It appears as though that the Palestinians have found there next vehicle to have Israel condemned on the world stage. However, much like every other “massacre” that has been blamed on Israel (Deir Yassin, Sabra and Shatilla, Jenin, etc.) their accusations are filled with lies and half-truths. The Palestinian goal is to take advantage of media naivety and inherent biases, and constantly put Israel in a bad light. Since you’ll likely be exposed to these lies over the next few days and weeks, we put together a short primer on the indicent, so that you’ll understand the context in which the “Flotilla Battle” occurred.

Context

Israel knew about ships leaving from several European ports, carrying many European nationals, most of them Muslims. It’s believed that the coordination of these activities was done by the Turkish IHH organization. Aboard the ships were, according to media, was “peace activists” and “humanitarian organizations”. One such organization involved was the International Solidarity Movement, the party responsible for sending Rachel Corrie to her death, and who provided cover to the Mike’s Place bombing in Tel Aviv.

Now, it is possible that some people aboard the ships thought they were doing the right thing – delivering 10,000 tons of goods to Gaza. However, Israel transfers 15,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza every week, after checking the supplies for weapons. Israel has good reason to suspect any unchecked shipment of being used to smuggle weapons – the Hamas government in Gaza has always maintained their intention to wage war on Israel and is known to use any means to smuggle in weapons, to the detriment of ordinary Gazans.

Now who was really on board these ships? An Al-Jazeera report from May 29th shows that these “activists” are radicals looking to inflict harm on Israel – the amazing Palestinian Media Watch translates the Al-Jazeera report, which shows these activists singing in Arabic: “Intifada, intifada, intifada! Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews! The army of Mohammed will return!” which is a reference to the Muslim massacre of Jews in Khaybar in the 7th centry. After this, an Arab woman being interviewed while apparently on course to Gaza says “Right now we face one of two happy endings: either Martydom or reaching Gaza”. Clearly these “activists” from “humanitarians” were not peaceful at all – they went into this situation knowing that it was a publicity stunt that could possibly cost them their lives. Here is the video:

The Incident on Marmara:

In the early hours of Monday, May 31st, Israeli naval officers boarded the Marmara, the largest of the 6 ships sent by Turkey from Europe. Apparently 5 ships had already been boarded and detained before the Marmara before the incident. The “activists” claimed that they would resist the IDF peacfully, the IDF apparently boarded the boat believing them. However, that appears to have been quite the mistake, as this video clearly shows, since the protestors were prepared for a fight. The first video shows a view from the naval ship next to the Marmara, while the second shows the view from a helicoptor. Both videos show that the officers are beating by large rods, knives, bats and chairs, being thrown overboard and it’s alleged that some used axes and that some used guns.

Analysis
Before the confrontation, Israel made an offer to accept the ships in Ashdod and then transfer the supplies through the official channels, which was rejected. One “organizer” Greta Berlin even stated “this mission is not about delivering humanitarian supplies, it’s about breaking Israel’s siege” – in other words, it was meant for propaganda, not to deliver aid to Gaza. Before boarding, the IDF personel repeated this offer, and this offer was rejected by the flotilla captain, apparently an Arabic man who retorts “Negative, negative – our destination is Gaza”.

As with previous accusations by the Gazans, if we don’t get this information out to our friends, neighbors and families, Israel will continue be thought of as the aggressor in this case. Please forward this information far and wide – share it on Facebook and on Twitter – this information must get out. And please stay up to date on the newest videos by the IDF here as well as the website of the IDF here.

Please watch the video here:

I know something about Jewish history and something about Israeli history. I know something about World War II because I read Churchill’s six volume history. The big parallel between the Nazis and Iran is the way the world failed to take them seriously at their word and to respond with a sufficient degree of force to deter their barbaric ambitions against freedom and democracy on earth. The Nazis for example inched their way into a position where they could launch a struggle for world domination. First they reoccupied the Rhineland in violation of the Versailles Treaty. France freaked out and begged England to do something, but the government in England referred it to the League of Nations instead of giving Hitler a black eye. Which would have told him he had gone too far.

