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated "this is the ninth effort to get boats into Gaza. The first three were allowed through, but then we began to see it was becoming like a leaking faucet we had to put an end to because, as we have seen, Hamas is doing all it can do in its power to smuggle in weapons."
Most of the major American Jewish Organization took the same position. The Powerful Israeli Lobby group AIPAC defended the actions stating that "the Israeli soldiers were then forced to use live ammunition to defend themselves. Despite issuing numerous warnings throughout the week that the Gaza coast was a closed military zone, and offering to deliver all legal supplies to Gaza through the Israeli port of Ashdod, the flotilla proceeded toward the Gaza shore, seeking confrontation with Israel. As the ships neared Gaza, the Israeli Navy issued another warning to stop their progress and be escorted to Ashdod, an order that they again refused."
The Anti-Defamation League "called the use of humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza "an elaborate sham" and "a pretext for ambushing and violently attacking Israeli military personnel." They denounced the Flotilla stating that "this unconscionable act should be condemned by the leaders of every nation who truly seek peace in the region" and stated that "the Israeli military who were acting to protect their nation against another assault by those who wish to do harm to Israel."
While the rest of the world was outraged Many prominent American Politicians of both parties have endorsed the attack even though it was known that there were American on board who posed no security threat to Israel what so ever. Both Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich who are considered leading candidates for the Republican nomination for president in 2012 endorsed the attack.
Sarah Palin posted on her personal Facebook that "as far too many in the media, and in various governments, rush to condemn Israel, we must put the recent events off Israel's coast into the right perspective," she writes. "This 'relief' convoy was not about humanitarian aid, as the liberal mainstream media keeps reporting. The whole operation was designed to provoke Israel, not to provide supplies to Palestinians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Anyone who sees the video of Israeli commandos being attacked as they land on that ship knows the people aboard were vicious thugs, not 'peace activists.' The media insults our intelligence with their outright mischaracterization of who these enemies are."
Newt Gingrich told Politico that "The U.S., through the United Nations relief organization, has been funding food and shelter for the people of Gaza for 60 years now. There was no humanitarian crisis; this was a deliberate political effort on the part of people who want to try to undermine the survival of Israel." Newt however leaves out that their is an Israeli blockade on Gaza and it is absurd to claim the activist were aiding terrorism when they were transporting humanitarian supplies.
While the White House has not taken an official position many democratic members of the House are speaking out in support of the actions. New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner told the Washington Post that "this was about instigating an altercation and they succeeded." He said "they were offered alternatives. Instead they chose to sail into the teeth of an internationally recognized blockade." He says that anything that Israel does would create an international outcry," he added. "This entire effort was intended to create an international outcry." His fellow New York Democrat Congressman Gary Ackerman said that "Hamas is the "true villain in this drama," despite the fact they had nothing to do with the Flotilla incident. Florida Democrat Congressman said "as Israel continues to be unjustly challenged on the international stage, the United States must continue its efforts to stand up for Israel's self-defense."
These activist were practicing civil disobedience much like the Civil Rights movement yet many of the same organization that pride in their support for the Civil Rights movement such as the ADL have justified the murders of the activist. Despite the survivors testimony of a deliberate attack the Government of Israel has taken the position that the USS Liberty was an activist and much like the Flotilla incident many of its supporters have justified the Liberty Incident as self defense. Much like the Liberty the American Government is against covering up for Israel crimes. The fact that no major US politician will speak out against the attack proves the power how strong Israel;s influence is over our government.
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Bull, bull, bull. The Israelis offered to take the supplies in themselves. This was nothing more than an attempt to break the blockade under the guise of "humanitarianism."
I fully agree with previous comments this bull. Stop kissing Asses of Muslim fanatics.
Let's vote these Zionist traitors out. Are these politicians stupid, corrupt or brainwashed-which ever-it's not healthy for America. This atrocity demonstrates the vicious nature of the IDF for the whole world to see.
Bull and "real american": First I would like to say I don not believe you are a real American, I think you are one of the 12,000+ Israelis hired to practice hasbara online. However, if you are a real American you probably(based on you comments) have no idea what that means. The Israelis would have taken out any items which they have banned. The list is quite extensive and includes items most americans use on a weekly if not daily basis. All the hasbara agents do really is turn people against Israel.
