Organizator Gaza vloot financiert ook terrorisme

 

De banden van de IHH, een van de organisatoren van de Gaza vloot en met tientallen leden aanwezig op het Turkse schip, met terroristische organisaties, heeft maar weinig media aandacht gekregen. Het past duidelijk niet in het beeld van de geweldloze idealisten dat wij hebben bij de actievoerders. De IHH is zowel een liefdadigheidsorganisatie als een organisatie die terrorisme ondersteunt en daar geld voor inzamelt.

 

Thus, the convoy of ships allegedly trying to bring aid to the Gaza Strip could never be characterized as a "peace flotilla." With ties to Hamas and other dangerous groups, the IHH can only be described as a dangerous organization. Its members only underscored this fact when they attacked Israeli naval personnel with iron bars and knives, ultimately leading to the regrettable deaths this morning on the Mediterranean Sea.

 

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The Terror Finance Flotilla
by Jonathan Schanzer
The Weekly Standard (online)
May 31, 2010
http://schanzer.pundicity.com/7539/the-terror-finance-flotilla

 

The Turkish organizers of the Gaza Strip-bound flotilla that was boarded this morning by Israeli commandos knew well in advance that their vessels would never reach Israeli waters. That's because the organizers belong to a nonprofit that was banned by the Israeli government in July 2008 for its ties to terrorism finance.

The Turkish IHH (Islan Haklary Ve Hurriyetleri Vakfi in Turkish) was founded in 1992, and reportedly popped up on the CIA's radar in 1996 for its radical Islamist leanings. Like many other Islamist charities, the IHH has a record of providing relief to areas where disaster has struck in the Muslim world.

However, the organization is not a force for good. The Turkish nonprofit belongs to a Saudi-based umbrella organization known to finance terrorism called the Union of Good (Ittilaf al-Kheir in Arabic). Notably, the Union is chaired by Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, who is known best for his religious ruling that encourages suicide attacks against Israeli civilians. According to one report, Qardawi personally transferred millions of dollars to the Union in an effort to provide financial support to Hamas.

In 2008, the Israelis banned IHH, along with 35 other Islamist charities worldwide, for its ties to the Union of Good. This was a follow-on designation; Israelis first blocked the Union of Good from operating in the West Bank and Gaza in 2002.

Interestingly, the Union of Good may not only be tied to Hamas. Included in the Israeli list of 36 designees was the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO). In 2006, both the U.S. government and the United Nations designated the IIRO branch offices in Indonesia and the Philippines for financing al Qaeda. French magistrate Jean-Louis Brougiere also testified that IHH had an "important role" in Ahmed Ressam's failed "millennium plot" to bomb the Los Angeles airport in late 1999.

The U.S. government, it should be noted, also views the Union of Good as a terrorist organization. On November 12, 2008, a press release from the U.S. Treasury announced the umbrella group's leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT), stating that the group was "created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to the terrorist organization."

"Terrorist groups such as Hamas continue to exploit charities to radicalize vulnerable communities and cultivate support for their violent activities," said Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey.

According to Treasury, Hamas's leadership actually created the Union of Good in 2000-just after the launch of the armed campaign against Israel-as a means to transfer funds to Hamas. At the time of designation in 2008, the Treasury believed that the Union of Good was transferring "tens of millions of dollars a year" to Hamas-controlled entities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

As the Treasury release explained, "The Union of Good acts as a broker for Hamas by facilitating financial transfers between a web of charitable organizations-including several organizations previously designated. for providing support to Hamas-and Hamas-controlled organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. The primary purpose of this activity is to strengthen Hamas' political and military position in the West Bank and Gaza."

It gets worse. The Treasury, drawing from declassified documents, stated unequivocally that the Union of Good "compensated Hamas terrorists by providing payments to the families of suicide bombers. One of [the charities], the Al-Salah Society, previously identified as a key support node for Hamas, was designated in August 2007... The Society employed a number of members of the Hamas military wing and supported Hamas-affiliated combatants during the first Intifada."

Then there's the leadership. Apart from the aforementioned Qardawi, Union of Good's top officials include Hamas members, as well as Yemeni national Abd al-Majid al-Zindani, who was designated by the U.S. Treasury as a terrorist in 2004 for providing support to al Qaeda.

Thus, the convoy of ships allegedly trying to bring aid to the Gaza Strip could never be characterized as a "peace flotilla." With ties to Hamas and other dangerous groups, the IHH can only be described as a dangerous organization. Its members only underscored this fact when they attacked Israeli naval personnel with iron bars and knives, ultimately leading to the regrettable deaths this morning on the Mediterranean Sea.

 

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Jonathan Schanzer is a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Video: Israelische soldaat beschrijft overval Gaza vloot

"Dit is een vreedzaam hulpkonvooi; er is nog geen zakmes aan boord",

aldus de woordvoerder van de Turkse 'liefdadigheids'organisatie IHH, daags voor het vertrek van de Gazavloot.

 

Op de video hieronder beschrijft een soldaat die naar beneden werd gelaten op het Turkse schip hoe ze werden aangevallen door de 'vreedzame demonstranten'. Iedere soldaat die naar beneden kwam werd door drie of vier activisten aangevallen met messen, knuppels, ijzeren staven en ook met scherp. Het wekte daarmee de indruk van een voorbereide en gecoördineerde aanval.

 

 

 

Met dank aan: http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/06/latest-videos-about-flotilla.html 

 

Anti-Israël demonstratie Den Haag loopt uit de hand

Aanvaring Gretta Duisenberg met de ME

 

 

Ziehier de vreedzame anti-Israel demonstranten in actie in Den Haag. De actievoerders werden agressief en gingen met voorwerpen gooien. Ze leken op kleine schaal na te doen wat op de Turkse "Free Gaza" boot op weg naar de Gazastrook in het groot gebeurde. Daar werden Israelische soldaten, die na herhaalde waarschuwingen de boot betraden, aangevallen met messen, knuppels en zelfs beschoten. Pas toen verschillende soldaten gewond waren en er een bewusteloos op de grond lag, kregen ze toestemming om terug te schieten.

 

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Anti-Israëldemonstratie Den Haag loopt uit de hand

http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Nieuws/Nederland/267068/AntiIsraeldemonstratie-Den-Haag-loopt-uit-de-hand.htm

maandag 31 mei 2010 21:54

Een demonstratie van pro-Palestijnse activisten bij de Israëlische ambassade in Den Haag is uit de hand gelopen. De actievoerders werden agressief en begonnen met voorwerpen te gooien, waarna de ME heeft ingegrepen.

Er namen zo'n achthonderd mensen aan het protest deel. Dit waren Palestijnen, Turken, leden van Een Ander Joods Geluid en vrienden van Anne de Jong. Zij is een opvarende van het konvooi schepen met hulpgoederen dat onderweg was naar de Gaza-strook, en in gevecht kwam met het Israëlische leger.

Woede
De demonstranten zijn woedend, omdat een konvooi van schepen met hulpgoederen voor Gaza door Israëlische troepen werd aangevallen. Er vielen negentien doden bij de pro-Palestijnse actievoerders.

Beelden lijken uit te wijzen dat de militairen die de schepen wilden enteren om te onderzoeken of er wapens aan boord waren, werden aangevallen.

Gretta Duisenberg
SP-Kamerlid Krista van Velzen was een van de demonstranten. Ook zelfverklaard antisemiet Gretta Duisenberg was onder de actievoerders. De weduwe van Europese bankpresident Wim Duisenberg liep voorop en kreeg klappen van de ME.

Na anderhalf uur protesteren hielden de actievoerders het voor gezien. Niemand is gearresteerd. 