Then the Nazis started general enlistment of soldiers they started drafting thousands of soldiers also against the Versailles treaty I think and no one batted an eye. And from there it was a hop, skip and a jump till the Nazis reactivated their massive armament industries and started producing an arsenal of deadly weapons. And when Hitler saw no one lifted a hand to stop him, he went and took over Czechoslovakia and then Austria, and the rest is known. Like I said, Israel seems to be the only country palpalbly threatened by Iran’s nuclear bomb ambitions. All Obama does is kiss Muslim behinds. He won’t put the screws to Iran because he has a psychological block about dealing with Muslim evil in a fitting way. He wants to make rapprochement with Muslim evil. And also as I said the rest of the world doesn’t want the Iranian commercial cow to dry up. Meanwhile Iran inches into possessing an atom bomb. Precisely because no one – not even the world’s only superpower is willing to give these truly evil Muslims a black eye.

You know, I don’t think there is any question but that Knesset legislation to demand damages for the Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands and linking this demand to a peace settlement with the Palestinians are important developments that should have been brought up a long time ago. But I doubt these demands are enforceable. Arabs who commit crimes, as they did against the Jewish citizens of their countries they forced out, and by confiscating valuable property that belonged to someone else, will go through hell or high water to get away with impunity, and deny blame or deflect blame. The Arab countries who deported hundreds of thousands of Jews and made them refugees will deny this even happened. And where is the leverage to force them to admit their crimes? There is no leverage. The idea of obtaining justice for the Jewish refugees from Arab lands is obviously an ethically and morally based idea. But I afraid it is pie in the sky. The constellation for solving the refugee problem in the Middle East has been hijacked by the Arabs, and they have but one objective. It isn’t justice.

Knesset Aides And Counselors Have Resolved To Return Fire In Kind Against Palestinian And Other Anti-Israel Lecturers Abroad

By Zvika Brot

In lectures around the world Israel’s leaders are being forced to silence themselves in the face of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who create incessant disturbances in the auditoriums and elsewhere. But shortly there will be a surprise Israeli response created out of the Knesset in Jerusalem. An effective “Commando Unit” of Knesset Aides intends to make special visits to universities abroad for the purpose of returning fire in kind.

On the agenda: public relations activities on college campuses, public confrontations with anti-Israeli figures and even tit for tat: undermining the lectures of Palestinians and anti-Israel figures through disturbing the peace.

“We have witnessed this phenomenon for a long time, and for some reason there is no effective response from the state of Israel,” says Roy Wolf an aide to Knesset Member Aryeh Eldar. “In the first place the demonstrators disseminate lies, and it is not tolerable to allow this to pass silently. By the same token it is very difficult to cope with the matter in normal every day ways. Therefore we decided the most effective response is indeed to give them tit for tat. If it’s shouting matches during lectures that they want, we feel we can contend successfully also with this sort of cheap provocation.”

Around 20 Ministers, MKs and counselors have joined the initiative so far, Jews and Arabs from right and left, who are prepared to pay for the trip abroad out of their own pockets. They say they are interested in harnessing the Knesset to the matter, and other government ministries and Israeli offices abroad to aid them in locating the locations where there is an immediate need for Israeli public relations.

Besides Wolf others who have started packing for the trip abroad which is scheduled for the Passover break, include the media advisor for the Minister of Science Moshe Inbar, Chairman of the Knesset Aides Committee, Shuki Zohar and Knesset Aides Adi Sorek and Noga Rapaport. They intend to take with them documentation of the firing of Hamas rockets at Israel’s southern communities, testimonies of Israelis who have been injured in terrorist attacks, and instructions from their superiors.

Knesset Aides for MK Shaul Mofaz, Dalia Itzik, Ofir Akonis, Zvulun Orlov, Daniel Ben Simon, Ilan Gilaon and Shlomo Mula have joined the initiative, and also advisors to the Justice Minister, Internal Security Minister, Infrastructure Minister, Science Minister, Minister for Minority Affairs, and the Minister for Public Relations.

“We hope to contribute our part to Israeli Public Relations in an unconventional but effective way,” says Wolf. “We hope very much we will undertake the trip, and this depends mainly on coordinating everything on the ground. We would like to stress the state of Israel isn’t paying for this, each participant is paying his or her own way.” Some of the Knesset aides already have begun trying to obtain financing from a donor for part of the trip’s expenses.