Having extremists on both Jewish and Muslim sides is how the plan is laid out anyway. People who choose any side other than peace will lose in the end. It is all in Albert Pike's letter to Mazzini. Divide and conquer...works everytime!
@bull: Yes, and when the hijacked unarmed ships carrying 10,000 tons of aid to the people of Gaza was finally towed into port in Israel, the magnanimous Israelis ('light unto the world'...BARF! - oh, excuse me...) shipped less then 10% of that to the people of Gaza. Hmmm, i wonder what they did with the rest? Do the IDF have an 'import/export' business? (Yes! this is but one example).
But of course, the real reason was that Israel had to 'defend' itself from these ships whose passengers just might have, in a heartbeat, McGyver'd a small thermonuclear device, capable of destroying all of Israel and New Jersey too, from the motorized wheelchairs they carried in the hold. Since it's obviously plausible to the Israeli military, it's gotta be plausible to me and all rational people too. Who am i to argue with those brainiacs, those bringers of light (as seen through the bullet holes in the bodies of their victims)?
Of course, make no mention of the fact that the flotilla was in international waters. This makes Israel nothing more than a bunch of scurvy, blood-thirsty pirates. But what else is new?
@ Real American & Bull: you're a pair of village idiots...if you were here my husband would kick your slimy teeth out!
The United States of America has become a vast swamp of human sewage...like Real American & Bull. Where have all our men gone to? I cry a lot these days...everytime I turn on the TV There is some sort of Jew brainwashing sludge being pumped out on every channel; White males are under constant attack now, from the liberal scum and the Jew-owned and operated media! Why are American Christians not doing anything about this?! Maybe because they're in cahoots with the Jews?
I don't know much about politics and stuff but i do know this: Civil War is coming to the US...and it's going to be a bloody one. :.(
Israel is an apartheid nation - highly discriminatory toward non-Jews - and paranoid about enemies attacking. Their leaders will sanction killing many innocents in order to assuage fears of terror. Their actions feed into terrorism and anti-semitism. As long as Israel has leaders who promote fear and terror, people would be wise to not blindly support Israel. As far as the article above is concerned I'd suggest the author have his materials properly proofread - the many typos and grammar errors make this article appear unprofessional. As a writer myself (Miami Holistic Health Examiner), I try to review my articles and fix errors before publishing.
Remember the names of the AMERICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS who defend ISRAEL. MAKE THOSE NAMES KNOWN to all the world and remember these names when voting next time. ISRAEL needs to be taken down by the world commnity, they are not part of the human race.
READ THE - Protocols of Zion. These creatures are the seed of SATAN.
Another complete biased news reporter who doesn't look into both sides of a story before reporting. How did you get your job?
LOL john, the guy has quoted all pro israel sources to be found, yet you say he doesn´t consider any other Point of view? Maybe it´s you who wants to remain blind to the reality of it. And yes, most of the world is trying to break the blockade, guess most people don´t agree with israel´s tyranny anymore, go back and read the balfour declaration, israel was never meant to establish itself as a controlling supèrpower in palestine, jews were meant to assimilate, yet when have jews ever assimilated anywhere?
You zionist spindoktors like to avoid the fact that this occurred in international waters against a civilian target.
We have laws against this kind of thing for a reason.
Israel flaunted international law. They do it on a daily basis. Because as long as they keep Uncle Sam in Bed with them, they know they can get away with murder.
It's time to wake Uncle Sam up about racist, apartheid Israel. That means our fellow citizens.
She looked pretty good at 2am, but comes the dawn...
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All At Sea
"Information Clearing House"
By Yvonne Ridley
June 01, 2010 --
I wonder how many of you remember the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the Achille Lauro way back in October 1985?
Four members of the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the liner off Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said.
It was a bungled operation in which the hijackers killed disabled Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and then threw his body overboard.
The incident created headlines around the world and polarized people over the Palestinian cause.
It also prompted the law makers to create new legislation making it an international crime for anyone to take a ship by force.