Lees ook het Elsevier-commentaar: Israël tuint met open ogen in pro-Palestijnse val

 

Wapens aangetroffen op Turks schip Free Gaza vloot

 

Op de video hieronder zijn de wapens te zien die het Israelische leger aantrof op de Turkse boot, de Mavi Marmara. Dit is de enige boot waarop geweld is gebruikt, geweld dat overduidelijk is begonnen door de activisten op de boot, onder andere leden van het extremistische IHH dat banden heeft met Al Qaida, Hamas en Hezbollah.

 

Elder of Ziyon verklaart het feit dat de Israelische soldaten zo slecht waren voorbereid op het geweld van de Turkse extremisten door te wijzen op het feit dat de organisatoren van de Free Gaza vloot steeds hebben benadrukt geen geweld te zullen gebruiken. Daardoor werden ze het slachtoffer van een goed voorbereide hinderlaag, waaruit ze zich alleen konden redden door hun vuurwapen te gebruiken:

 

The bottom line is, if the IDF had known that they were meeting with a mob of violent, crazy, suicidal Islamists, they would have prepared better for it and there would have been less loss of life. But since the Free Gaza and other sponsors of the ships made very public statements about their "peaceful" intentions, the IDF was ill-prepared for the confrontation and things went awry.

 

Hier zit zeker wat in, maar vreemd is toch dat men er niet eerder achter was gekomen dat de activisten op het Turkse schip van een ander kaliber waren dan de Europese activisten zoals onze Anne de Jong. Israel wist dat de IHH een jihadistische organisatie is met banden met verschillende terroristische organisaties, dus wat verwacht men dan van een schip dat zij hebben georganiseerd en bemand? Hoe dat ook zij, feit is dat de organisatoren op het schip de verantwoordelijkheid dragen voor de gevechten en de doden, en Israel had het recht na verschillende waarschuwingen het schip te betreden en overmeesteren.

 

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Met dank aan: http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/05/video-of-weapons-found-aboard-terror.html

 

 

 

Achtergronden Gaza blokkade en maritiem recht

Israel staat wel in haar recht lijkt me, maar dat wil niet zeggen dat het ook verstandig was. Ik begrijp niet goed waarom men (zoals men zelf toegeeft) niet voorbereid was op het gewelddadige verzet van de moslimactivisten op het Turkse schip, dat was georganiseerd door het extremistische IHH dat banden heeft met Al Qaida en Hamas.

 

Dat alles laat onverlet dat een en ander is uitgelokt door deze activisten, die immers de herhaaldelijke waarschuwingen van Israel negeerden en vervolgens grof geweld gebruikten tegen de soldaten. Het valt zeer te hopen dat de EU en de individuele lidstaten in staat zijn onderscheid te maken tussen de gewelddadige extremisten op het Turkse schip, die hier waarschijnlijk op uit waren en voor wie het martelarenschap het hoogste doel is, en de vreedzame activisten op de andere boten, die overigens wel weinig problemen lijken te hebben met de extremisten en ook met het Hamas bewind in de Gazastrook en waar die organisatie voor staat...

 

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The Gaza flotilla and the maritime blockade of Gaza - Legal background from the Foreign Ministry

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 May 2010  - distributed May 31, 2010 5:18 PM

A maritime blockade is in effect off the coast of Gaza. It has been imposed, as Israel is currently in a state of armed conflict with the Hamas regime that controls Gaza.


1. A maritime blockade is in effect off the coast of Gaza. Such blockade has been imposed, as Israel is currently in a state of armed conflict with the Hamas regime that controls Gaza, which has repeatedly bombed civilian targets in Israel with weapons that have been smuggled into Gaza via the sea.

2. Maritime blockades are a legitimate and recognized measure under international law that may be implemented as part of an armed conflict at sea.

3. A  blockade may be imposed at sea, including in international waters, so long as it does not bar access to the ports and coasts of neutral states.

4. The naval manuals of several western countries, including the US and England recognize the maritime blockade as an effective naval measure and set forth the various criteria that make a blockade valid, including the requirement of give due notice of the existence of the blockade.

5. In this vein, it should be noted that Israel publicized the existence of the blockade and the precise coordinates of such by means of the accepted international professional maritime channels. Israel also provided appropriate notification to the affected governments and to the organizers of the Gaza protest flotilla.  Moreover, in real time, the ships participating in the protest flotilla were warned repeatedly that a maritime blockade is in effect.

6. Here, it should be noted that under customary law, knowledge of the blockade may be presumed once a blockade has been declared and appropriate notification has been granted, as above.

7. Under international maritime law, when a maritime blockade is in effect, no boats can enter the blockaded area.  That includes both civilian and enemy vessels.

 

8. A state may take action to enforce a blockade. Any vessel that violates or attempts to violate a maritime blockade may be captured or even attacked under international law. The US Commander's Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations sets forth that a vessel is considered to be in attempt to breach a blockade from the time the vessel leaves its port with the intention of evading the blockade.

9. Here we should note that the protesters indicated their clear intention to violate the blockade by means of written and oral statements. Moreover, the route of these vessels indicated their clear intention to violate the blockade in violation of international law.

10. Given the protesters explicit intention to violate the naval blockade, Israel exercised its right under international law to enforce the blockade. It should be noted that prior to undertaking enforcement measures, explicit warnings were relayed directly to the captains of the vessels, expressing Israel's intent to exercise its right to inforce the blockade.

11. Israel had attempted to take control of the vessels participating in the flotilla by peaceful means and in an orderly fashion in order to enforce the blockade. Given the large number of vessels participating in the flotilla, an operational decision was made to undertake measures to enforce the blockade a certain distance from the area of the blockade.

12. Israeli personnel attempting to enforce the blockade were met with violence by the protesters and acted in self defense to fend off such attacks.
 

"Free Gaza activisten waren uit op oorlog"

"The soldiers acted with the utmost nobility," said one police source close to the Yamam. "They engaged in hand-to-hand combat, sustained injuries, but only opened fire after one of them was lying on the ground unconscious and two others had been shot. This was an unbelievable demonstration of restraint."

 

Dit verslag bevestigt het verhaal van journalist Ron Ben Yishai die uit eerste hand de gebeurtenissen beschrijft, en diverse video's. Het is duidelijk dat de soldaten niet op zoveel geweld hadden gerekend en daar niet op waren voorbereid, en vandaar ook dat zij daarvoor niet beter waren uitgerust. Zij gingen pas over tot schieten nadat diverse soldaten in elkaar waren geslagen met knuppels en zij zelf waren beschoten. Dat dat op het nieuws helemaal niet naar voren komt is tekenend: welhaast automatisch wordt het perspectief van Israels vijanden gekozen.

 

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The Jerusalem Post
Navy commandos: 'They came for war'
By YAAKOV KATZ
05/31/2010 20:14
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177040


Soldiers describe takeover of protest ship 'Mavi Marmara.'

"They came for war," was how one Israeli Navy commando described the activists aboard the Mavi Marmara Turkish passenger boat where clashes erupted early Monday morning and ended with at least nine activists dead and dozens others, including eight IDF soldiers, injured.

"Operation Sea Breeze", as it was called by the IDF, actually began several hours earlier at about 11 pm Sunday night as the Navy made its initial contact with the Mavi Marmara and the other five ships which were part of an international aid flotilla on its way to try and break the Israel-imposed sea blockade on Gaza.

After several hours of radio communications and warnings that the Mavi Marmara would be boarded if the captain did not change his ship's course, at 4 am Monday, OC Navy Vice-Admiral Eliezer "Cheney" Marom, who had set up a command post on the INS Victory, gave the order to Flotilla 13 to board the ship.

The three Israeli Air Force Blackhawk Helicopters hovering nearby made their approach above the Mavi Marmara's upper deck. Sitting on board, the naval commandos could just make out the few dozen activists gathered below. Carrying non-lethal weapons as well as pistols, the last thing the soldiers thought they would walk into was a well-planed lynch.

