February 14, 2012
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The organisers of an aid flottilla Ship to Gaza said in Stockholm on Wednesday they would make a new attempt to reach the Palestinian territory before the end of 2010.
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if they want to send aid let them take it to were there told to do so but if they brake the law then no one will come at there back this time and whatever they do israel is israel. whatever they say but if israel says no its no and no one will come against them hehehe. watch out and see.
I hope this time Israel will sink all the boats without even raid them (=waste of time and human resources). Maybe this time, Israel will finally teach those stupid and BORED activists a lesson once and for all.
If they do it again after what happened previously, then what happens is on there own head.
I wonder how many torpedo's the Israeli's have?
“To reach Gaza before the end of 2010”
What motto or flag will the Flotilla be flying this time? Will it be the motto
“ Forewarned is forearmed”
or,
“once bitten twice shy”
is it now a more conciliatory, peaceful,
non-confrontational
and law-abiding
approach as they head for to enter
sovereign life-giving Israeli waters?
Let's hope that this time - Henning Mankell – just like the last time – has the good sense and enough courage and optimism to leave at least one copy - a copy - of his manuscript behind – for safe-keeping in Sacred or Secular Sweden, where hopefully neither he nor it, will get lost.
“To reach Gaza before the end of 2010” ? Perhaps after the Swedish elections, in which case Carl Bildt won't be explaining from the railings, about the rantings or rulings of the Swedish Parliament/ Government, until after the elections.
With a little bit of luck they ( the Flotilla) could make it before Christmas ( compliant sailors, even war-riors, all arriving safely at whichever port the Israeli Navy may feel fit to choose to guide them to safety, so that they may continue to live in tranquillity, to celebrate Jesus*birthday, distribute precious gifts like the wise men/ messengers from the East, spreading love and joy to all the Gazans of Hamastan.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138928
And perhaps some candy, and a happy Christmas wish for Gilad Shalit no longer in captivity?
From Hamas?
It's reasonable to expect that all this could come to pass - peacefully - if they ( the Flotilla) follow and obey orders when they arrive on the M.V. “ Peace on the earth of Jesus and Goodwill to all men”perhaps to preach the message of :peace and love, lay down weapons of destruction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8VsDwbth94
Hopefully too, by the end of November updates from Lebanon will have passed into history.
With a little bit of luck with a little help from my friends...
"The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about""
Great job I am with you in breaking a terrorist's home made law which is a nonsense but recognized by dummies and puppets placed at high ranks.
All those, who are babbling against Freedom Flotilla "NO ONE GIVE A F*$% TO YOU"
While they're at it, can they push some de-population programs (condoms, birth control pills, sex education). The gaza is not the place to grow and overpopulate in this day and age.
Could the Gaza become the next center of civilization? They control their own fate.
Not to worry. After sending a Flotilia of Peace to Independent Kurdistan, Flotilla Feiler could also send a few battalions to Darfur and in support of The Resistance send a few more tons of medicines, sympathy and love to the Taliban in occupied Afghanistan.
When he arrives there (in Afghanistan) by sea, land or air he should expect/ await the results/ rewards of their good intentions: a few welcoming shots from General Patreaus and his Force.
http://www.si-info.org/?s=english
h t t p : // w w w .y o u t u b e .com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg
If they ever go to Gaza, i hope that they visit the newly constructed Gaza Mall (600 parking spaces), the newly inaugurated olympic swimming pool, and restaurant Cactus (16 page menu)..
1) Bubble-headed bleach blonde idealists who want to "save the world" and such.
2) People who want to stir up trouble and want to force Israel to have to show some sort of force in reaction to this provocation.
3) People who want the destruction of Israel.
Defend Humanity Sanction Israel..
Go Flotilla go to support innocent victims of Second Holocaust.
I think all those who appear to be pro-Israel, including the US, are destroying Israel's chance of living in peace in the Middle East. The American public is too sensitive over the deaths of its soldiers in a foreign land. President Obama's campaign pledge was to remove American soldiers out of the Middle East as early as possible. The US needs Israel to act as its cannon fodder for its imperialist ambition in the Middle East.