And this is the reason for the brief history lesson - under article 3 of the Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation of 1988, it is an international crime for any person to seize or exercise control over a ship by force.
You still don't think that the USA is Zionist occupied yet?
There is a humanitarian crisis in Israeli occupied Gaza, where most Palestinians live below the poverty line, starving, and without work, where Israeli humanitarians do little to get aid and supplies in, and where they routinely kill civilians.
What Israel did was abominable. They boarded these unarmed boats in international waters - that's piracy by any nation's standards - and they killed people. Self defense can only be claimed because these people were attacked and chose to defend themselves with whatever they found handy. Most normal people would have done the same if their boats were attacked by troops parachuting onto their decks.
There can be no excuse and no support for these actions. If it had been the other way around - unarmed Israelis boarded and killed in international waters while trying to aid their fellow Jews being held captive in occupied territory by another group of religious zealots, you can bet the world retaliation would be swift and severe.
Riddle me this, why didn't the Israelis simply wait for the arrival of the convoy to Gaza and sort the wheelchairs etc.
This act of war was meant as a warning to everyone that Israel will use lethal force on anyone. There is far more restraint being used with Somali pirates than the Israelis seem to use on international citizens. It is anti-semetic to murder semites on the worlds free oceans and seas.
It seems that the Israelis have learned their lesson well from the experience in WWII. The Palestine "Getto Problem" will be contained and crushed. For they are the "master race" chosen by "God". Everyone else are "Goyim"
Long live the 1st "Israeli Reich"
"Sieg Heil"
You hit a lot nails on the head with your fine article. I have been glued to the TV 99% BS the other close to BS it is just to hard for them to get it out of there mouths that Israel is guilty of cold blooded murder period.You must go to the net for the real story your site is on top of it thanks.
I am not happy with our good OLE USA and what they pulled off at the UN it puts Americans around the world in grave danger with our blind support of Israel and it’s crimes.
Joe Medors a shipmate of mine is in prison in Israel at this very moment no telling what they are doing to him he was on a Greek flagged vessel
and escorted at gun point off the ship.
Joe has not had much luck with Israel he was the one that put up three different American flags as Israel kept shooting them down June 8 1967.
That is another crime Israel has never paid for the murder of 34 Americans on the high seas and wounding 174 others on USS Liberty a sad but very true story.
Everyone here seems to be reveling in their Politically Correct anti-Jewish,anti-semetic views and rhetoric.
You are all throwing around 1988 Laws and acts of war and inhuman acts etc etc...
Where exactly does 7000+ rochets fired into Israeli civilian areas fall in the realm of : International Laws, Inhuman Acts and Acts of War.???
You are hypocrits, engaging in hate-speech and ethnic hatred and acting like a gang of dogs attacking the same surrounded country.
So.... activists on a peaceful mission in international waters are called "thugs," while the IDF was forced to "defend" itself after rapelling down from helicoptors armed with what must have looked like real machine guns, and "murdering" 9-20 peace activists. So let me get this straight in Orwellian Newspeak; Peaceful activists are really trying to import weapons to support Hamas terrorists, and the IDF is really trying to conjure up peace in Gaza by denying innocent people basic human rights, food, clean water, medicine etc.? I think I unuderstand now. Thanks Rupert Murdoch for setting me straight. Heil Israel.
It's nice to know our elected officials and our media are doing everything they can to promote peace in the Middle East. How many RPG's and machine guns did they find on the Racheal Corrie?
Let me guess....none.
Jews are the terrorist,the Bible call those impostors KHAZARS(THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN,REVELATION 2:9,3:9),THOSE KHAZARS SHOULD BE SEND BACK TO THEIR KINGDOM,THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE IN PALESTINE.
The Encyclopedia Judaica,Vol. 10, (1971) relates the following about the Khazars (Chazars)
Khazars,a national group of general Turkic type,independent and sovereign in Eastern Europe between the seventh and tenth centuries A.D.During part of this time the leading Khazars professed Judaism.
(Encyclopedia Judicia, Vol. 10, (1971)
Academic American Encyclopedia,Deluxe Library Edition,Volume 12, page 66 states:
The Khazars,a Turkic people,created a commercial and political empire that dominated substantial parts of South Russia during much of the 7th through 10th centuries. during the 8th century the Khazar aristocracy and the Kagan (King) were converted to Judaism.