"As the 15 of us slid down the ropes, 30 of them were waiting for us on the deck," one of the commandos later told reporters. "They charged us and threw a few of the soldiers off the deck to the floor below. We did not expect to find ourselves in such a situation."

The assessment within the Navy was that the activists would resist the Israeli takeover of their ship but along the lines of the demonstrations the IDF faces weekly in the West Bank where Palestinians protest against the security barrier. Rocks and punches would be thrown as well as an occasional knife but not the extent of violence they met.

As the rope fell from the helicopter onto the Mavi Marmara's deck, some of the Turkish activists grabbed it, tied it to an antenna likely hoping that it would bring down the helicopter. The Navy commandos decided to still go ahead with the operation and began sliding down onto the ship.

Armed with rifles that could shoot paintballs – which can hurt but not kill – the soldiers landed on the ship and immediately came under attack by dozens of activists armed with knives, bats and metal pipes. Activists grabbed soldiers and tried to hold them hostage, stripping them of their helmets and equipment.

One of the soldiers tried to protect a commando who was being lynched by a group of activists. They were instructed by the flotilla commander to refrain from using their sidearm unless their lives were at risk.

Soldiers feared for their lives, asked permission to open fire

The force threw several stun grenades but the violent attacks continued. Two soldiers were injured and some of the activists succeeded in stealing one of the soldier's guns. Shots were fired and one of the soldiers fell to the ground unconscious. Fearing for their lives, the soldiers asked and received permission to open fire, first taking aim at the activists' feet.

In one corner of the ship, the commandos saw a gun flash. They returned fire and started chasing the shooter but could not find him.

As the clashes intensified, additional commandos boarded the ship as well as members of the Border Police's Yasam unit who are experts in riot control and crowd dispersion. After less than an hour, the ship was in Israeli hands. The price though was steep – eight soldiers were injured, several of them seriously and at least nine activists were killed.

By the evening, the naval commandos were back at their base in northern Israel and had begun their debriefing.

The videos taken by the IDF were passed around throughout the defense establishment and made their way to other special forces, including the Israel Police's elite counter-terror unit Yamam, which had fought to participate in the mission but had been left on the sidelines due to legal complications involving police operations out at sea.

"The soldiers acted with the utmost nobility," said one police source close to the Yamam. "They engaged in hand-to-hand combat, sustained injuries, but only opened fire after one of them was lying on the ground unconscious and two others had been shot. This was an unbelievable demonstration of restraint."

Een geweldadige confrontatie op zee met de Free Gaza Vloot

 

Uit onderstaand artikel blijkt duidelijk dat de activisten begonnen met geweld te gebruiken en hier ook duidelijk op waren voorbereid en dus mee hadden gerekend. Ze hadden diverse wapens aan boord en lijken ook ervaring te hebben in dit soort 'straat'gevechten. Het feit dat men een baby op de boot had gebracht wordt daarmee extra bedenkelijk.

De activisten op deze boot, vooral ervaren islamisten van de extremistische organisatie IHH, zongen van te voren al wat strijdliederen om in de stemming te komen:

 

On the day before the Gaza flotilla confronted the Israeli navy, Al-Jazeera TV documented the pre-battle atmosphere created by men on board the flotilla, chanting a well known Islamic battle cry invoking the killing and defeat of Jews in battle:
 

"[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!"

Khaibar is the name of the last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad's army in 628. Many Jews were killed in that battle, which marked the end of Jewish presence in Arabia. There are Muslims who see that as a precursor for future wars against Jews. At gatherings and rallies of extremists, this chant is often heard as a threat to Jews to expect to be defeated and killed again by Muslims. 

 

Met vreedzaam demonstreren zoals wij dat hier vroeger deden tegen de kernwapens heeft een en ander hoegenaamd niets te maken. Op de andere boten waar de Europese activisten zaten verliep een en ander wel vredig, zij verzetten zich geweldloos tegen Israels entering en daarom heeft Israel tegenover hen ook geen geweld hoeven gebruiken.

 

Uit het verslag hieronder blijkt ook duidelijk de terughoudendheid van de soldaten en ook hoezeer zij verrast zijn door het geweld van de Turkse activisten. Dat laatste verbaast mij wel; je zou denken dat Israel weet met wie het te maken heeft en wat het kan verwachten en zich daar adequaat op voorbereidt.

 

Zie ook de video onderaan, die duidelijk laat zien hoe de 'activisten' op de soldaten insloegen met metalen buizen...

 

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A Brutal Ambush at Sea

YnetNews, May 31, 2010

Ben Yishai, Ron

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896796,00.html

 

 

Ron Ben Yishai recounts bloody clash aboard Gaza-bound vessel: The lacking crowd-dispersal means, the brutal violence of 'peace activists,' and the attempt to bring down an IDF helicopter

Our Navy commandoes fell right into the hands of the Gaza mission members. A few minutes before the takeover attempt aboard the Marmara got underway, the operation commander was told that 20 people were waiting on the deck where a helicopter was to deploy the first team of the elite Flotilla 13 unit. The original plan was to disembark on the top deck, and from there rush to the vessel's bridge and order the Marmara's captain to stop.

Officials estimated that passengers will show slight resistance, and possibly minor violence; for that reason, the operation's commander decided to bring the helicopter directly above the top deck. The first rope that soldiers used in order to descend down to the ship was wrested away by activists, most of them Turks, and tied to an antenna with the hopes of bringing the chopper down. However, Flotilla 13 fighters decided to carry on.

Navy commandoes slid down to the vessel one by one, yet then the unexpected occurred: The passengers that awaited them on the deck pulled out bats, clubs, and slingshots with glass marbles, assaulting each soldier as he disembarked. The fighters were nabbed one by one and were beaten up badly, yet they attempted to fight back.

However, to their misfortune, they were only equipped with paintball rifles used to disperse minor protests, such as the ones held in Bilin. The paintballs obviously made no impression on the activists, who kept on beating the troops up and even attempted to wrest away their weapons.

One soldier who came to the aid of a comrade was captured by the rioters and sustained severe blows. The commandoes were equipped with handguns but were told they should only use them in the face of life-threatening situations. When they came down from the chopper, they kept on shouting to each other "don't shoot, don't shoot," even though they sustained numerous blows.

'I saw the tip of a rifle'

The Navy commandoes were prepared to mostly encounter political activists seeking to hold a protest, rather than trained street fighters. The soldiers were told they were to verbally convince activists who offer resistance to give up, and only then use paintballs. They were permitted to use their handguns only under extreme circumstances.

The planned rush towards the vessel's bridge became impossible, even when a second chopper was brought in with another crew of soldiers. "Throw stun grenades," shouted Flotilla 13's commander who monitored the operation. The Navy chief was not too far, on board a speedboat belonging to Flotilla 13, along with forces who attempted to climb into the back of the ship.

The forces hurled stun grenades, yet the rioters on the top deck, whose number swelled up to 30 by that time, kept on beating up about 30 commandoes who kept gliding their way one by one from the helicopter. At one point, the attackers nabbed one commando, wrested away his handgun, and threw him down from the top deck to the lower deck, 30 feet below. The soldier sustained a serious head wound and lost his consciousness.

Only after this injury did Flotilla 13 troops ask for permission to use live fire. The commander approved it: You can go ahead and fire. The soldiers pulled out their handguns and started shooting at the rioters' legs, a move that ultimately neutralized them. Meanwhile, the rioters started to fire back at the commandoes.

"I saw the tip of a rifle sticking out of the stairwell," one commando said. "He fired at us and we fired back. We didn't see if we hit him. We looked for him later but couldn't find him." Two soldiers sustained gunshot wounds to their knee and stomach after rioters apparently fired at them using guns wrested away from troops.

During the commotion, another commando was stabbed with a knife. In a later search aboard the Marmara, soldiers found caches of bats, clubs, knives, and slingshots used by the rioters ahead of the IDF takeover. It appeared the activists were well prepared for a fight.

