In testimony to Israel’s parliament, Army Chief Gabi Ashkenazi today condemned the multiple probes of the May attack on the Mavi Marmara aid ship, insisting it showed a “negative pattern” of questioning Israeli troops when they should be “daring and taking risks.”
The Mavi Marmara attack killed nine aid workers and brought new attention to Israel’s ongoing blockade of he Gaza Strip. Israel has defended the attack as “self defense” and insisted that future aid ships could expect more of the same.
Which was the other point of Ashkenazi’s testimony, as he insisted that he could not rule out more killings of more aid workers in the event that they encounter resistance from future ships.
Ashkenazi cited four flotillas currently being planned, and said the “most disturbing” involved dozens of ships from Europe. The Mavi Marmara slain included eight Turkish aid workers and one America. Though the US shrugged off the killings, Turkey did not, and ties with the long-standing Israeli ally have worsened considerable since.
Why don't the Aid Workers get in touch with the White House and CNN. Put the whole plan to them of providing aid to Gaza and then challenge them to come along, complete with Senators, Congressmen and local Politicians. All of whom are, or have been, in the Media Spotlight for their previous Humanitarian endeavours? { See: Hillary Clinton dodging rapid fire bullets in Bosnia}.Make a big, public splash about it. You know, a kind of "In Your Face Israel" "We are going to help those women and children that you are committing genocide against".
Of COURSE resistance will bring more killings- that's why the IDF will go in with guns blazing, just like they did before: create resistance so you have plausible denial of your own criminal acts. Whatever ships join with these relief convoys need to have a good set of cameras on board, broadcasting in real-time to the world as events unfold.
Maybe the IDF just maxed out the credit cards they stole from the last convoy and it was more fun for them than extorting money from all the ageing catamites in the US Congress.
It is rare in recorded history that a nation attacks ships bearing humanitarian aid. Even the Nazis would have allowed some Red Cross aid to reach the starving people in occupied countries. However the British navy prevented most of this aid from getting there.
You can be sure that the nazis thoroughly inspected all aid that reached occupied countries.
Israel has a full right to inspect ships reaching a territory from which rockets are fired at Israel on a daily basis.
Because "rockets are fired" from the Gaza strip on a "daily basis"?
Hamas must be powered by nanotechnology to manage such high industrial production rates, having as input nothing more than sawdust and spittle. Maybe you mean rockets are fired _into_ the territory?
It's also nice to hear that "inspection" involves heaving a troupe of stimmed goons with hot weapons (backed-up by snipers, no less) onto a ship that was already inspected by Turkey. Of course you mean "commandeer", not "inspect" – not the same thing at all.
How did the search for the deadly weapons on the flotilla go btw? Found anything that was not totally faked?
"Hamas must be powered by nanotechnology to manage such high industrial production rates".
Well, I dont know about nanotechnology, but the multitude of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt might have something to do with it.
No, I dont mean rockets fired into the territory. Thanks for you concern though.
As for the inspection, the Israeli navy requested prior to the attack that the flotilla docked in Israeli ports, in order to be inspected. The ships refused.
Israel attacks Palestinians on a daily basis and so by your own criteria the Palestinians have a right to inspect all shipments into Israel.
It's all about genocide.
resist our beatings and theft of personal property and it is your own fault if we kill you