Though the capture of a small Jewish humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza yesterday managed to come and go without Israeli commandos actually killing any of the aid workers, a number of them are complaining of harsh mistreatment during the boarding process.
One of the passengers, a former Israeli Air Force pilot, was tasered by forces while sitting down, and the 67-year-old captain of the boat was reportedly knocked to the ground by the troops.
The Israeli military claimed yesterday’s raid was entirely peaceul, but those on board the ship said this was simply untrue. Reuben Moscowitz, an 80+ year old Holocaust survivor who was one of the ship’s nine passengers expressed shock that Israeli soldiers “would treat nine Jewish this way. They just hit people.”
On May 31 Israeli troops boarded a Turkish aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, and killed nine aid workers on board. The killings sparked international outrage and have spawned a number of efforts to send additional ships to the Gaza Strip in protest. This ship was one of many planned by groups across the world.
The fate of these activists shows the core weakness of Ghandi's principles of non-violence. When you go against a state that is willing to kill, non-violence is suicide. These people are lucky to be alive.
Actually Ghandi said that non-violence should go so far that "Jews should offer their throat to the Nazi butchers' knives and throw themselves into the sea from cliffs", so he would be ok with suicide.
That's probably jumping the shark a little on the non-violence dogma side.
Now, it's bizarre that people are still wondering at the regular brownshirt treatment they get from IDF goons. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results," innit?
it will go on and on because the powers that be are controlled
It is amazing how some people do not understand that when they step in the way of aggression and empire building. The fact that one guy was a 80+ year old Holocaust survivor means nothing to those who grew up in a welfare state. The blockade of Gaza is political and not to protect powerful Israel Inc.
Israel is punishing the people of Gaza for voting for other than the puppets that Israel Inc. desired.
The biggest insult is Israel Inc still calls itself a democracy but one of its leaders wants to deport over 30 percent of its citizens for being the wrong religion. The statement in Animal farm has proved to be so correct. All animals are equal but some are more equal than others. It was talking about the pigs getting special treatment over others.
the chosen ones chose the ones chosen for a lesson in poor choice.