Some passengers on the ship stood at the back and pounded the soldiers' hands as they attempted to climb on board. Only after a 30-minute shootout and brutal assaults using clubs and knifes did commandoes manage to reach the bridge and take over the Marmara.

It appears that the error in planning the operation was the estimate that passengers were indeed political activists and members of humanitarian groups who seek a political provocation, but would not resort to brutal violence. The soldiers thought they will encounter Bilin-style violence; instead, they got Bangkok. The forces that disembarked from the helicopters were few; just dozens of troops – not enough to contend with the large group awaiting them.

The second error was that commanders did not address seriously enough the fact that a group of men were expecting the soldiers on the top deck. Had they addressed this more seriously, they may have hurled tear-gas grenades and smoke grenades from the helicopter to create a screen that would have enabled them to carry out their mission, without the fighters falling right into the hands of the rioters, who severely assaulted them.

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Met dank aan www.theisraelproject.org

For more Video Footage of the Gaza Flotilla

 

Humanitaire missie Free Gaza Vloot mondt uit in bloedbad?

 

Ook ik schrok van het nieuws vandaag. Hoewel bekend was dat er ook moslimextremisten aan boord van de "Free Gaza Vloot" waren, domineerde - ook bij mij - toch het beeld van mijn 'oude strijdmakkers': vriendelijke idealisten, wat naief soms maar bevlogen, en gedreven door hoge idealen van een betere wereld, nog geen vlieg kwaad doend (en dus vegetariërs) en bereid zich geweldloos door ME-ers ineen te laten slaan om een bos te redden of tegen de plaatsing van kruisraketten te protesteren.

 

Ik waag me nog niet aan een eindoordeel over wat er precies is misgegaan met de "Free Gaza Vloot" en de Israelische militaire aktie ertegen.

Toch lijken een aantal zaken evident:

1. Het Israelische leger zou er geen enkel belang bij hebben om te gaan schieten op vreedzame humanitaire activisten. Het enige denkbare belang zou afschrikking kunnen zijn tegen toekomstige soortgelijke campagnes, maar dat eventuele belang verbleekt bij de politieke en diplomatieke repercussies die deze actie teweeg brengt.

2. Het was bekend - tenminste bij Israel - dat de vloot mede werd georganiseerd door radikale Turkse moslimgroepen (zelfs het NOS journaal erkende dat vanavond), dus dat de soldaten gewelddadig verzet tegenkwamen op het grootste schip (nadat de kleinere boten geweldloos waren geënterd), had ze niet mogen verrassen. Er lijkt gezien het aantal doden en gewonden dan ook wel geblunderd te zijn door de Israeli's.

3. De media, een menigte moslims en zogenaamde vredesgroepen, en in hun kielzog de internationale politiek reageerden vandaag overwegend hysterisch op de gebeurtenissen, zonder de precieze toedracht te kennen. Minister Verhagen (die ik voor het overige geheel niet moet) was nog een van de weinigen die zich redelijk beheerst en genuanceerd uitliet.

4. De Westerse activisten in de vloot (nog te zwijgen van de Europarlementariërs) getuigden van een onvoorstelbare domheid, roekeloosheid en naiviteit door (letterlijk) in zee te gaan met extremistische moslims die het geweld niet schuwen, en die aan boord al vrolijke strijdliederen zongen om de nostalgische sfeer van pogroms en slachtpartijen op te roepen. Daar zul je maar tussen zitten met je broodje vegaburger...

5. Er is nog helemaal niet bekend bij mijn weten wie de doden en gewonden aan boord van het Turkse schip waren. Hopelijk waren het alleen de gewelddadige extremisten die blijkbaar de soldaten aanvielen, en waren er geen van die domme, naieve, vegetarische meisjes bij die we bv. op het Belgische nieuws aan het woord zagen, maar zo wel, dan is dat in de eerste plaats te wijten aan hun eigen domheid en aan de onverantwoordelijkheid van de 'humanitaire' organisaties die hen aan boord haalden.

6. Als blijkt dat inderdaad alleen extremisten gesneuveld zijn die de soldaten aanvielen, waar slaan alle heisa en veroordelingen dan nog op? Gewoon het zoveelste bloedsprookje om de 'internationale jood' zwart te maken?

 

Wouter

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Israel vs Free Gaza – Het volledige verhaal

May 31st 2010YochananOpen Podium

Israëlische commando's aangevallen bij entering van schip in Free Gaza vloot

Zie eerste officiele beelden van de aanval op de Israelische commando's :

In de nacht van 30 op 31 mei 2010 enterden Israëlische commando's de schepen van de "Free Gaza" vloot die op weg waren vanuit Turkije naar Israel.
Ondanks herhaalde verzoeken aan de kapiteins van deze schepen om koers te verleggen naar Ashdod de grote haven in het zuiden van Israel bleven de schepen opstomen naar de kust van Gaza.
De organisatoren hadden eerder duidelijk gemaakt dat het doel van de missie was om de marine blokkade van Gaza (Hamas) te breken. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=P6jDIQr59Sk

Israel gaf herhaaldelijk te kennen dat de marine deze actie niet zou toestaan en verzocht de leiding van de actie om de voor Gaza bestemde humanitaire goederen gewoon in Ashdod te ontschepen. Ook werd een aanbod afgewezen om de Free Gaza organisatie supervisie over de aflevering van de goederen in Gaza te geven.
Bij het vertrek van de schepen uit Turkije werden herhaaldelijk spreekkoren aangeheven zoals "Dood aan de Joden" (Yitbakh al Yahoed)
Vanaf het begin van de operatie "Free Gaza" bestond er samenwerking tussen Hamas en de organisatoren. (bron: right side news)

De entering van vijf kleinere schepen van de Free Gaza vloot verliep zonder noemenswaardig geweld. De grootste boot "Mavi Marmara" bevatte het grootste aantal activisten waaronder een groot aantal leden van de IHH een Turkse Islamistische organisatie die collaboreert met Hamas en Al Qaida. http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2006/DIIS%20WP%202006-7.web.pdf

Ook de leider van de extremistische Islamistische Beweging in Israel Raed Salah was aan boord van het schip.
Op het moment dat de Israëlische commando's dit schip enterden werden zij door een groep activisten met messen en ijzeren staven aangevallen, ook werd er met pistolen op de soldaten geschoten en werd een van hen van zijn wapen beroofd.
http://www.nrg.co.il:80/online/1/ART2/114/294.html?hp=1&loc=2&tmp=2454 (cirkels laten o.a. een steekaanslag zien)

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com:80/2010/05/video-of-peace-activists-ambushing.html

In het vuurgevecht dat vervolgens ontstond kwamen 10 van de aanvallers om het leven en werden 10 commando's gewond. De gewonden werden door Israëlische legerartsen behandeld en per helikopter overgebracht naar ziekenhuizen in Israel.
De Israëlische marine heeft -op het moment van publicatie van dit rapport- nog altijd geen volledige controle over het schip Mavi Marmara, sommige activisten hebben zich verschanst in hun hutten.