No matter how many fake dailyalert website , information organization the pro israelis make now the in-human agenda of them are clear to all.
Spreading false and fake information and changing the facts and hiding the criminal acts on humanity is the long lasting trick of Israel and USA as shown by wikileaks as well.
Now we all those who stand for humanity know their tactics and strategy .
Flotila and 100 of those ships must go for innocent civilans in order to save humanity as whole from Israel's Crime.
Whatever happens in the Middle East, Our Sweden always has something to say - sometimes to even pontificate on very un-Swedish Human Rights issues, such as FGM. Nyamko Sabuni has her own special views about that. I think that she takes a pretty dim view of FGM. And the circumstances in which the cultural act is perpetrated.
And some people ( like Audrian ) always have something to say. In it's most extreme form, we have Audrian saying that “ The crime being committed in Gaza is a crime against humanity. “
Well, the short and long of it is that everyone has an agenda, as this article makes clear, and some people are in it (Israel) for their own good:
"Till now not a single person has died of hunger in Gaza . They die in the other point of the world, in Kirghizia , but nobody cares about it. The rights of Palestinians are above the rights of Uzbek people. As well as the Sudanese Christians, Iraqi Kurds, Boers in Southern Africa, “Ahmadyya” in Pakistan and Baha’is in Iran. Palestinians are the high caste of mankind because fortunately they are up against Israel , and the international community has its own rights and interests in this conflict."
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/25802#more-25802
More seriously :
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Minist...-3-Aug-2010.htm
in usual circumstances.
However, war between implacable enemies - at the very best, such wars are followed by a cease- fire, a suspension of hostilities which it is presumed will resumed at a later date, and continue until “ the final battle”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8RjjeN1H9M&NR=1
ps. JoeSwede-I hope you don't have any children yourself because you seem like a cruel and evil man to say such awful things. Growing up anywhere in this world is tough. No matter race, country or religion we must protect our children.
http://www.israpundit.com/
It's not clear which pro-Israel comments “Sweetdishgurl” is referring to here. Hopefully not mine, because I am neither intolerant or full of violence or hatred. There's certainly no evidence of intolerance or hate in my comments. As a matter of fact I am thoroughly acquainted with the various schools of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and such an acquaintance has resulted in understanding, respect and tolerance. Hate? That cannot be reconciled with
“You shall love HASHEM, your God
with all your heart
with all your soul and with all your resources”
Of course I would not endear myself to anyone who would like to make a Muslim or a Christian or an idolater out of me.
One difference between Judaism and Islam is that Judaism does not say that you have to convert to Judaism to be “ saved” - since the Noahide Laws are sufficient for mankind - whereas - Muslims are committed to the Islamization Project – the project to missionize and Islamize the whole of Europe, indeed the whole world – because they ( Muslims) believe that according to Islam the bottom line is that the Islam that was preached by the Prophet of Islam is the only religion that is acceptable to the Almighty ( Allah?). The average Muslim believes that if you do not become Muslim then you are going to burn in hell and that is the genesis of much trouble that is yet to come....
If I could repeat and explain my last comment which was that
“War is usually followed by peace –
in usual circumstances.
However, war between implacable enemies - at the very best, such wars are followed by a cease- fire, a suspension of hostilities which it is presumed will be resumed at a later date, and continue until “ the final battle” -
According to Islamic eschatology in which Muslims believe so fervently, “the final battle” will be fought between the Muslims and the non-Muslims – and from that point of view everyone knows on which side George Bush will be, since he has already announced the line of demarcation: “You are either with US or you are with the terrorists.” ( I'm assuming that Bin- Ladin, Hamas,Hezbollah, Iran etc would normally be on the side of the Muslims. It's difficult to assess or know where Mankell and Gardell ( who should be foaming at the mouth at such a time) and the rest of Islamic Sweden would stand if it happened now....
There are several processes at work at the moment.
WE hope to be on God's side.
