Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Another Confrontation Between Israel And Aid Ships To Gaza Is Expected

Route: MV Rachel Corrie set off from Malta heading for Gaza

Fears Of New Flashpoint As Defiant Israel Prepares For Showdown With Two More Gaza Aid Ships -- The Daily Mail

* Israeli ambassador to US compares Gaza attack to fight against Nazi Germany
* This isn't America or Europe, it is the Middle East, where there is no mercy for the weak, says Israeli defence minister
* Israel bows to world pressure and deports activists seized in botched raid

Israel is facing another potentially explosive confrontation at sea as pro-Palestinian activists sent two more boats to challenge its blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Reports in Israel claimed the navy was prepared to use even more force to stop ships from breaking the blockade.

A top commander told the Jerusalem Post yesterday: ‘We boarded the ship and were attacked as if it was a war.

‘That will mean that we will have to come prepared in the future as if it was a war.’

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More News On Israel Preparing To Confront More Aid Ships To Gaza

Navy prepares to confront more ships
-- Jerusalem Post
Ireland asks Israel for safe passage of another ship with aid for Gaza -- CNN
U.S. urged Israel to use 'caution and restraint' with aid boats heading to Gaza -- Mercury News/Washington Post
'Rachel Corrie' may arrive by Saturday -- Ynet News

1 comment:

fred lapides said...

If our intel doesn't know this then we are once again in deep trouble

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/exposed-gaza-flotilla-aid-group-has-clear-long-standing-ties-to-terrorism-and-jihad.html