De Israëlische beslissing om deze actie in internationale wateren uit te voeren was legaal volgens het internationale recht. Volgens de San Remo Manual voor het Internationale Recht voor conflict op zee is het toegestaan om "neutrale schepen op open zee aan te vallen wanneer er reden is om aan te nemen dat zij smokkelwaar vervoeren of van plan zijn een blokkade te breken. Echter niet nadat men waarschuwing had ontvangen, opzettelijk weigerde te stoppen of opzettelijk zich verzette tegen onderzoek, entering of overname van het schip.

http://www.icrc.org:80/ihl.nsf/385ec082b509e76c41256739003e636d/7694fe2016f347e1c125641f002d49ce

Zoals hierboven al werd aangegeven en aangetoond met video beelden voldeed de Israëlische marine aan deze voorwaarden. De organisatoren van de Free Gaza vloot maakten eerder bekend dat zij van plan waren door de Israëlische zee blokkade van Gaza te breken (Greta Berlin AFP 27 mei 2010).
De leider van de IHH, Bulent Yildirim, gaf een aantal interviews waarin hij aankondigde om "verzet" te plegen tegen iedere Israëlische poging om de schepen te doorzoeken.
De IHH verzekerde zich van de aanwezigheid van enige EU parlementsleden aan boord van de Mavi Marmara, hetgeen men zag als een verzekeringspolis in geval van ingrijpen door de Israëlische marine. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896090,00.html  

 

Islamitische extremisten op boten "Free Gaza" vloot

 

We hebben hier al eerder gewezen op de extreme denkbeelden van veel van de organisatoren van de "Free Gaza" Vloot. Hieruit blijkt wederom dat dit geen vredesactivisten zijn maar sympathisanten van Hamas en strijders tegen Israel. Het is jammer en diep triest dat goedbedoelende mensen in hun propaganda trappen en ook aan hun acties deelnemen. Overigens verliep een en ander probleemloos op de kleinere schepen en alleen op het Turkse schip, geleid door het extremistische IHH, kwam het tot hevige gevechten met tientallen doden en gewonden tot gevolg. Alles wijst erop dat dit vanuit de IHH was gepland, en dat men op deze manier wil proberen de druk op Israel om de (gedeeltelijke) blokkade op te heffen, wil vergroten. Het feit dat er zelfs een achttien maanden oude baby aan boord was gebracht als menselijk schild, spreekt boekdelen.

 

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Gaza flotilla participants created war atmosphere before confronting Israel
Participants chanted Islamic battle cry invoking killing of Jews and called for Martyrdom
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=2323

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

On the day before the Gaza flotilla confronted the Israeli navy, Al-Jazeera TV documented the pre-battle atmosphere created by men on board the flotilla, chanting a well known Islamic battle cry invoking the killing and defeat of Jews in battle:
 

"[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!"

Khaibar is the name of the last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad's army in 628. Many Jews were killed in that battle, which marked the end of Jewish presence in Arabia. There are Muslims who see that as a precursor for future wars against Jews. At gatherings and rallies of extremists, this chant is often heard as a threat to Jews to expect to be defeated and killed again by Muslims.

Al-Jazeera also interviewed a woman who said that the flotilla participants' goal was "one of two happy endings: either Martyrdom or reaching Gaza."

Click here to view Islamic battle cry on Gaza flotilla.

The following is the transcript from Al-Jazeera TV:

Reporter: "Despite the Israeli threats and several unexpected delays, the arrival of the ships at the meeting point before sailing to the Gaza Strip inflamed the emotions and the enthusiasm of the participants."
Visuals from Gaza flotilla ship of young Muslims shouting Islamic battle chant invoking the killing and defeat of Jews in battle:
"[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!"
[Khaibar is the name of last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad's army and it marked the end of Jewish presence in Arabia in 628.]
Reporter: "While singing songs reminiscent of the Palestinian Intifada (Palestinian terror war against Israel, 2000 - 2005), participants expressed their longing to reach Gaza."
A participant: "Right now we face one of two happy endings: either Martyrdom or reaching Gaza." [Based on Islamic call before battle: "Either victory or Martyrdom".]

[Al-Jazeera TV, May 29, 2010]

Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV chose to glorify flotilla participants who shouted the Islamic battle cry by broadcasting an interview with a university lecturer who referred to them as "those with faith and will."

Dr. Abd Al-Fatah Shayyeq Naaman, lecturer in Shari'ah law at a university in Sanaa:

"Yesterday I followed the news agencies and they conveyed Zionist threats to stop the convoy and prevent it from entering Gaza; on the other side, those with faith and will once again call out upon hearing the reports of the threats: '[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!'"
Hamas TV Host: "Strong motivation."

Shayyeq Naaman: "One woman standing on the ship said that now we are awaiting one of two happy endings: either Martyrdom or the beaches of Gaza."

[Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), May 30, 2010]

Al-Jazeera also reports that before the confrontation, flotilla participants announced that they would use "resistance" against Israel. Mukawama (resistance) is the Arabic term used by Palestinians to refer to all violence against Israel, including suicide terror.

"The flotilla includes hundreds of Arab and foreign solidarity activists from more than 40 countries ... They have announced their determination to use resistance to any attempt at piracy by the Israeli occupation."

[Al-Jazeera website, May 29, 2010]

PMW | King George 59 | Jerusalem | Israel

 

Wie zit er achter de "Free Gaza" vloot?

 

Meer nieuws over de extremistische connecties van de Gaza boot activisten. Een belangrijke organisatie hierachter, het Turks-islamitische IHH, blijkt banden met Al Qaida, Hamas en Hezbollah te hebben.

 

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Zie ook: De Free Gaza vloot: goed voor Hamas, niet voor vrede 

en verder:

Meer leugens van de "Free Gaza" vloot

Free Gaza vloot liegt over omvang hulpgoederen aan Gazastrook

Ook islamitische extremisten verbonden aan Free Gaza vloot

Sarah Weiss Maudi (IMFA) over de legale aspecten van de Gaza hulp en blokkade

"Free Gaza" activisten weigeren voor Gilad Shalit op te komen

Israelische "Armada" op weg naar de Free Gaza vloot

Wat de media niet tonen: de andere kant van Gaza

Israel voorbereid op nieuwe "Free Gaza" vloot

Nieuwe Free Gaza vloot op weg om Hamas te steunen

 

Who is behind the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla?"

30.05. 2010
http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000740.html
Original content copyright by the author
Zionism & Israel Center http://zionism-israel.com

Without minimizing the suffering and loss of the Gaza population, it is also necessary to point out a few facts that might dim the enthusiasm of supporters of the fleet of ships sailing to Gaza with "humanitarian supplies," at least among decent people.

In a typical week, 15,000 tons of Israeli humanitarian aid supplies enter Gaza. Truckloads of meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, milk powder, baby food, wheat and other supplies arrive in Gaza daily. Building materials are also shipped in, when monitored by International organizations so that it is not commandeered by Hamas for the fortification of bunkers. (source ) That is, in a week, Israel sends more aid to Gaza than is contained in the 10,000 tons of the so-called humanitarian aid flotilla.

The ships sailing from Turkey to Gaza are sponsored by the Turkish organization for Human Rights, Liberties, and Humanitarian Relief (IHH). What does the nature of this group tell us about the "humanitarian" purpose of the voyage? A recent Israeli report pointed out that the launching of the flotilla was attended by Hamas personnel and other extremists, but we already know that Hamas and IHH work closely together. If you like the flotilla, chances are you think Hamas is an innocuous humanitarian group too. More interesting, perhaps, are the previous connections of IHH, revealed by foreign sources.

In 2006, a Danish study by Evan F. Kohlmann reported:

Turkish authorities began their own domestic criminal investigation of IHH as early as December 1997, when sources revealed that leaders of IHH were purchasing automatic weapons from other regional Islamic militant groups.43 IHH's bureau in Istanbul was thoroughly searched, and its local officers were arrested. Security forces uncovered an array of disturbing items, including firearms, explosives, bomb-making instructions, and a "jihad flag." After analyzing seized IHH documents, Turkish authorities concluded that "detained members of IHH were going to fight in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Chechnya."44

According to a French intelligence report, the terrorist infiltration of IHH extended to its most senior ranks. The report, written by famed counterterrorism magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguiere, revealed that IHH President Bulent Yildrim had directly conspired in the mid-1990s to "recruit veteran soldiers in anticipation of the coming holy war [jihad]. In particular, some men were sent into war zones in Muslim countries in order to acquire combat experience."45

Furthermore, in the hopes of "obtaining political support from these countries, financial aid was transferred [on behalf of IHH], as well as caches of firearms, knives, and pre-fabricated explosives."46 An examination of IHH's phone records in Istanbul showed repeated telephone calls in 1996 to an Al-Qaida guesthouse in Milan and various Algerian terrorist operatives active elsewhere in Europe – including the notorious Abu el-Ma`ali, who has been subsequently termed by U.S. officials as a "junior Osama Bin Laden."47

At a USA trial, Brugiere testified:

The IHH is an NGO, but it was kind of a type of cover-up… in order to obtain forged documents and also to obtain different forms of infiltration for Mujahideen in combat. And also to go and gather[recruit] these Mujahideens. And finally, one of the last responsibilities that they had was also to be implicated or involved in weapons trafficking.48

According to the Danish report, IHH was later involved in supplying arms to Sunni terrorists in Iraq. More recently, they have developed close relations with Hamas and Hezbollah. Is it any wonder that Israel would not allow an organization that smuggles arms to Al Qaeda to send an uninspected cargo of "humanitarian aid" to Gaza? These are the sort of "humanitarians" who would do less harm as vegetarians.

