Issue #2 for Hija del Zion feedjournal.com6/6/2010 at 3:27:39 AM - 6/6/2010 at 1:14:27 PM

Israel flotilla raid needs international inquiry,says UN chief(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 6:15:57 AM

Ban Ki-moon suggests panel madeup of many states to discover whathappened, according to Netanyahuaide The UN secretary general has calledfor a multinational investigation ofIsrael’s raid on the Gaza-bound aidflotilla that left nine dead, an Israeliofficial said today. Ban Ki-moon has proposed theinquiry could be headed by theformer New Zealand prime ministerGeoff rey Pa lmer and inc luderepresentatives from Turkey – underwhose flag many of the ships in theaid convoy sailed– Israel and the US, an official fromIsraeli prime minister BinyaminNetanyahu’s office said. Ban’s proposal came after Israelrisked a fresh wave of internationalcondemnation yesterday by detaininga boat carrying humanitarian aidattempting to break the blockade ofGaza and forcibly diverting it to theport of Ashdod. Israel has said thatmost of those aboard the MV RachelCorrie will be deported today. Ban discussed his proposal for aninvestigation into the first raid withNetanyahu yesterday, the Israeliofficial, who spoke on condition ofanonymity, told Reuters. Netanyahu plans to convene seniorcabinet ministers today to decidewhether Israel should take part.Israeli leaders have spoken publiclyabout setting up an internal inquirywith foreign observers into theinterception of the Turkish-flaggedMavi Marmara last week. A statement on the UN’s websitesaid Ban held telephone discussionswith the prime ministers of Turkey

and Israel on “options for movingforward with the investigation calledfor by the United Nations securitycouncil”. Last week, the councilcalled for a “prompt, impartial,c r e d i b l e a n d t r a n s p a r e n ti n v e s t i g a t i o n ” . Five days after the botched assaulton a six-boat flotilla ended withIsraeli troops shooting dead eightTurkish activists and one US citizen,naval commandos boarded the MVRachel Corrie in international watersabout 20 miles from the coast ofGaza. Yesterday’s operation was mounteddespite growing calls for Israel toease significantly its siege of Gaza.The US, Israel’s staunchest ally,pointedly repeated that the blockadewas “unsustainable and must bechanged” – a call Netanyahu againrejected. Israel said it had met noresistance in stopping the 1,200-tonneRachel Corrie. However, Greta Berlin of the FreeGaza Movement, an organisationbehind the flotilla, said passengersand crew had four times refused toaccede to Is rae l i demands tovoluntar i ly d iver t to Ashdod,resul t ing in the ra id .“There’s no way that 20 people aregoing to resist a fully-armed force,”she said. “The fact that Israel boardeda civilian boat in international watersis a violent act.” She expected that the 11 passengers– including the Nobel peace laureateMáiread Corrigan – and nine crewwould be treated “with kid gloves.The world is watching”. There hadbeen no contact with the boat sinceearly yesterday, she added. Tomorrow, Britain will say £19m inaid will be given to refugees in Gaza.The money, to be spent on healthcare,education and other services, will be

announced by the internationaldevelopment secretary, AndrewMitchell. It will go to the UN Reliefand Works Agency (UNRWA), onwhich about 70% of Gazans rely tomeet their basic needs. The support comes amid heightenedinternational concern about Israel’sblockade. The latest detention of aship bound for Gaza came as the lastof the Turkish citizens wounded inlast week’s assault on the MaviMarmara was repatriated. It coincidedwith a warning from the UN’scommissioner for human rights, NaviPillay, that Israel’s embargo wasillegal. “International humanitarianlaw prohibits starvation of civilians asa method of warfare and it is alsoprohibited to impose collectivepunishment on civilians,” Pillay said. According to Israeli mil i taryaccounts, commandos boarded theRachel Corrie – named after anactivist crushed to death by an Israelibulldozer in Gaza in 2003 – fromnaval vessels alongside rather thanwinching troops from helicopters ashappened in Monday’s operation. The boat, carrying medical suppliesand construction materials, wastowed into Ashdod. Israel said itwould unload the aid and transfer it toGaza. The passengers – from Ireland andMalaysia – would be immediatelydeported, Ygal Palmor, spokesmanfor the Israeli foreign ministry, said. Israel has spent the past five daysstruggling to contain a diplomaticcrisis. Relations with its regional allyT u r k e y h a v e s u n k t o a nu n p r e c e n d e n t e d l o w . Autopsy reports on the dead activistsyesterday revealed that five hadgunshot wounds to the head. The USjoined the growing internationalchorus for the siege to be eased.

