The medical supplies are needed in Gaza as well as any expertise to help the people there. This is outrageous. Israel needs to escort them to safe passage rather than make a mockery of the incident.
Everything on these boats are of known capacity and origin. There is no reason for any aggression by Israel. Israel should be facilitating their safe arrival. There is no war, there is no anything.
There is absolutely no weapon capacity by these people and they are not facilitating any aggression against Israel. Any violation of any maritime law is hideous for the purpose of their venture. Absolutely no harm can come to these boats and their occupants.
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-vows-to-halt-flotilla-aiming-to-break-blockade-1986213.html
Published: May 28, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Everything on these boats are of known capacity and origin. There is no reason for any aggression by Israel. Israel should be facilitating their safe arrival. There is no war, there is no anything.
There is absolutely no weapon capacity by these people and they are not facilitating any aggression against Israel. Any violation of any maritime law is hideous for the purpose of their venture. Absolutely no harm can come to these boats and their occupants.
Israel vows to halt flotilla aiming to break blockade
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Israeli warships were yesterday on full alert in the Mediterranean to prevent an eight-vessel flotilla carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists and an estimated 10,000 tons of humanitarian supplies reaching the coast of Gaza.
Naval vessels were expected to confront the flotilla of cargo and passenger ships later today with the intention of diverting it to the Israeli port of Ashdod and away from its intended destination of Hamas-controlled Gaza.
The flotilla is the largest attempt yet to circumvent the three-year-old Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
While the Israeli authorities have indicated they want to minimise the risk of violence, Israeli media reported yesterday that they are prepared to take over the vessels by force if they ignore warnings not to cross from international waters into a 20 mile exclusion zone enforced by Israel along Gaza's coast....
Their success has been realized by the opening of the highway in the West Bank. If that happened years ago none of this would have occurred. These ships intend no harm to anyone. They are expected arriving in anticipation by the people of Gaza. Israel would be foolish to allow any disruption of their mission.
Israel highway reopens with restrictions
JERUSALEM, May 28 (UPI) -- A major highway in Israel, running through the West Bank and closed to Palestinian traffic since 2002, has been partly reopened, authorities say.
The Israeli military banned Palestinian cars from the route in 2002 after shooting attacks killed six Israeli motorists, but Israel's Supreme Court ruled in 2009 the closure was illegal, the BBC reported Friday.
Highway 443, built in the 1980s, is a major four-lane route between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with an estimated 40,000 Israeli drivers using the highway daily....
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/28/Israel-highway-reopens-with-restrictions/UPI-13681275088624/
The Israeli military banned Palestinian cars from the route in 2002 after shooting attacks killed six Israeli motorists, but Israel's Supreme Court ruled in 2009 the closure was illegal, the BBC reported Friday.
Highway 443, built in the 1980s, is a major four-lane route between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with an estimated 40,000 Israeli drivers using the highway daily....
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/28/Israel-highway-reopens-with-restrictions/UPI-13681275088624/
Incredible in roads to peace in the Middle East is being achieved by the Obama Administration, there should be no resistance to it and any aggression by Israel is counter to the path being pursued by all the other countries in the area.
189 Nations Reaffirm Goal of Ban on Nuclear Weapons
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: May 28, 2010
UNITED NATIONS — Hard-fought negotiations over the future of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty ended here on Friday with 189 nations reaffirming their commitment to eliminating all nuclear weapons and setting a new 2012 deadline for holding a regional conference to eliminate unconventional weapons from the Middle East....
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/world/middleeast/29nuke.htmlIsrael does not have to worry about anything but an apology from the World Council of Churches, it has the USA as an ally and it always has. Israel needs to rise to the occasion and realize ignorance when it confronts it. Symbolism means something.
Confronting the flotilla is not the answer. This is a PR stunt and Israel is feeding the fear intended to defame it.
Confronting the flotilla is not the answer. This is a PR stunt and Israel is feeding the fear intended to defame it.
The short sightedness SHOULD belong to the Christians.
What an act of 'superiority' for 62 years !
Israel needs to provide safe passage to these humanitarian efforts, it has nothing to fear. Israel can provide supervision to the visiting flotilla and escort is safely back out to safe waters after the delivery of supplies takes place and medical care is assured.
There is a 'place' for the Israeli military in this and that is one of protector of the people in the flotilla and the people of Gaza and Israel.
What an act of 'superiority' for 62 years !
Israel needs to provide safe passage to these humanitarian efforts, it has nothing to fear. Israel can provide supervision to the visiting flotilla and escort is safely back out to safe waters after the delivery of supplies takes place and medical care is assured.
There is a 'place' for the Israeli military in this and that is one of protector of the people in the flotilla and the people of Gaza and Israel.
Fri, May. 28 2010 03:51 PM EDT
Jewish Group Condemns WCC 'Anti-Israel' Peace Week
By Ethan ColeChristian Post Reporter
A Jewish human rights organization denounced an upcoming World Council of Churches’ peace event as “blatantly anti-Israel.”
The Simon Wiesenthal Center was referring to the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, which begins Saturday and will run until June 4. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the center, accused the WCC of never standing up for Israel in the 62 years of its existence but being “fixated” on the plight of Palestinians.
“It (WCC) never issued a single response to Arab attempts to annihilate it (Israel), to drive the Jews into the sea, to mass murder Jews at prayer through suicide bombings,” said Cooper. “It is remarkably fixated on the single democracy in the Middle East, while it cannot find its voice in countries that criminalize the practice of Christianity and tolerate the murder of Christians.”...