Ami Isseroff

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Hezbollah beschikt over militaire basis in Syrië met Scud raketten, volgens Netanjahoe

Meer slecht nieuws over Hezbollah. Het is zoals gezegd een vreemde situatie: Hezbollah heeft de capaciteit van een leger, wordt door verschillende staten gesteund maar is zelf geen onderdeel van een staat. Zij is een machtig middel in de handen van haar patronen, Syrië en Iran.

 

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Hezbollah operating Scud missiles from Syria, Netanyahu claims
Lebanese militants have long-range missiles at secret base outside Damascus, prime minister tells Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hezbollah-operating-scud-missiles-from-syria-netanyahu-claims-1.292910

Haaretz 29/05/2010

 

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday told his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi that Lebanese militants were operating long-range Scud missiles from bases inside Syria, according to Israeli media reports.

 

Netanyahu made the claims during a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris this weekend, Channel 2 news reported.

 

The prime minister's comments follow a report in the London Times on Friday claiming that new satellite images prove the existence of Hezbollah arms bases on Syrian soil. The bases are stocked with Syria-made weapons, including surface-to-surface missiles, the newspaper said.

 

According to The Times, the Hezbollah base was detected near the town of Adra, northeast of Damascus, adding that evidence indicated that militants have their own living quarters, armory, and a fleet of supply vehicles used to ferry weapons into Lebanon.

 

A security source told the British daily that Hezbollah was "allowed to operate this site freely", adding that they "often move the arms in bad weather when Israeli satellites are unable to track them".

 

Lebanon and Syria have recently said they fear a possible attack by Israel after President Shimon Peres accused Syria in April of supplying Hezbollah with the long-range Scud missiles, which are capable of hitting major Israeli cities. Damascus has repeatedly denied the charge and accused Israel of fomenting war.

 

Some U.S. officials have expressed doubt that any Scuds were actually handed over in full to Hezbollah, although they believe Syria might have transferred weapons parts.

 

"We obviously have grave concerns about the transfer of any missile capability to Hezbollah through Lebanon from Syria," a senior U.S. President Barack Obama administration official said last Friday, following a meeting between Obama and Lebanon Prime Minister Said Hariri.

 

Abbas wil niet met Israel maar met VS onderhandelen

Het is al eerder gebleken: de Palestijnse Autoriteit wil met Israel niks te maken hebben en vooral ook niet met Israel onderhandelen, want dan moet het zelf ook concessies doen. Haar strategie is om via de VS en de internationale gemeenschap zoveel mogelijk binnen te halen zonder er zelf iets voor op te hoeven geven. Terwijl Israel de ene na de andere concessie doet, leunt de PA achterover en scherpt haar eisen nog wat aan.

Zaki added that Abbas asked Mitchell to present Washington's views about peace and not to wait for Israeli proposals.

Wat Israel wil en voorstelt is volkomen irrelevant in de ogen van Abbas, en de internationale gemeenschap speelt dit spel helaas maar al te graag mee. Dat een en ander het vertrouwen niet ten goede komt, en de kans op slagen van de onderhandelingen nog kleiner maakt, is evident. Maar dat is dan ook niet het doel van Abbas en de PA.

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Abbas: We deal with US, not Israel
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=176838
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND JERUSALEM POST STAFF
30/05/2010

 

PA president says Israelis are "no longer peace partners."  

 

The Palestinian Authority considers the US administration, and not Israel, as its peace partner, PA President Mahmoud Abbas was quoted as saying over the weekend.

Abbas told US special envoy George Mitchell that the Palestinians don't believe that the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is a real peace partner, according to Abbas Zaki, member of the Fatah Central Committee.

"President Abbas told Mitchell that the Israelis are no longer peace partners as much as the Americans are," Zaki told the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper.

Zaki added that Abbas asked Mitchell to present Washington's views about peace and not to wait for Israeli proposals.

"The Palestinian Authority is negotiating with Washington and not with Tel Aviv," he said.

Abbas to brief Fatah, PLO on results

Zaki, the former Palestinian representative to Lebanon, said that the proximity talks have so far dealt with the issues of security and borders only. Abbas is expected this week to brief Fatah and PLO leaders on the results of the negotiations, he added.

Abbas is also scheduled to brief the PLO and Fatah leaders on his upcoming visit to Washington, where he will hold talks with President Barack Obama on June 9.

Chief PA negotiator Saeb Erekat said that the proximity talks were aimed at reaching agreement over final-status issues such as Jerusalem, borders, water, security, settlements and prisoners.

Gaia woedend op Hamas na aanslag met ezel

 

Nu de Partij voor de Dieren nog....

 

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Gaia woedend op Hamas na aanslag met ezel

http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1281/Israel-Palestina/article/detail/1110919/2010/05/27/Gaia-woedend-op-Hamas-na-aanslag-met-ezel.dhtml

 

 

 

Michel Vandenbosch is ziedend op de Islamitische Verzetsbeweging Hamas, die dinsdag een bomaanslag pleegde en daarvoor een ezel gebruikte. Het dier trok een karretje met tweehonderd kilo dynamiet en werd richting Israëlische grens gestuurd. Het ezeltje werd vanop afstand tot ontploffing gebracht in de buurt van een Israëlisch patrouillevoertuig. Er vielen geen slachtoffers, behalve het onfortuinelijke dier zelf.

Laffe daad
In een gesprek met de redactie van 'Joods Actueel' veroordeelt dierenrechtenactivist Vandenbosch de aanslag. "Een onvoorstelbare laffe daad gepleegd door ziekelijke geesten die zo door haat verblind zijn dat ze hun grenzen steeds verder verleggen", zegt het boegbeeld van Gaia. "Ik vraag me af of Mohammed als profeet dat zou goedkeuren, want het staat zeker niet in de Koran. En als men denkt hiermee het paradijs te bereiken, dan vergist men zich schromelijk. Ik weet niet wat deze mensen bezielt", aldus Vandenbosch.

Niet eerste keer
Waarom dierenrechtenorganisaties dan niet eerder reageerden -het is niet de eerste keer dat er een ezel wordt opgeblazen- zei Vandenbosch dat het om onwetendheid gaat en dat deze feiten niet bekend zijn. Het is niet de eerste keer dat terroristen vanuit Gaza agrarische, medische of zelfs journalistieke activiteiten voorwenden om bomaanslagen tegen Israël te plegen sinds Hamasterreurgroepen de macht overnamen in Gaza. (odbs)

 

 

Verteller van bloedsprookjes over Joden spreekt op conferentie van Nederlandse Moslimbroeders

 

"Ik wil dat onze broeders en de hele wereld weten wat er deze dagen gebeurt met Pesach. Lees het boek van dr. Naguib al-Kilani, Blood for the Matzos of Zion. Elk jaar rond deze tijd ontvoeren de Zionisten diverse niet-moslims, Christenen en anderen. Trouwens, dit gebeurde in een Joodse buurt in Damascus. Ze doodden de Franse arts, Toma, die de Joden en anderen gratis behandelde met het doel om het Christendom te verspreiden. Hoewel hij hun vriend was en zij het meest van hem profiteerden, grepen ze hem op een van deze hoogtijdagen en slachtten hem af, samen met de verpleegster. Daarna kneedden ze de matzes met het bloed van dr. Toma en zijn verpleegster. Ze doen dit elk jaar. De wereld moet deze feiten weten over de Zionistische Entiteit en zijn verschrikkelijke en verderfelijke geloof. De wereld moet dit weten."