Yesterday the Free Gaza Movementsaid it was planning another flotilla.“We will continue until we break thesiege of Gaza,” Berlin said.• Israel• Gaza• Middle East• Palestinian territories• United Nations

Harriet Sherwood Adam Gabbatt guardian.co.uk© Guardian News &Media Limited 2010 | Use of thiscontent is subject to our Terms &Conditions| More Feeds Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• UN formally condemns Israel’sdeadly assault on Gaza aid flotilla UNsecurity council calls for impartialinvestigation after pro-Palestinianactivists killed by Israelis in MaviMarmara raidThe UN securi tycouncil has formally condemnedIsrael's botched assault on ...• Richard Goldstone | My mandateon Gaza was even-handed, my loyaltyis to justice It would have beenhypocritical for me not to speak outa b o u t I s r a e l i v i o l a t i o n s o finternational law simply because I amJewishAt the outset let me say that Ihave taken no pleasure in seeingpeople ...• Avrom Krenge l | R ichardGoldstone, we deplore your report Asfellow South African Jews, we weredeeply dismayed by your report onGaza, which reproduced the UN'sbias against IsraelIn the past threeweeks the Jewish people havecommemorated two of the most i...

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Who is Hamas?(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:28:00 AM

Who is Hamas? As the world’smedia portrays Hamas as a group ofheroes who are being smothered byIsraelis, perhaps it’s worth looking atwho Hamas i s and wha t the‘Pa les t in ians ’ th ink o f them. Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip:Eliyahu P). posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:28PM Hija del Zion para Israel Support

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Turkey deserves anapology from Israel| Ibrahim Kalin(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:00:45 AM

Israel has antagonised the Turkishnation with its violent attack on theMavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla The Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara,one of the six ships in the aid flotillaoff the coast of Gaza, in the earlyhours of 31 May marks a turningpoint in Middle East politics andinternational relations. Havingmurdered nine people and woundedseveral dozens, most of whom areT u r k i s h c i t i z e n s , I s r a e l h a s

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antagonised 72m Turks, perhapsir reparably, over a bi l l ion ofMuslims, and millions of othersaround the world. Israel’s use of brutal force againstthe aid flotilla is a clear violation ofinternational law. The attack on MaviMarmara took place 77 miles off thecost of Gaza in international watersover which the state of Israel has nolegal ent i t lement . By brutal lyattacking and killing unarmed people,t h e N e t e n y a h u - L i e b e r m a ngovernment has committed a crimethat must and will be investigated byan international court. People in the aid flotilla came from32 different countries and includedaid workers, peace activists, writers,journalists , reporters, lawyers,members of parliaments and ordinarycitizens. Contrary to the claims of theIsraeli propaganda machine, thesepeople are not terrorists but aidworkers and peace activists fromaround the world who believe that theblockade of Gaza by Israel must endto restart the peace process in theMiddle East. This was a chance forIsrael to show that it is genuinelyinterested in peace. By defending theattack and the killing of civilians, theNetenhayu-Lieberman governmenthas shown that they have no interestin peace in the region. The aid floti l la was bringinghumanitarian aid to the people ofGaza who have been suffering undera suffocating siege since the Gazawar at the end of 2008. Let’sremember that Ehud Olmert, theprime minister of Israel at the time,

had given orders for the destructionof Gaza only four days after he metthe Turkish prime minister, RecepTayyip Erdogan, in Ankara to finalisethe Syrian-Israeli talks. Having lied toTurks, Syrians, Europeans andAmericans a l l of whom wereinvolved in the talks, the Olmertgovernment started a war whichresulted in the killing of more than1,400 civilians with thousandsinjured. In the three-week war, Gazawas completely destroyed and nocivilian buildings, schools, hospitals,houses of worship or even a UNbuilding were spared. Since then,Gaza and its 1.5 million people havebeen living under Israeli blockade. Israel has turned a deaf ear to callsby the Obama administration and theEuropean Union to lift the blockadein Gaza, stop settlement activities inthe Palestinian territories and restartthe peace talks. By defying thein t e rna t iona l communi ty andviolating international law, Israel hascornered itself both morally andpolitically. The international reactionto the murdering of unarmed civiliansin the aid flotilla shows the extent towhich the world is becoming evermore impatient with the arrogant andirresponsible policies of successiveIsraeli governments. While the rageover what happened in MaviMarmara has not died down, otherships l ike Rachel Corrie – inremembrance of the young Americanstudent so cruelly bulldozed by theIsraeli Defence Forces in Gaza 2003while trying to stop the demolishingof a Palestinian home – were already

