American citizens aboard an aid flotilla headed to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the strip could face action for violating Israeli and American law, the Obama administration warned Thursday.
A boat setting sail from Turkey on Wednesday carrying humanitarian aid and 27 pro-Palestinian activists from the US and eight other countries are viewed as a provocation by the US and Israel, despite having a mission solely meant to provide much needed help to impoverished Gazans suffering from an Israeli economic and naval blockade.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland again called on Americans “not to involve themselves in this activity,” and warned of possible consequences. The warnings are troubling considering what happened last year when a similar flotilla approached Gaza last year and was attacked by the Israeli navy, killing nine Turks including one dual American citizen.
After Israel refused to apologize to Turkey for this incident, the Turkish government moved to sever all military ties with Israel and suggested it would protect the next Gaza flotilla with the Turkish navy. In the end, Turkey submitted to US pressure and decided against sending naval vessels to accompany the humanitarian mission.
Israel has vowed to intercept the boat when it nears Gaza, but the extent of the force they will use has not been articulated explicitly. So far, the US government has made clear it will stand on the side of Israel instead of its own peaceful citizens who are not implicitly in danger of excessive force by the Israeli navy.
Israel was created by Western powers to be a terrorist state, to kick into over-kill mode at the slightest provocation and if all activists survive the encounter it will be a minor miracle.
Some poodles are very well trained.
Ah the neocon Nuland again. From the 972mag website in Israel
WATCH: US admits Israelis more important than Americans
http://972mag.com/watch-u-s-admits-that-israelis-…
And tell me again – this is OUR government that is threatening US citizens? And that this is OUR government supported by we the citizens; and that not one dime of their salaries comes from Israelis? And that OUR media is NOT screaming mad about this outrage? And the Revolution has NOT started yet?
When it comes to the zionist enterprize, American lives mean nothing.
Obomba,the sock puppet in the Zionist wind.This stuff is getting ridiculous.It's been over 60 freakin years of nonsense,and we are no closer to a solution.Total,total ridiculousness.
I wonder what would happen if the aid ship were to skirt the Egyptian coast, and by "skirt" I mean as close to shore as possible. Then the Egyptian navy would have to get involved, or endure the humiliation of slinking off somewhere while Israeli naval forces enter and operate — which is to say kill people with demonstrably excessive violence — deep inside Egyptian territorial waters.
With the new political equation wrought by the "Arab Spring" one has to wonder what would happen. My guess: the Egyptian Navy would move quickly to "escort" the ship to El Arish — the port closest to Gaza — inspect the cargo to confirm there are no military materials, and then allow the materials into Gaza through the nearby border crossing.
Then the Egyptian people are happy and proud, the Egyptian Navy honorably assertive, the flotilla group "successful", the Gazans get their "humanitarian supplies", and the Israelis get a well deserved little finger poke in the eye. A person can dream, can't they?
Of course, absent the ship skirting the Egyptian coast, this is all just wishful fantasy.
Aye, Aye, President Netanyahu.
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