Tag: Mavi Marmara

- I would not trade the life of every general in the Pentagon for the life of a single child

Israel could – and should – have apologized in a full-hearted manner, but in a way that neither humiliated nor embarrassed them. Once the apology had been issued, and then accepted by Turkey, both countries would have had a platform for the restoration of normal relations.

"From now on, we will not let these ships to be attacked by Israel, as what happened with the Freedom Flotilla," he said, referring to the Mavi Marmara incident. The BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul says Turkey's decision to increase its naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean - and not just to deter Israeli operations against Gaza activists - is a serious one.

I call you that because you are like an old friend, perhaps one gone a bit potty, a bit over the edge, a bit obsessed. So many of us have that crazy aunt in the attic. You are mine. Last week, you called me a “vicious anti-Semite.” Last week John Kaminski called me a “Jewish cockroach.” Gaddafi’s secret police called me a CIA thug then, later in the week, we learned they themselves had been running CIA rendition programs from Tripoli since 2002.

DEMOCRACY NOW! speaks with Norman Finkelstein and Huwaida Arraf, -- Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and frozen military cooperation ahead of a United Nations report on Israel's deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship in 2010.

My daughter's death shows the cruelty of an America that won't protect its own and is complicit in harming Palestinian civilians.

…and the EU’s contempt for the safety of its citizens who bring humanitarian relief to Gaza’s women and children. By Stuart Littlewood

"What is the British Government planning to do, please, to safeguard British subjects (and indeed the other humanitarians) sailing with the flotilla on its peaceful mission to Gaza?"

Is there any sane, right-minded person who supports the blatant and brutal collective punishment of the people of Gaza? So why would it carry on? There is only one reason, because we allow it. I say we carry on with what the people of Egypt started, they got rid of the dictator, let us, people of conscience, once and for all smash to pieces the abominable Egyptian blockade of Gaza.

In a powerful invitation to all to see for themselves the nature of Israeli "self-defense," Turkish authorities again opened the Mavi Marmara for visitors...

"No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed." - Clarence Darrow Via Norman Finkelstein

"...the US Congress which is some ways has become a grotesque  caricature  of what James Madison and the founding fathers wanted..." By Franklin Lamb STAFF...

- This is dedicated to the brave Turkish and American martyrs on the Mavi Marmara, May 31, 2010, and to the 34 murdered American...

As we close a year in which our country, our country, has aided in the slaughter of innocents; we ask: What were the Israeli...

The lack of information damaging to Israel in the cables released by WikiLeaks has provided fodder for conspiracy theorists. By Danna Harman in Haaretz PARIS -...

We have seen it all before. Last Christmas, the “Crotch Bomber” was another “PETN/Yemen” terror fiasco. Press stories blamed Al Qaeda and were ready to build this into a new 9/11 except that reliable witnesses, Detroit area attorneys, saw the terrorist, no passport, no visa, escorted onto the plane. Before that, newspapers said the bomber had a diplomatic passport, a visa and had “evaded” security.

When President Obama took office in January, 2009, it was expected he would do as he had promised, end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars he claimed were illegal and immoral, close the prison at Guantanamo, end the drone attacks on Pakistan and restore the constitutional rights lost under the Bush administration through the Patriot Acts and other ill advised legislation.

By Niloufer Bhagwat Global Research, September 30, 2010 It has been brought to the notice of the international community that Nobel Laureate Mairead McGuire...

- Israeli Piracy Continues, Terror State Issues No Apologies - As news broke that the Israeli navy engaged in yet another act of piracy of nine Jewish activists off...

THE BBC IS AT IT AGAIN.. By Ken O'Keefe STAFF WRITER I am honoured to have contributed to Anthony Lawson’s new short documentary, ‘BBC Bias: The...

But it seemed to matter to the Israelis, because until this week they insisted their own inquiry was sufficient, and that was already under way. One fact emerging from this process was that the victims, according to “Sgt S” who shot six of them, “were without a doubt terrorists”. And he produced evidence to back this up, which was: “I could see the murderous rage in their eyes”.

The Tragic Death of a Night Porter …what possesses greater intrinsic value? Maintaining the mainstream version of the Holocaust at any cost, or the life...

- The IDF has not become more competent in recent years. By almost all accounts—including the Israeli government’s own commission of inquiry—it performed abysmally...

"Israel acts completely unacceptable" Press TV Report "Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp. The Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla...

Is this Israeli arrogance or are there genuine problems with, not only America's military but culture as well? Are both true? How is being a Jew serving in Israel's military, more conducive to protecting soldiers from combat stress? Why are Americans, in combat across the Middle East, fighting securing Israeli interests in the region, subject to much higher rates of Post Traumatic Stress than Israeli's in action against their own citizens?

From Gaza Friends, see the faces of the Massacre on the Mediterranean at Free Gaza. - The terrorists on board that ship as well as the...

- U.S. Marine Ken O’Keefe said that two activists were already dead when he helped to disarm the first commandos that boarded the Mavi...

In the face of Israel's defiance of the world community, international law, refusal to negotiate, and deplorable human rights record including recently killing an unarmed American...

Welcome to Orwell’s ‘1984’ ladies and gentlemen, where black is white, white is black, and the truth is nothing but a word. My 1984 reality...

HERO OF GAZA FLOTILLA GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH BIASED BBC "ISRAELI FIRSTER" WATCH THE SPARKS FLY.... By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor For those Americans that...

Turkey is the Key By Israel Shamir Bombs go off in Turkey, a great spree of terrorist bombings and attacks. Practically every day Turkish soldiers and...

By Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada The Palestinian Authority attempted to neutralize a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution condemning Israel's deadly attack on the...

- And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?― men, women,...

By Ercan Yavus Ankara—Tension that broke out between Turkey and Israel when the latter killed eight Turkish citizens and a US citizen of Turkish origin...

Corporate-Controlled Media Under Attack by Truth Tellers and Independent Journalists Seeking to tell the Real Story The Age of Information Wages War with Old Skool Control...

There can be no doubt that whatever the misgivings of some of the U.S. military brass about Israeli militarism, President Obama though his actions...

Resisting international pressure, Israel's Cabinet acceded to allow a domestic inquiry into the Gaza flotilla massacre conducted by an Israeli investigative panel. Though Israel has included two foreign...

By Selcan Hacaoglu and David Rising ISTANBUL – Mourners in Istanbul hoisted coffins Thursday to cheers of "God is great!" as they honored activists slain...

An American college student gets her eye shot out by the Israeli Army in the West Bank. Israel kills nine, including one American in the...

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and MICHAEL SLACKMAN in the NYT ISTANBUL — One of the nine people killed in an Israeli commando raid on a flotilla...

Washington, June 2  - Who in Congress will join Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)? Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today beginning to circulate to colleagues the following...

The assault on the Freedom Flotilla was not a mistake or a "completely mishandled" situation (NYT). Nor was it "folly" or "bad mistakes." (Ameircan...