making attempts to challenge theblockade. The United Nations security counciland the UN human rights commissioncondemned Israel for its action. Sodid scores of other states andinternational organizations includingNato and the Elders Group, whichincludes Nelson Mandela, JimmyCarter and Desmond Tutu. Heads ofstates from the UK and Russia to theArab world have called for theinvestigation of events and theimmediate lifting of the blockade ofGaza. Israel faces a dilemma here: the siegeof Gaza has not localised the realityof occupation but internationalised it.By acting in defiance and hoping thatit can get away with illegal use offorce against unarmed civilians, theNetenyahu-Lieberman government isturning against the whole world. I personally do not know if theTurkish-Israeli relations will ever goback to normal after what happenedin Mavi Marmara. But it is clear thatIsrael must formally apologise to theTurkish people for its brutal killing ofTurkish aid workers. An internationalfact-finding mission, as called for bythe UN, must be immediatelyestablished to investigate the eventsand those responsible for the raidmust be brought to justice. Finally,the blockade of Gaza must be lifted tonormalise the lives of 1.5 millionsPalestinians. Furthermore, Egyptmust keep the Rafah gate open to letinternational aid into Gaza. These measures will not make usforget what happened in the early

hours of 31 May. But they may beingsome semblance of rationality to theregion.• Comments on this article are set toremain open until 6pm this evening• Israel• Gaza• Middle East• Turkey• Palestinian territories

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Celebrate D-Day: Stand against the 9/11 mega-mosque(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:13:56 AM

Celebrate D-Day: Stand against the 9/11 mega-mosque Join us today atnoon at the corner of Church andLiberty Streets in lower Manhattan,right by Ground Zero, to protest the15-s tory mosque tha t Is lamicsupremacists are planning to buildthere — with aid from cluelessdhimmis. Here is my colleaguePamela Geller’s June 4 article on themosque and the rally: “Rally toProtest the Ground Zero Mosque,”from Human Events: Since I wrote in HUMAN EVENTSon May 14 about the plans to build agiant 15-story mosque and IslamicCenter next to Ground Zero, thedeceptions and Islamic supremacistintentions of the mosque organizershave become more obvious. YetMayor Michael Bloomberg of NewYork and the New York politicalestablishment refuse to listen to thewill of the people. This why the Stop Islamization ofAmerica (SIOA) June 6 rally againstthe proposed mega-mosque is soimportant. The Islamic supremacists

must not be allowed to do a victorydance on the hallowed burial groundof Ground Zero. They must beexposed and shamed until theywithdraw their plans for the mosque. Bloomberg framed it as a freedom ofreligion issue: “I think it’s fair to sayif somebody was going to try, on thatpiece of property, to build a church ora synagogue, nobody would beyelling and screaming. And the factof the matter is that Muslims have aright to do it, too…. What is greatabout America and particularly NewYork is we welcome everybody, andif we are so afraid of something likethis, what does that say about us?… Ifyou are religious, you do not want thegovernment picking re l igions ,because what do you do the day theydon’t pick yours?” Whi le I agree tha t tha t thegovernment should keep its nose outof religion, also believe that if themayor really believes governmentshould stay out of it, he shouldn’tpublicly take one side. But the mayoralready has chosen sides, before plansfor this mosque became public. SIOA has called on Bloomberg manytimes to remove Omar Mohammedi, alawyer tied to the Hamas-linked

Counci l on Amer ican- Is lamicRelations (CAIR), from New YorkCity’s Human Rights Commission.Bloomberg keeps him on. And beforeTimes Square jihad bomber FaisalShahzad was caught, Bloombergoffered his opinion: that the would-becar bomber was probably a right-winger who was upse t aboutObamacare . This is why I believe petitions to themayor are a waste of time. But theJune 6 rally will show him that he ison the wrong side of the will of thepeople because the people of NewYork know that the mayor is wrong. This mosque is not about freedom ofreligion. It’s about insulting Americaand the v ic t ims of 9 /11 andestablishing an international symbolfor Islamic supremacism in NewYork. The mega-mosque will be theral lying cry for the universalcaliphate–a shrine to jihad at thecherished site of Islamic conquest…. Read it all. Posted by Robert on June 6, 20103:13 AM| 1 Comment Print this entry| Email this entry| Digg this