Dit was op 31 maart te zien op Al Aqsa TV, de officiele TV zender van Hamas (zie de videoclip hier). Degene die dit bloedsprookje verkondigde heeft vandaag in Amsterdam een toespraak gehouden in het kader van een door de Federatie van Islamitische Organisaties in Nederland (FION) georganiseerde islamconferentie, aldus Carel Brendel. De titel is: 'The relationship between the Muslim and the other between the prophetic model and its implantation in societies'. Het congres in het Amsterdamse Hotel Mövenpick gaat over 'globalisering, religie en de toekomst van ons gemeenschappelijk goed'.

Brendel:

De FION, de Nederlandse tak van de Moslimbroederschap in Europa, 'hoopt via deze weg een constructieve bijdrage te leveren aan het op gang brengen van de interculturele dialoog over de positie van de islam en moslims in Nederland in de hoop te komen tot een vreedzame samenleving die vrij is van argwaan richting elkaar'. In het persbericht van de FION wordt geen melding gemaakt van de antisemitische antecedenten van Soltan.

Het verkondigen van smerige bloedsprookjes over Joden, die bloed van anderen zouden gebruiken voor het bereiden van matzes, is niet bepaald een passende bijdrage aan de interculturele dialoog. Maar wie weet kan congresmoderator Mohammed Cheppih de achterdocht bij de Tweede Kamer wegnemen met een passende inleiding.

Zie verder: Verteller van bloedsprookjes over Joden spreekt op conferentie van Nederlandse Moslimbroeders

 

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In Gaza Oorlog omgekomen medici waren lid van terreurgroepen

 

Alweer een scherpe blog van Elder of Ziyon. Amnesty International beschuldigt Israel ervan doelgericht medisch personeel te hebben gedood in Gaza. Uit onderzoek van Elder of Ziyon blijkt echter dat het merendeel van het medische personeel dat Israel in Gaza doodde ook actief was bij een van de terreurorganisaties waartegen Israel vocht. Wat ze bij Amnesty niet konden uitzoeken lukt Elder of Ziyon, zonder miljoenenbudget en uitgebreide staff, wel.

 

PCHR lists a total of 15 medics, nurses and physicians killed in Cast Lead.  14 out of the 15 were members of Hamas' military medical services. Ten of them were members of terrorist groups that NGOs pretend had nothing to do with Hamas.
If Amnesty is going to accuse Israel of deliberately targeting medical personnel, it needs to back it up with some serious evidence. As far as I can tell, it has not done that. Rather than indicating that Israel targeted medics, this data indicates the exact opposite - that the IDF targeted terrorists, and fairly effectively.
Physicians have been a major part of Arab terror groups for years, of course. Hamas leader Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, responsible for some of the bloodiest terror attacks in history, was a pediatrician. Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, current leader of Hamas, is a surgeon. Founder of Islamic Jihad Dr. Fathi Shiqaqi was a physician.

 

Maar de beschuldigingen van Amnesty worden wereldwijd gepubliceerd en de feiten van EoZ staan alleen op zijn blog.

 

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The Medics of Terror

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/05/medics-of-terror.html

In the new Amnesty International annual report, Israel is specifically censured for having "targeted and killed medical staff" in Gaza.

I have seen accusations, by Goldstone and others, of IDF targeting of medical facilities, but I have never seen any reports by international NGOs that detailed any alleged Israeli targeting of medical personnel. The best I saw was Goldstone's facetious comment that "Of the ambulance staff members and their volunteer assistants that were killed or injured in the course of their duties, none was a member of any armed groups, so far as the Mission is aware." Yet even Goldstone didn't accuse Israel of targeting doctors or nurses.

What is Amnesty's source?

What I do know is that at least two thirds of the medical staff killed in Gaza were members of terrorist groups:

Azmi Abu Dallal. medic, was a member of the Nuseirat Battalion of the Al Qassam Brigades.
Ahmed Al-Khatib, nurse, was a field commander of the Popular Resistance Committees.
Mohammed Abu Hassir, medic, was a fighter for the Al Qassam Brigades:

Ihab 'Umar Khalil al-Madhoun, physician, was a fighter for the Al Qassam Brigades.
Yaser Kamal Shbeir, medic, was a fighter for the Al Qassam Brigades.
Anas Fadel Na'im, medic, was a fighter for the Al Qassam Brigades:

Ra'afat Sami Ibrahim, medic, was a fighter for the Al Qassam Brigades.His obituary says that he had been responsible for firing rockets at Israel.
Issa Abdul Rahim Saleh, physician, planted explosives and acted as a spotter for the Al Qassam Brigades.
Abdullah Sa'id Saleh al-'Imawi, nurse, was a fighter for the Al Qassam Brigades who specialized in armor. He also fought in the Fatah coup. He was killed together with his squad leader, Tareq Fadel Abdullah Ja'afar.
Ihab Jaser Ahmed al-Sha'er, physician, was an apparent fighter ("mujahid") for the Al Qassam Brigades.

PCHR lists a total of 15 medics, nurses and physicians killed in Cast Lead.  14 out of the 15 were members of Hamas' military medical services. Ten of them were members of terrorist groups that NGOs pretend had nothing to do with Hamas.

If Amnesty is going to accuse Israel of deliberately targeting medical personnel, it needs to back it up with some serious evidence. As far as I can tell, it has not done that. Rather than indicating that Israel targeted medics, this data indicates the exact opposite - that the IDF targeted terrorists, and fairly effectively.

Physicians have been a major part of Arab terror groups for years, of course. Hamas leader Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, responsible for some of the bloodiest terror attacks in history, was a pediatrician. Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, current leader of Hamas, is a surgeon. Founder of Islamic Jihad Dr. Fathi Shiqaqi was a physician.

The idea that healers cannot be murderers is tied to the Western ideals of medicine, but has nothing to do with the thinking of Islamic and Arab terrorists. Amnesty should not make assumptions about targeting without knowing the facts.

 

 

Hezbollah kan met Syrische raketten heel Israel bestoken

Hezbollah heeft de capaciteit van een modern leger, maar de taktiek van een guerillaleger. Het is niet aan een staat gebonden, en dus ook niet aan de wetten van enige staat. Het opereert geheel los van de staat op wiens grondgebied het is gevestigd en heeft voor een deel ook andere doelstellingen dan die staat. Sterker nog, Hezbollah wordt door andere landen gefinancierd en getraind, en dient vooral hun belangen, en die zijn in sommige opzichten diametraal tegenovergesteld aan die van Libanon. Daarbij opereert Hezbollah ook als politieke partij in Libanon, die daar wederom ook de belangen van haar geldschieters en wapenleveranciers behartigt. Het is al met al een zeer gevaarlijke situatie, zowel voor Libanon waarvan de democratie effectief wordt uitgehold als voor Israel, dat het voornaamste doelwit van Hezbollah buiten Libanon is.

 

Onderstaand bericht van Elder of Ziyon is dan ook zeer verontrustend.

 

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Syrian newspaper: Hezbollah has a 300 km missile

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/05/syrian-newspaper-hezbollah-has-300-km.html

Yesterday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed to have new weapons that would be able to accurately reach all Israeli ports, and threatened to use them if Israel tried to blockade Lebanon.

