Obama Defends Israel a Day After UN Report Details Israel’s Act of War Committed Against the U.S.

by Scott Creighton What if I told you that Iran boarded a U.S. flagged vessel in international waters and executed a 19-year-old U.S. citizen on the Mavi Marmara because of his beliefs?  Would that be considered an act of war?  Would it still be an act of war if Israel did it? In the wake of the newly released [...]

“Sheer Criminal Aggression” Israel’s Attack on Gaza Flotilla Chomsky Says “No Credible Pretext”

New footage of flotilla attack contradicts Israeli account

Iara Lee’s complete unedited footage of what happened on the Miva Marmara May 31st, 2010 (H/T to Jlennon08!) full one hour video shorter 15 minute version after the break

4 Militants Killed off the Coast of Gaza: Another STUPID Staged Distraction from Likud Israel and her U.S. Apologists

by Scott Creighton Right on time along comes a “training exercise” off the coast of Gaza to give the Israeli military a perfect example of how the “Palestinian militants” have to be kept from their own territorial waters. (hmmm… why would Israel want to keep Palestinians from their own territorial waters? hmmmmm…..) “See?  Look. Terrorists planning to [...]

Our Enemies, the Israelis

by Justin Raimondo, Anti-War One of my readers, in the comments section below, wrote the following in response to my last column on Israel’s hijacking of the Gaza flotilla: “Again I ask the question: What do the Israelis have on our politicians that makes them such whores? Dirty pictures? Threats of withholding campaign contributions? It’s [...]

Kidnapped by Israel, forsaken by Britain

By Jamal Elshayyal , al Jazeera Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to update my blog. The events of the past few days have been hectic to say the least, and I am still trying to come to grips with many of the things that have happened. It was this time last week that [...]

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 [...]

War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields

“Because the blockade of Gaza itself violates international law, Israel committed an illegal act of war attacking the convoy, regardless of who attacked whom first.” Alternet So why are Israel and her U.S. apologists so desperate to keep control of Gaza that they will lie, kill, and maul 21-year-old girls to do it?  One word… Mammon.  (It’s [...]

Just Obeying Orders; The Two Confrontations at Sea Were Different Because of the Orders The IDF Received from Benjamin Netanyahu

by Scott Creighton The Rachel Corrie was taken by Israeli defense forces with apparently no violence what-so-ever. Is that because the passengers were better behaved on the Rachel Corrie than those on the Mavi Marmara? Is it because there were less “terrorists” on last night’s attempt? In a word… no. The two humanitarian aid fleet [...]

Helen Thomas’ Comment – Contrived Timing For the Israeli Apologist Machine

by Scott Creighton Helen Thomas has been an outspoken critic of Israeli policy for a long time now. During President Obama’s very first press conference, Thomas asked Obama if he knew whether or not any Middle Eastern nations had nuclear weapons (obviously an attempt to see if the new president would continue with the previous [...]

Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range

Nine Turkish men on board Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times, autopsy results reveal Robert Booth, the Guardian Israel was tonight under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza aid flotilla after autopsy results on the bodies of those killed, obtained by the Guardian, revealed they were [...]

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….