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Where we are and where we need to go(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 6:21:00 AM

Where we are and where we need togo Caroline Glick does a brilliant jobof taking stock of where Israel findsitself today and what strategies itought to adopt to cope with the nexttwo and a half years (at least) ofdealing with a hostile government inWashington. For decades two things limited thesalience of Jew hatred as a politicalforce in the Muslim world. First,Israel’s reputation as a regionalpower deterred Arab states fromattacking it. And second, the US’sMiddle East policy of rewardingstates that lived at peace with Israeland spurning those that did not madeattacking Israel a less attractiveoption for most Muslim states. Thelikes of Iran and Syria were punishedfor their support for terrorism andtheir refusal to make peace withIsrael. Then too, Turkey’s rise inprominence in the US in the 1990sowed a great deal to its close strategicties with Israel. Israel’s reputation as a regionalpower was diminished by its 2000withdrawal from south Lebanon andits less than stellar performances inthe 2006 war. As for the US, in the year and a halfsince Obama took office he hasfundamentally restructured USforeign policy in a manner thatrewards US enemies at the expense ofUS allies. From Honduras andColombia to Britain, Poland, and theCzech Republic, to Japan and India toIsrael, Iraq and Afghanistan, Obamahas treated US allies with contemptand hostility. At the same time, hisrepeated bids to woo US adversarieshave rewarded the leaders of Iran,Venezuela, Russia and others for theiraggression.… THIS BRINGS US to Israel’s currentquandary about how to respond to theinternational campaign against it.Israel of course can do nothing to

change the potency of Jew hatred inthe Islamic world. It can also dono th ing to change Amer i canbehavior. For as long as Obama ispresident, US foreign policy can beexpected to remain on its currenttrajectory. That is, for at least the nexttwo and a half years, the US willcontinue to play a destabilizing andhostile role in the region. What this means is that Israel shouldadopt a strategy that minimizes theinternational lynch mob’s ability toget close to it and maximizes Israel’sability to knock the mob off balance. Take for instance the UN SecurityCouncil call for an independentinvestigation of the Mavi Marmaraincident. Israel rightly rejected such aUN inquiry understanding that its aimis to diminish Israel’s sovereign rightto self defense. On the other hand, onThursday morning Foreign MinisterAvigdor Lieberman offered that Israelcould establish its own judicialinquiry and that there was no reasonfor international investigators not tobe members of the Israeli committee. This idea is ill-advised for tworeasons. First by its very nature, ajudicial inquiry would place Israel in

the role of criminal defendant. Andsecond, given the nature of theinternational assault on Israel, noi n t e r n a t i o n a l o b s e r v e r s o rinvestigators can be given any role ininvestigating the Mavi Marmaraepisode. In contrast, Israel could benefit froma domestic investigation of theoperational and diplomatic aspects ofits handling of the Turkish-Hamasflotilla. It is in these areas – ratherthan the legal areas – that Israel hasfailed and must learn the lessons ofthose failures. Moreover, appointing acommittee would buy Israel time inthe face of the anti-Israel campaignnow sweeping the globe. And as to that campaign, it is timefor Israel to launch a counter-offensive. Its representatives at theUN should demand an investigationinto Turkey’s illegal sponsorship ofthe pro-Hamas flotilla. They shouldraise such protests at every UN forumand continue to protest until they arethrown out of the meetings and thenreturn, the next day to relaunch theirprotests. The Justice Ministry should issueinternational arrest warrants against