I don't believe the IDF were attacked the way the israeli propaganda states. However it's a pity they were'nt attacked like this and that a few IDF f*ckers were'nt killed in the process.
anyone who stands against the zionists are branded anti-semites.
so be it, we will let you continue to scream it at the top of your lungs like chicken little until people just stop believing you. i can't wait for all the 90 year old brainwashed israel first zionist "christians" to die of old age. We, the american people are waking up to your murderous lies, and no amount of paid bloggers will turn the tide. you have condemned yourself to annihilation.
Drop a bomb on Israel but first gather the senators and the rest of the bums in washington and elsewhere into israel and then drop the bomb on them.
attacking humanitarian helpers and blaming the mess on them is pathetic.
zionist thugs need to be exterminated
It's a pity that they didn't rename the ship "The Liberty". That would have been a real embarrassment to the Israelis.
I hate them, but not by choice. They make it a natural thing to be a hater. Khazar bastards
Drop a bomb on Israel but first gather the senators and the rest of the bums in washington and elsewhere into israel and then drop the bomb on them.
attacking humanitarian helpers and blaming the mess on them is pathetic.
zionist thugs need to be exterminated
Wow, I can see that the world's best and brightest have gathered here to share their articulate, world-changing views. Do me a favor: get in a boat and trespass a sovereign nation's blockade while ignoring warnings from soldiers patrolling the area and tell me how it works out for you. But before you embark on that suicide mission, could you at least tell me with a straight face, without giggling, that Israel is a rogue state that is the biggest cause for concern in the world?
Israel forever, bitches.
What part of "international waters" don't you understand, Alzheimer Elder of Zion? You are agitated because the awakened ones in here aren't licking your Jew boots like all the rest of the sheople useful Zionist idiots in America.
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
Fact #1 Israel murdered 67 US servicemen intentionally aboard the USS Liberty.
Fact #2 Israel's Mossad participated in the false flag op called 9/11 and killed 3000 US citizens.
Fact #3 Israeli IDF forces went to the flotilla with the intent to kill and they did.
Israel invented terrorism and they continue to practice it and it is Israel which should be eliminated from the ME and all problems would be solved.
Oh please, "Obama." But hey, thanks for providing a priceless illustration of the insane paranoia of anti-Israel bigots. I find it amusing that you presumptuously label your cute little conspiracy theories as "facts."
1. Friendly fire happens. It sucks, I'm not proud of it, but white supremacists and Arabists have jumped all over this case in order to cast Israel in the worst possible light.
2. I don't even know where to begin about this Big Lie. The amazing thing is that most of your fellow 9/11 conspiracy lunatics don't even blame Israel but rather Bush. Never mind that one of the very first people to be killed in the 9/11 attacks was Akamai founder and former Israeli commando Daniel Lewin, a passenger on AA Flight #11 who was stabbed by one of the al-Qaeda terrorists, or that multitudes of Jews and Israelis were killed in the attacks, or that Palestinians were cheering on the streets. The charge that Israel was behind 9/11 is ludicrous and unfounded.
I mean, Jews dying in the Twin Towers kind of makes sense, since, you know, we control your economy and everything.
3. Enforcing blockade may be permissible in international waters. The legal discourse is probably too elaborate and complicated for your hateful little head, so let's leave the discussion to the experts, who do not buy into such nonsense that Israel intentionally murdered sailors on the USS Liberty or was behind 9/11. Israeli sailors probably didn't anticipate having to fight back against their attackers, but videos released show that the flotilla crew members were certainly ready to instigate.
And lastly, John 8:44, you have no idea what gets me agitated. I don't even wear boots. I usually go with Jew-loafers or Jew-sneakers, and believe me, you do not want to kiss those.
The elite in the Israeli government and US government are war criminals and all those in congress are as well. We the people must get rid of them despite the fact that the elite controls the election process. We must defend our country against these traitors. They are behind 911 as well as many other false flag attacks to push their evil agenda. They may be fooling the stupid, but not the rest of us that check out the real news on line.