Syria's Al Watan newspaper reports that it has confirmed this story. According to the story, Hezbollah is in possession of missiles with a range of 300 km, which is about the distance necessary to shoot from north of the Litani river to Ashkelon.

This would be consistent with a recent Aviation Week story that discusses this weapon:

Israel is growing increasingly concerned about the deployment of Syrian-made M-600 missiles in Lebanon that are capable of accurately striking any point in Israel.

The 600-mm. solid-fuel M-600, which carries a 500-kg. (1,100-lb.) warhead, is a Syrian improvement to Iran's Fateh-110 missile and has a range of more than 300 km. (185 mi.). But perhaps more critically, the weapon is fitted with a GPS-aided inertial navigation system, giving it an accuracy of better than 200 meters (655 ft.) circular error probable (CEP). This means that half the missiles fired will fall within a 200-meter circle of the intended target.

While Israel has been exposed to rocket fire for some time, those weapons have been largely unguided, minimizing the extent of damage. With the M-600, that could now change.

The combat arm of the militant Hezbollah organization has already deployed around 200 M-600 missiles in Lebanon, according to data presented by Avner Raz, chairman of Israel Military Industries, who spoke at the first international anti-ballistic missile conference in Israel on May 5.

"With that missile, Hezbollah is turning from a terror threat to a military one," Uzi Rubin, former director of Israel's ballistic missile defense organization told Aviation Week. "Hezbollah could shut down electricity and airports in Israel, obstruct the operation of the Israeli air force or the mobilization of the reserve army, and even interfere with the functionality of the General Staff in Tel Aviv."

This entire discussion of Hezbollah weapons was somewhat sidetracked by Israeli president Shimon Peres' statement last month that Syria has supplied Hezbollah with Scud missiles. Hezbollah and Syria denied that accusation, and UNIFIL stated that they weren't aware of any Scuds.

Now, however, it sounds like Israel, Syria and Hezbollah all agree that Hezbollah is now in possession of the M-600 - a much more sophisticated weapon than the somewhat outdated Scuds.

Meer leugens van de "Free Gaza" vloot

 

Dit klinkt me zeer bekend in de oren:

 

That's a lot of lies in a small space. Unfortunately, the liars know that while it takes them seconds to come up with the lies, people who care about the truth must spend hours debunking them, so the liars have a distinct advantage.

 

Helaas worden veel leugens om die reden helemaal niet achterhaald.

 

RP

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How many lies can Free Gaza fit in a paragraph?

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-many-lies-can-free-gaza-fit-in.html

On the Free Gaza Facebook page, someone asked them a question:

I read on a blog that every week Israel supplies more goods to Gaza than the whole flotilla will bring.

They listed this site: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/HumanitarianAid/Palestinians/Increased_humanitarian_aid_Gaza_after_IDF_operation_Jan_2009.htm

Is it true, or is it Israeli propaganda?

Greta Berlin, who cofounded Free Gaza, responded:

Israel sent in 550 trucks a WEEK into Gaza before the siege. They now send in maybe 50.

Well, today alone, Israel sent in 140 truckloads, and they have averaged over 500 trucks every week this year - showing that Greta Berlin is lying by an order of magnitude.

Her lies continue:

The Palestinians are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves and not being on the dole.

Really? So she would advocate the dismantling of UNRWA camps and the cessation of billions of dollars of international aid to prop up the PA? When in history, exactly, have Palestinian Arabs ever taken care of themselves as a people without outside help? When have their leaders ever shown the slightest ability of acting responsibly?

Her lies continue:

This is not about how many tons are shipped in. It's about occupation and starvation and slow motion genocide of 1.5 million Palestinians.

Gaza is not occupied by any reasonable meaning of the term. Occupation means that one nation's forces are on the ground controlling the day-to-day administration of mundane civil matters of another nation. A blockade does not fit the definition.

Not a single Gazan has been reported to have starved to death after years of the so-called "siege."

There are more Gazans alive today then there were yesterday, last week, or before Hamas' Operation Oil Stain began in December 2008. Using the word "genocide" to describe how Israel treats Palestinian Arabs is a grotesque lie.

Her lies continue:

Our initiative is not about how much we bring in, but what we bring in, supplies denied by Israel to the Palestinians.

Free Gaza is pushing to have people sponsor bags of cement - and Israel allowed more tons of cement into Gaza this week than the entire flotilla managed to get over the past four months. And Free Gaza's stated goal has never been about humanitarian aid but about "resistance."

That's a lot of lies in a small space. Unfortunately, the liars know that while it takes them seconds to come up with the lies, people who care about the truth must spend hours debunking them, so the liars have a distinct advantage.

 

 

Free Gaza vloot liegt over omvang hulpgoederen aan boord

 

Ik ben zelf eigenlijk nog veel te onkritisch tegenover pro-Palestijnse claims, en neem zo'n getal van 10.000 ton aan hulpgoederen ook gewoon over in mijn blogs. Net als de aantallen doden en vooral de aantallen burgerdoden bij Israelische legeroperaties en aanvallen, kun je dit soort getallen uit pro-Palestijnse bronnen dus blijkbaar ook absoluut niet vertrouwen. Ik wacht met spanning het moment af dat Israel de goederen checkt en doorstuurt naar Gaza. Dit is het zoveelste bewijs dat het de Gaza activisten niet om daadwerkelijk hulp aan de bevolking van Gaza gaat, maar om een publiciteitsstunt tegen Israel. De weigering op het aanbod van de familie van Shalit in te gaan was ook al een zeer duidelijk teken. Met dank aan Elder of Ziyon, die al veel Palestijnse leugens heeft ontmaskerd.

 

Zie ook: De Free Gaza vloot: goed voor Hamas, niet voor vrede 

 

RP

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Today's Free Gaza lies

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/05/todays-free-gaza-lies.html

All this week, the media have been saying that the Flotilla of Fools aiming towards Gaza is bringing in some 10,000 tons of aid. For example, in Business Week:

The eight ships, organized by an international group called the Free Gaza Movement, are carrying about 10,000 tons of cargo, including cement for rebuilding homes destroyed by war in Gaza, medical equipment and school supplies.

Yet last week, the amount that the organizers publicized was 5000 tons. From the Palestine Chronicle" on May 21:

The ships are carrying 5,000 tons of construction materials, medical equipment, and school supplies, as well as around 600 people from 40 countries. "

From the Irish Times on May 19th:

The nine boats are due to arrive in Gaza next week with 5,000 tons of reconstruction material, medical equipment and school supplies.

That is a remarkable increase in cargo for the week.

It gets even weirder. Clearly, the heaviest part of the aid is the construction material, and according to the media reports and the Free Gaza folks, they are bringing in only 500 tons of cement. So are they bringing in 9,500 tons of paper, schoolbooks and medical supplies? There are some six tons of paper from Norway, so that can't be it.

Even if they are bringing in prefabricated houses, as some reports say, prefab houses weigh only about 1.5 tons each- and I didn't see any pictures of thousands of houses on the ships that would be needed to fill out 10,000 tons.

Is it possible that they are lying?

It is more than possible - it is a guarantee.

In February, 2009, the Free Gaza people claimed that the ship that was trying to reach Gaza was filled with 60 tons of aid. When the Israelis looked inside the ship, they found it was practically empty:

The IDF said that troops found about 150 bottles of mineral water and a few dozen kilograms of food and medicine on board, despite earlier claims that it was carrying about 60 tons of medicine, food and toys, plus 10,000 units of human blood plasma which requires constant refrigeration.

These folks have no qualms about lying about their cargo, as they have done it in the past - exaggerating their supposed aid by a factor of at least 50.

In other words, you cannot believe a word that these people say, even when it seems to be innocent background material. The media especially should be wary about reporting back on anything that they are told by the Flotilla Fools.

Practically everything that comes out of their mouths is an easily provable lie.