the f l o t i l l a ’ s o rgan ize r s andparticipants and prepare indictmentsagainst them for trial in Israeli courts.Israel’s embassies throughout theworld should call for their hostgovernments to outlaw organizationsinvolved in the Gaza f lo t i l lamovement . No, these Israeli efforts will notchange anyone’s vote in any UNforum. But they will place thesewholly corrupt institutions on thedefensive. For decades Israel hastaken for granted that the UN ishopelessly hostile and left things atthat. Israel’s willingness to declaredefeat has emboldened UN officials.By putting them on the defensive,Israel will force them to devote timeto staving off Israeli attacks and sohave less time available for initiatingnew assaults against Israel. Read the whole thing. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:21PM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• The Israeli Raid and QuestionsAbout Israel’s Continued StatehoodMembers of the Israeli DefenseForces engaged in a hostile take-overof humanitarian ships in internationalwaters in an operation that left nineactivists dead... ...• ??? ????? – “???? ???????” – EtiC a s t r o " m a s t e r p e a c e " I s r a e lwww.eticastro.co.il Ester Castro:Jewish Israeli pop singer. Eti livesand breathes music from a veryyoung age. She was discovered as awonder gi...• Interrogations reveal that mostFlotilla "humanitarians" actually tiedto global jihad — and were recruitedspecifically to attack Israeli soldiersInterrogations reveal that mostFlotilla "humanitarians" actually tiedto global jihad -- and were recruitedspecifically to attack Israeli soldiers...

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Cyrpus: "Muslims are our brothers"(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 6:57:00 AM

Cyrpus: “Muslims are our brothers” A day after Cypriot religious andpolitical leaders lashed out at Turkey,whose troops have occupied northernCyprus since 1974, Pope BenedictXVI on Saturday met briefly with aMuslim religious leader from theTurkish North. This article was prepared by theI s l a m i n E u r o p e b l o g –i s l a m i n e u r o p e . b l o g s p o t . c o m The pope exchanged greetings forseveral minutes with the leader, SheikMehmet Nazim Adil, 88, a Sufi,outside the Vatican’s embassy toCyprus. Benedict, the first pope to visitCyprus, is not scheduled to visit thenorthern part of the island.

( more)———— The murder of the Vatican’srepresentative in Turkey will notaffect dialogue with Islam, PopeBenedict XVI said Friday as hetravelled to Cyprus for a meeting withMiddle Eastern bishops ahead of asynod at the Vatican later this year. The pope said the death of MsgrLuigi Padovese, stabbed by hisTurkish driver Thursday, “must not inany way overshadow the dialoguewith Islam”.“One thing is sure, it was not apolitical or religious assassination”. The driver, 26-year-old Murat Altun,was being treated for psychiatricproblems and reportedly told policehe had a “Divine revelation” tellinghim to kill the bishop, according toTurkish media . Padovese , 63,Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia, was the

second Catholic priest to be murderedin Turkey in recent years after FatherAndrea Santoro in 2006.“Naturally I am deeply pained by thedeath of Msgr Padovese, who alsocontributed a great deal to thepreparation of the synod and wouldhave been a precious element (in thetalks in Cyprus),” said the pope, whoearlier Friday received a message ofcondolence from Turkish PresidentAbdullah Gul.“But we do not want this tragedy tointerfere with dialogue with Islam,which will be the theme of my trip”. Referring to the synod in the Vaticanon October 10-24, the pope voicedthe hope it would boost both dialogueamong Christians and “our commoncapacity for dialogue with Islam”. Muslims “are our brothers, despiteour differences,” he said.( more)

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Turkish Prosecutors Open Investigation intoIsraeli Attack on Mavi Marmara(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 3:27:39 AM

A Turkish prosecutor has open a caseagainst the Israeli officials whoapproved the attack on the Gazaflotilla and the Turkish ship, MaviMarmara, which left 9 Turkishnationals dead: Israel’s prime minister, defenseminister and chief of General Staffare among the prime suspects in aninvestigation initiated by the ?stanbulBak?rköy Prosecutor’s Office intoMonday’s military operation againsta Gaza-bound civilian aid flotilla thatleft nine peace activists, all of whomwere Turkish citizens, dead.…If the prosecutor’s office cancompile enough evidence againstIsrael at the end of its probe, it willcharge Israeli officials with variouscrimes, including murder, injury,taking hostages, attacking Turkishcitizens on the open seas and piracy.T h e m a i n s u s p e c t s i n t h einvestigation thus far are PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu,Defense Minister Ehud Barak andChie f o f Genera l S ta f f Gab iAshkenaz i .…Turkey’s foreign and justiceministries are also closely followingthe investigation, which might end upwith the indictment of thoseresponsible for the raid. The trial of