Dude if you were being attacked, you would defend yourself
"They are behind 911 as well as many other false flag attacks to push their evil agenda. They may be fooling the stupid, but not the rest of us that check out the real news on line."
Because your impeccable grammar certainly shows that you are a revered member of our country's intelligentsia. Since I didn't get the memo, would you so kindly remind me how our planned false-flag attacks are supposed to further the ever-changing Zionist agenda? I mean, I for one do not enjoy reading the news when standing in line as you do. If only I really knew your secret for staying well informed.
DERT, will you shut up? You're going to give away the secret plans for taking over the world! These people are not supposed to know about the evil Israeli plot to allow sailors to defend themselves from armed Hamas sympathizers!
"And lastly, John 8:44, you have no idea what gets me agitated. I don't even wear boots. I usually go with Jew-loafers or Jew-sneakers, and believe me, you do not want to kiss those."
Rabid Elder,
Would "jew sneaker" be ADIDAS? All Day I Dream About Scheming/stealing/shafting
OR
What's a "jew loafer"? Is that the shoe with the penny inside of it? Jew banksters have left Americans with little more than a penny after they pulled off the greatest bank heist in the history of mankind. Florsheim loafers with pennys tucked inside the tops. How appropriate. I wouldn't doubt for a minute that every time you look at your Florsheim penny loafers, you think about your people's little inside joke ya'll pulled off on America.
I do know what gets you riled up and "agitated"; turning your money tables upside down and over.
Very cute, John 8:44. Now read very closely: stop it. Free your mind of all this hateful rhetoric and paranoia. You don't have to believe these ridiculous things. I've had fun laughing off the ridiculous libels, but it's all too apparent that you feel this extreme hatred toward some intangible enemy as the result of a sickness.
Do you have family, people you love? I believe you do. Jews exist and feel the same human emotions you do. We are of the same flesh and blood and not the boogeymen that some hateful literature makes us out to be. Do you know any Jews? Meet someone different and see how all people strive to make the world a better place for the us and the future. We may not agree on how to do that--we don't have to agree on politics, whether Israel did the right/wrong thing, etc.--but we as people will get NOWHERE if we hold such baseless hatred in our hearts. Stop blaming and start doing something. Go out there, meet people different from you, reevaluate your beliefs. Please
"Go out there, meet people different from you, reevaluate your beliefs. Please"- Elder
My beliefs are one thing, and FACTS are another. I can't help it if your people are so despicable. The proof is right here in black and white. YOU deal with it, and quit trying to white wash it and play down the FACTS. You guys never take responsibilty for anything you do against every nation on earth. You are expert at spinning FACTS and flipping the script. The truth is prevailing about the imposter 13th tribe, and the illegally occupied land of Palestina.
Excellent article... keep up the good work.
Let's make sure Sarah Palin and anyone else supporting Israel in this doesn't get elected.
Best check your facts on this. This was no humanitarian aid attempt. Your article reeks of propaganda. Journalism 101: Neutrality, check your sources, check your sources again, keep your own politics out of the writing
...You believe in these "FACTS" when they are nothing more than complete lies masquerading as absolute truths! Really, give me one goddamn good reason, one piece of cold, hard evidence for why I need to beg the world for forgiveness! We are all responsible for our own faults; your twisted belief in collective guilt is only further proof of how plagued you are by prejudice and hate against whole groups of people.
If your knowledge of some conspiracy is so important, where has it gotten you? Are you a better person for buying into this ideology? What if I said that you should take responsibility for your own actions? And I’m not talking about your ethnic group, whatever it may be, but for yourself? I’m talking to you as an individual. Because whatever ails or troubles you, I swear to God that the Jews—just like the Blacks, Latinos, Slavic people, Saxons, Roma, Arabs, and so on—have NOTHING to do with it!
What in God's name gives you reason to be so certain that your so-called "FACTS" are truth? Only completely ignorant zealots look at things in black and white the way you do. Give me proof of all these truths you speak of. Show all of us in no uncertain terms that your statements are undeniably true. I mean really, show me incontestable proof that Jews are impostors completely descended from Khazars despite evidence that the Khazars provide no more than 12% of the gene pool of JUST the Ashkenazic Jews but none at all for Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews! Give me concrete evidence that Jews always lie and continue to deceive the world as Khazars in disguise when the DNA of these “Jews” you speak of have DNA derived from only a handful of Khazar individuals yet have much more DNA in common with people originating in the Middle East!
