Israel Navy reserves officers: Allow external Gaza flotilla probe

(HOLY SHIT) Officers denounce operation as ‘military and diplomatic failure’, slam government for placing blame on the activists. by Anshel Pfeffer ,  Haaretz A group of top Israel Navy reserves officers on Sunday publicly called on Israel to allow an external probe into its commando raid of a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla last week, which left nine [...]

IDF admits doctoring audio of raid on Gaza flotilla

by Daniel Tencer, Raw Story The Israeli Defense Force has issued a “clarification” admitting it manipulated audio of its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. On Friday, the IDF released audio of what it said was an exchange between Israel Navy officers and the crew of the Mavi Marmara, the main vessel in the flotilla. [...]

Roger Waters – “We Shall Overcome”

“Over the new year 2009-2010, an international group of 1500 men and women from 42 nations went to Egypt to join a Freedom March to Gaza. They did this to protest the current blockade of Gaza. To protest the fact that the people of Gaza live in a virtual prison. To protest the fact that [...]

U.S Congressman Calling for the Prosecution (and death penalty?) of U.S. Citizens Attacked by Israel

by Scott Creighton You gotta be fucking kidding me.. Brad Sherman must resign right now.  Even writers from the American Conservative are finding this hard to believe. In a conference call organized by The Israel Project, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) told reporters that activists participating in the flotilla were aiding Hamas and therefore breaking US [...]

PCC-772 Cheonan: “To do nothing would set the wrong precedent,” (you got that right)

by Scott Creighton George W. Bush’s choice for Donald Rumsfeld’s replacement, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, is shaking the tree again under President Obama’s farcical regime. He is standing tall before the pages of history demanding that the Asian world help take action against the rogue state who committed an act of war on the open seas.  [...]