On the whole, some of the pro-Arab supporters have got to the point at which they have become implacable enemies of Israel.:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A03uoR...b+-+Israel+Wars
Every Muslim who is familiar with the Qur'an which is written in Arabic knows that Israel is mentioned by name several times in the Quran and that the Jewish people are referred to as “ Bani- Israel”, in the Quran. Nothing in history that has occurred so far disconnects Israel from the Almighty to whom the whole world and its created contents belongs and we pray that the Almighty will see through the Redemption.
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AtdGJs...e+Jewish+people
Go to youtube and search:
Let Me Introduce Myself, My Name Is Israel
Maybe something will get through that thickness...
Israel isn't the major problem in Gaza and the West Bank. The lack of leadership and the lust for money is. Want to talk about shortages? Humanitarian aid? The shops are stocked. But there is a major shortage. The major shortage in Gaza is electricity. Israel's fault? I wish. No it's Hamas and the PA behaving badly as always.
Today's Report from Gaza:
An electrical power station in the Gaza Strip stopped operating due to lack of fuel today (yes, today, Saturday, 7 August 2010).
A financial dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority caused the lack of fuel supply, the station's manager said.
The PA is unable to purchase fuel since Hamas is not transferring funds from the taxes it takes from electricity users.
The station supplies one third of the electricity used in Gaza.
Every several months the dispute repeats itself . The power goes off.
So, who gets hurt? Palestinians in the street. The people none of you actually care about.. So, go float about the Med and get articles for your scrapbooks. Maybe your face will appear on the Guardian, or NY Times or some other rag. It might even appear here. You are part of the problem. You are providing support to the two corrupt self-centered inhumane organizations that are keeping the Palestinian oppressed. Israel? Screw Israel.
Palestinian life will only improve when the leadership learns to behave like leaders and not plunderers.
Mattias Gardell and Henning Mankell might be salivating this very minute or rubbing their palms together at the prospect of further chaos as they threaten to send forth their 2nd Flotilla
“ if the siege is not lifted,” .
Adding more fuel to the fire he lit, Bror Flotilla Feiler adds that his flotilla will feature “more boats, bigger boats, it will be several passenger boats," and still hell-bent on a headlong collision through confrontation, he adds:”And as determined before, we will not accept Israeli control, we will not accept Israeli inspections and we will go to Gaza," Obviously going out of his way to look for trouble in Israeli waters.
Should the 2nd Flotilla defeat the Israeli Navy, I advise you type the following words into the search engine: 2nd Gaza Flotilla :
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/
In fact you could even type it in the search engine now and surprise yourself.
In the meantime, people like “ehwhat? “ ought to be congratulated for uncovering some “unpleasant facts”, such as the fact ( if true) that “The PA is unable to purchase fuel since Hamas is not transferring funds from the taxes it takes from electricity users.”
As a result of which a third of the electricity supply comes to a halt and the misgoverned citizens of Gaza suffer and put up with the having to live in darkness because of the democratically elected Hamas. It all started with the political infighting between Hamas and Fatah.
As reported elsewhere. “ The Hamas authorities accused the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the West Bank of demanding the European Union not to directly pay for the industrial fuel to operate Gaza power station. PNA asked the EU to send the funds directly to its budget and it will pay for the fuels, according to Hamas." ( ATFP)
http://en.trend.az/news/world/israel/1486889.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=...peline+for+Gaza
More good use of space:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=...upplies+to+Gaza
It's necessary to bring out the true facts, so that the darkness of error – the deliberate misinformation of the anti- Israel propaganda war will disappear from our sight.
This is necessary because “this new war has the potential to be far more dangerous and successful than previous ones, precisely because it seeks to convince westerners that the struggle against Israel should also be their struggle.”
http://www.momentmag.com/moment/issues/201...ion-Pollak.html
It seems that the effects/ fallout from the confrontation/ provocation that is now at its planning stage – the confrontation to be provoked by the 2nd Gaza Flotilla Armada of several hundred organisations and boats heading for the Gaza strip promises to be more lethal and insidious than the 2nd Intifada.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarti...-15460?search=1
Finally, before she starts yelping about any “stolen” land “Sweetdishgurl”, even if she comes from "SoupSweet Land" should keep it in her heart and head and not ferget this:
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&...e+Jewish+people