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"Justice says:
Drop a bomb on Israel but first gather the senators and the rest of the bums in washington and elsewhere into israel and then drop the bomb on them."
Hey, Justice! I like your idea. Here's a possible way to arrange it. Let's send a letter to every senator and representative, and announce that on a certain date in the near future, Netanyahu will be holding a special gala caliber ceremony, whereby he'll drop his pants and bend over and make his butt cheeks available for serial kissing. I bet the Airports in the D.C. area will be clogged with a stampede of American politicians trying to catch the first flight to Tel Aviv. And, you and I can maybe make some extra cash by selling tubes of lip gloss in the lobby outside the loading ramps!
You game, buddy? I am!
So, Elder of Zion, when the subject of Israel's despicable act against the USS Liberty is brought up, all you say is 'friendly fire happens'?
Why is it that whenever Israel is criticised for ANY of their litany of warmongering acts that people like yourself either dismiss it (as shown above) or play the anti-semitism/anti-Israel card?
It seems that Israel views itself as above any laws that govern the rest of the world. Laws or rules that apply to another nations are not regarded as applying to Israel by Israelis.
It's about time that Israel realised that they are not and never were 'God's chosen people', that is something that Israel and it's people have decided for themselves.
Through many, many years of corruption, lies, deceipt and, yes, murder and robbery commited by Israelis throughout history they are in positions of power in the world - you'd think that if they believed that they are 'God's chosen people' that Israelis would act a bit more decently wouldn't you?
So, Elder of Zion, when the subject of Israel's despicable act against the USS Liberty is brought up, all you say is 'friendly fire happens'?
Why is it that whenever Israel is criticised for ANY of their litany of warmongering acts that people like yourself either dismiss it (as shown above) or play the anti-semitism/anti-Israel card?
It seems that Israel views itself as above any laws that govern the rest of the world. Laws or rules that apply to another nations are not regarded as applying to Israel by Israelis.
It's about time that Israel realised that they are not and never were 'God's chosen people', that is something that Israel and it's people have decided for themselves.
Through many, many years of corruption, lies, deceipt and, yes, murder and robbery commited by Israelis throughout history they are in positions of power in the world - you'd think that if they believed that they are 'God's chosen people' that Israelis would act a bit more decently wouldn't you?
Jon:
"Why is it that whenever Israel is criticised for ANY of their litany of warmongering acts that people like yourself either dismiss it (as shown above) or play the anti-semitism/anti-Israel card?"
Interesting. And if I described you and John 8:44 as bigots, how would you be able to dismiss such a charge? I never said that Israel was beyond reproach, but somehow that's how you interpreted my words. If you are so positive that I'm wrong, then make a good argument why instead of just labeling me and making blanket statements about Jews and Israelis, you small coward. I mean, you talk such a big game as if you know so much about Jews and Israelis from your own dealings with them. Since it seems you have never even met a Jew or an Israeli in your life, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that such baseless inflammatory statements about members of a group of people constitutes a form of bigotry, specifically anti-Semitism. Go ahead, explain how I'm wrong.
Oh wait, silly me. It's not racist if you say it isn't and if you accuse me of playing the antisemitism card, right? I mean, I shouldn't dare calling, say, Luke and Justice antisemitic for their comments calling for nuking Israel because, after all, I would just be playing the overused antisemitism card.
Biased much?
How funny was it watching heavily armed israeli commando's getting thrown overboard by 60 year old women wearing adult diapers.....LMFAO
"US politicians support Israel's massacre of US citizens"
Is anyone surprised? What could our spineless government say, or do about it?
Israel has a blockade forbidding the transport of supplies into Gaza, and was only enforcing it.
Those on the flotilla were probably used to protesting in the U.S., where they know nothing serious would happen to them no matter what they did.
In the U.S., you could enter the country illegally with no consequences.
You could even protest and demand services, rights, and citizenship, and even sue!
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