these suspects will be based on thein ternat ional Law of the SeaConvention and universal principlesregarding a fair trial. Cevdet K?l?çlar, murdered Turkishactivist and photojournalist (IHH) What’s important about th isdevelopment is not any imminentthreat that Israeli leaders will end upin a Turkish prison.  But that thisbegins a process of pressuring Israelthrough the use of the judicialprocess, much as the GoldstoneReport pressured Israel regardingOperation Cast Lead.  It will be yetanother method by which to bring tothe world’s attention the nature of thecrime that Israel committed againstTurkey and its citizens.  This is howone builds a broader case too toappeal to the international communityfor accountability for Israel’s actions,insisting on the applicability ofinternational law and the laws of war. Photo by Turkish photographer,Cevdet K?l?çlar The battle against Israel’s Gazapolicy is multi-pronged.  No oneissue will break the dam, but when allare pressed together then the dammay be breached. Today, brings news that a singleIsraeli commando killed six of the 9who died that night.  The soldier isbeing considered for a medal forbravery.  What I hope is that my IDFveteran friends with Breaking the

Silence and Combatants for Peacewill identity this individual and sendhim pictures of the men he killedalong with their families and perhapspictures of their dead bodies.  Thesewill include the noted Turkishphotographer Cevdet K?l?çlar, whoseimages wil l break your heart ,knowing he will no longer be amongthe us to capture, with such incredibledelicacy and dignity, the faces of hissubjects.  They also include FurkanDogan, the 19 year old Turkish-American who hoped to attendmedical school. By the way, I’d like to know why theIDF found it necessary to murder aphotographer shooting pictures of thescene on board, putting a bullet rightbetween his eyes.  Undoubtedly, theypreferred having no documentaryrecord of the massacre.  Will we eversee the images Cevdet K?l?çlar shotthat night? Perhaps we’ll even see animage of his executioner the momentbefore death. Or perhaps has alreadydestroyed the evidence. Related posts:• 19 Year-Old Turkish-AmericanKilled by IDF in Gaza Flotilla AttackSo now we know why Israel refusedto announce the…• Lieberman Shames TurkishAmbassador, Torpedoes Israel-Turkish Relations In most cases, acount ry’s fore ign minis te r i srespons ib le for…

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Israel’s seizure of the flotilla offools was legal under InternationalLaw(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 4:39:00 AM

Israel’s seizure of the flotilla of foolswas legal under International LawFor those looking for a clear andconcise explanation of why Israel’sseizure of the flotilla of fools waslegal under international law, Isuggest reading this article by EricPosner in the Wall Street Journal (forthose without access to the site, thefull article is here). The catch here is the meaning of“armed conflict.” Traditionally,armed conflict can take place onlybetween sovereign states. If Gazawere clearly a sovereign state, thenIsrael would be at war with Gaza andthe blockade would be lawful. If,however, Gaza were just a part ofIsrael, Israel would have the right tocontrol its borders— but not byintercepting foreign ships outside its12-mile territorial sea or contiguouszone. Gaza is not a sovereign state(although it has its own government,controlled by Hamas) and is not apart of Israel or of any other state. Itsstatus is ambiguous, and so too is thenature of the armed conflict betweenIsrael and Hamas. Thus there is noclear answer to the question whetherthe blockade is lawful. However, the traditional idea ofarmed confl ict involving onlysovereign states has long given wayto a looser definition that includessome conflicts between states andnonstate actors. The internationalrules governing blockades attempt tobalance belligerents’ interest insecur i ty and o ther count r ies ’economic interests in shipping.During war, security interests prevail. War-like conditions certainly existbetween Israel and Hamas. Andbecause Israel intercepts only self-identified blockade runners, its

actions have little impact on neutralshipping. This balance is reflected inthe traditional privilege of states tocapture foreign pirates on the highseas. So Israel’s legal posi t ion isreasonable, and it has precedent.During the U.S. Civil War, the Unionclaimed to blockade the Confederacywhile at the same time maintainingthat the Confederacy was not asovereign state but an agent ofinsurrection. When the Union navy seized shipstrying to run the blockade, theirowners argued that a country cannotinterfere with shipping on the highseas except during war, and onecannot be at war except with anothersovereign state. The U.S. SupremeCourt approved the captures in anambiguous opinion that held that anarmed conflict existed, even thoughone side was not a sovereign state.The opinion suggests a certainlatitude for countries to use blockadesagainst internal as well as externalenemies. Human Rights Watch argues that ablockade to strike at a terroristorganization constitutes a collectivepenalty against a civilian population,

