Rachel Corrie Update: Israel Captured Her – or… maybe not

UPDATES FROM WITNESS GAZA  and Press TV The Rachel Corrie was taken by the Israeli military to the port of Ashdod.  There are no reports of violence at this time. Witness Gaza keeps saying there was “no compliance” from the crew or activists…. hmmm….

How Israeli propaganda shaped U.S. media coverage of the flotilla attack

by Glenn Greenwald, Salon It was clear from the moment news of the flotilla attack emerged that Israel was taking extreme steps to suppress all evidence about what happened other than its own official version.  They detained the flotilla passengers and barred the media from speaking with them, thus, as The NYT put it, “refusing to [...]

Why We’re Falling Into a Double-Dip Recession

from Truth Out The Labor Department reports this morning that the private sector added a measly 41,000 net new jobs in May. (The vast bulk of new jobs in May were temporary government Census workers.) But at least 100,000 new jobs are needed every month just to keep up with population growth. In other words, [...]

Israeli Defense Forces Execute American Citizen

by Cenk Uyger, Huffington Post What else would you call it? The Israeli commandos that boarded the Free Gaza Flotilla shot Furkan Dogan once in the chest and four times in the head at close range. Was he still resisting after the third head shot? Did five different commandos happen to shoot him all at [...]

British survivor of Gaza flotilla raid: ‘Israelis ignored SOS calls’

by Robert Booth, Guardian The first British survivor of the assault on the Mavi Marmara Gaza aid ship to return to London has told of her terror as Israeli troops ignored SOS calls for medical aid and continued to fire live rounds at activists. Sarah Colborne, director of campaigns and operations at the Palestine Solidarity [...]

Reporters Dispute Israeli Account of Raid

by Robert Mackey, New York Times On Thursday, Al Jazeera English broadcast an interview with Jamal Elshayyal, one of the channel’s journalists who was on board the Mavi Marmara on Monday when it was intercepted by Israeli commandos enforcing a naval blockade on Gaza. In his account of the start of the raid, which left [...]

Israelis subdued captain by pointing gun at a child

by Layelle Saad, Gulf News Dubai/Cairo: According to a report in The Guardian, an Algerian activist, who gave her name as Sabrina, revealed that Israeli troops pointed their gun at a one-year-old Turkish child in front of his parents to force the captain of the Mavi Marmara to stop sailing. Many reports have emerged from [...]