in violation of Article 33 of the fourthGeneva Convention. This argumentwon’t stand up. Blockades and otherforms of economic sanction arepermitted in international law, whichnecessarily means that civilians willsuffer through no fault of their own. Read it all. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:39PM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Daniel in the lions’ den; Flotillas u p p o r t e r s r e v e a l a t t i t u d e sinconsistent with peace with Israel...• Bogus Potus & Israel Bogus Potus& Israelby sheikyermami on April 11,2010Now Obama Wants To ImposeHis Version Of Peace On IsraelAgainst It’s Will And With NoSayDaled AmosI don’t know howyou can force ...• Israel’s Urban Green Line: Parks,Spaces and Boulevards Israel's greenline from space, notice the state'sgreen color with brown in thesurrounding states       Israel's greenline is one of the most controversialand best known artifac...

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English: "IDF ruthless!" Turkish/Arabic: "IDFcrybabies!"(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:46:00 AM

There are three narratives of the firstminutes of the raid on the MaviMarmara: one by Israel, one by theleaders of the flotilla when speakingin English, and a third one – by thepeople who support the flotilla whenspeaking in non-Western languages. The Turkish newspaper tha tpublished the pictures of the IDFsoldiers today does not use the memeof ruthless IDF soldiers shootingfrom the helicopter and murderingcivilians within seconds of landing ondeck – nor do the pictures supportthat narrative in the least. Rather, theyprove Israel’s version of eventscompletely. Yet the Turkish press, aswe had seen Friday from some of the

Arabic press, instead say how weakand ineffectual the IDF soldiers were,all but mocking them for not usinglethal force initially. The newspaper notes, with glee, thefear in the soldiers’ faces captured inthe photos. It discusses how the brave“humanitarians” fought the mightyIDF with sacks of onions. The articlecalls the soldiers “ amateurish” and “incompetent.” To the supporters of the IHH and itspartners, the IDF’s reticence in usinglethal force is a clear sign ofweakness, not a sign of caring abouthuman life. This also indicates that the version ofevents that much of the worldbelieves, in which the Free Gazafolks make outlandish claims like Under darkness of night, Israelicommandoes d ropped f rom a

helicopter onto the Turkish passengership, Mavi Marmara, and began toshoot the moment their feet hit thedeck. They fired directly into thecrowd of civilians asleep. are complete fabrications. Interestingly, the Turkish articleclaims that the IDF erased thesephotos from the camera memorycards before returning them to theirowners, and that the Turks recoveredthem with simple unerase software, inan attempt to hide the facts of the IDFfailure. It seems equally possible thatthe photographers quickly deleted thephotos before the IDF confiscated thecameras. In fact, as YNet notes, theIDF “ expressed its satisfaction withthe Turkish newspapers’ decision topublish the photos.‘This is clear proofof Israel’s repeated claims, that theboat was carrying mercenaries, whose

so le purpose was to k i l l thesoldiers.’” Their only problem waswith showing the soldiers’ faces. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Yom Hazikaron the siren 5770(2).AVI...• Latma interviews PresidentObumbler Latma interviews PresidentObumbler Heh.Let's goto the videotape (Hat Tip: NY Nana).posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:31A...• How to prepare for your TechAliyah The following advice can helpyou assess which technical gear youshould (and should not) bring withyou to Is rae l . Recent Art ic lepublished on 1/21/2010 by voolf...

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McCarthyKnowsJihad(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 3:31:10 AM

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Cardiff: WDL demo, taxi driverstrike(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 3:54:00 AM

Cardiff: WDL demo, taxi driverstrike Two men and a woman have beenarrested in rival demonstrations heldin Cardiff. About 500 anti-fascist protestersmarched from Cardiff Bay to CityHall in opposition to a demonstrationby the Welsh Defence League(WDL). WDL organisers said their estimated200-strong demonstration was againstIslamic extremism. This article was prepared by theI s l a m i n E u r o p e b l o g –i s l a m i n e u r o p e . b l o g s p o t . c o m South Wales Police said there weresome flashpoints, but their operation,was a success. Two men, aged 48 and 53, and a 45-year-old woman were arrested. Similar demonstrations were alsoheld in Swansea. Assistant Chief Constable Nick Croft

said: “The demonstrations havepassed without significant disruptionto the wider community and withoutinjury to the protesters and I wouldlike to express my thanks to the vastmajority of people who demonstratedpeacefully.“There were some f lashpointsthroughout the day which may haveconcerned some onlookers, but to anextent, this was anticipated betweentwo large groups who hold opposingviews.“The main thing is that nobody gotinjured as a result, and that the vastmajority of protesters went abouttheir activities in a responsible andorderly manner, meaning that onlythree arrests had to be made.”(…) Hundreds of taxi drivers in the city,many of them Muslim, were expectedto strike in protest against the WelshDefence League being allowed tohold what they call a racist rally.( more) Source: BBC(English) Hija del Zion para Israel Support

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Brussels: If Israel goes into Gaza,we’ll have riots that evening(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:30:00 AM

Brussels: If Israel goes into Gaza,we’ll have riots that evening Glenn Audenaert, chief of FederalJudiciary Police, interviewed onPhara, June 4th, 2010 (~42:00), viaLuc Van Braekel’s blog. This article was prepared by theI s l a m i n E u r o p e b l o g –i s l a m i n e u r o p e . b l o g s p o t . c o m“Professionally, I can only say thatthe situation in the Middle East has acausal link with the degree ofrad ica l i za t ion o f the Mus l imcommunity in Belgium. According tostudies, the Muslim population willbe the majority in the Brussels regionin five or eight years, with all theunemployment f igu res wh ichmarg ina l i ze i t . ”(…)“What I can say is that if Israel stepsfoot in the Gaza strip, we’ll have riotsin the stock exchange area [ie, centralBrussels] in the evening.”(…)“we can ’ t p r e t end a s i f t heinternational context passes us by.” Hija del Zion para Israel Support

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Recovered photos showscenes from Israeli raidon Gaza aid ship(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 6:36:00 AM

Photos recovered from memorycards and acquired by daily Hürriyetprovide an inside look at whathappened when Israeli commandosraided the Turkish ship MaviMarmara in the early morning hoursof May 31. click for more of these athurriyetdailynews.com Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Clarification/Correction RegardingAudio Transmission Between IsraeliNavy and Flotilla on 31 May 2010,Posted on 5 June 2010 Clarification/C o r r e c t i o n R e g a r d i n g A u d i oTransmission Between Flotilla andIsraeli Navy 5 June 2010 Yesterdayevening on 4 June 2010, the IDFreleased an audio recording of a radiotransmission betwee...• Ship Attempting to Break MaritimeClosure Docks at Ashdod Port, 5 June2010 Ship Attempting to BreakMaritime Closure Docks at AshdodPort 5 June 2010 Moments ago theship which was boarded earlier todayby IDF naval forces docked at theIs rae l i por t of Ashdod, a f te ra t tempt i . . .• Photos of Israeli Navy SoldiersEngaging with the Seventh FlotillaShip, 5 June 2010...

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“Final Solution” Coming?(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 4:55:52 AM

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Video :: HelenThomas Tells theJews to go "Home"(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:49:03 AM

W e t h i n k i t ’ s t i m e H e a r s tCorporation asks her to do the same. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• How to deal with a nuclear IranHow to deal with a nuclear IranIn Sunday's Wall Street Journal,former US ambassador to the UnitedNations John Bolton discusses theprospects f...• Israel’s Air Force and Navy struttheir stuff Israel's Air Force and Navystrut their stuff Here'svideo from the public demonstrationsput on by Israel's Air Force and Navyfor Independence ...• The Internat ional ArchivesBuilding and the Shrine of the Bab onMount Carmel in Haifa, Israel Imagetaken on 2006-03-22 19:43:20 byAdib Roy....

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Turkey hosts Eurasiansummit amid Israelstorm | Reuters(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 5:46:00 AM

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As different in death asin life: Rachel Corrieand Shiri Negari(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 3:35:00 AM

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As different in death asin life: Rachel Corrieand Shiri Negari(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 4:02:00 AM

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Express.co.uk – Home of the Dailyand Sunday Express | World News:…(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 6:02:00 AM

ISRAEL’S FLOTILLA RAID ‘ADISASTER’ The Mavi Marmara, thepassenger ship which came underattack Israel’s bloody raid on the aidflotilla bound for Gaza last we… Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• A silent correction to paper overthe bigger problem The clueless op-ed written by Catherine Ashton for

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"FlotillaFacts"website(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)Submitted at 6/6/2010 6:04:00 AM

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