Translation by yonatan silverman

“A loathsome, criminal act of murder was committed today at a site holy to both Jews and Arabs in Hebron.The Prime Minister and Defense Minister, government ministers and citizens of the State of Israel severely condemn this terrible murder of innocent people, which occurred during Ramadan prayer services.” Statement by Prime Minister Rabin on the Murders in Hebron, 25 February 1994. (Baruch Goldstein’s massacre)

‘This incident condemned by us, which is incompatible with the Palestinian national interests, and with the efforts of the Palestinian National Authority, as well as with the commitments they have undertaken.. violence that has been proven to cause damage to the higher interests of our people.” Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad 10 February 2010

The elliptical way Palestinian leaders like Sell ‘Em Fayyad, Abbas, and Arafat in his day, employed this empty unethical litany points to the total ethical and moral bankruptcy of Islam in my view. Basing a condemnation of cold blooded murder on its opposition to Palestinian national interests is communication devoid of meaning and leaches ethics of any meaning whatsoever. I ask myself if this is perhaps because the KORAN has no 10 Commandments.

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THE NEW TERRORISM

SITTING ON HOT COALS

Allow me to present you with a very stupid question: what is more dangerous, a big bonfire or the smoldering coals in a pile after the fire is out? The answer is of course the smoldering coals, because even the lightest wind can bring back the fire, when everyone thinks they have put it out and are no longer around.

In January 2010 the state of Israel is sitting on a pile of smoldering coals and enjoying every moment of warmth in the middle of the winter’s chill. For all appearances, our situation was never better: the stores are filled to bursting, in the cafes people argue over the few empty seats, salaries are rising, tensions in the area of security are decreasing. There is no Intifada plaguing the busses in Jerusalem, or Qassam rockets in the streets of Sderot. How wonderful!

One needs to follow vigorously what happens in the political and military arenas to understand and discern that under the surface Israel is facing a new form of terrorism. In this kind of terrorism no one fires guns, no one blows up busses or murders Jews, nonetheless it would appear that this terrorism is more dangerous to us than bus bombings: this is deligitimization terrorism – abolishment of the state of Israel from among the nations of the world.

The turning point, the water shed, is surely the Goldstone Report following Operation Cast Lead. Of course the campaign against Israel began before that, but the Report was the wind that caused the smoldering coals to burst into flame. It pays to observe the quiet, the lack of activity on the part of the Palestinian leadership in the last period: Abu Mazen and his comrades are hardly doing anything, and talking in public even less. For what? Practically the whole world is doing their job for them ? and the enlightened Palestinians this time are silent. From all points in the globe, and with exceptional force, the Palestinians are replacing the Israelis as the world’s “underdogs”. The world is inclined more and more to their needs, and sees Israel as the “Occupier” and the Palestinians as unfortunates, mainly oppressed people.

This trend did not begin with publication of the Goldstone Report, but it has worsened since then. Abu Mazen at this stage is looking for his place in the history books and it pleases him to take no step whatsoever: time is working in his favor and his dream of a bi-national state. Another year, another five years, and the numbers will say everything: on account of a Palestinian majority between the river and the sea a democratic country will emerge here, a new country, that the whole world will recognize. But patience. The Palestinians have waited 62 years for this moment. They will wait some more. Abu Mazen who wants to enter history as a big shot is operating now according to historical trends. Who will spoil this vision this dream for him?

Under present conditions there is only a slight chance that acts of terrorism will resume. And if there is a concern, it comes from fringe groups. Abu Mazen is truly opposed to terrorism, mainly because he believes he can achieve his objectives without bloodshed.

So what should we do? There is no counter?-intelligence service for preventing political attacks. There is also no intelligence service for understanding historical trends. If the analysis is correct that Abu Mazen and his comrades intend to bet the house and they envision one state, bi-national, so in the next period, at least, there will be nothing new in the political or military spheres. Abu Mazen needs peace and quiet in Judea and Samaria, so that into our slumbering skulls the message will enter that “our situation was never?” From his perspective we need to fall asleep on guard duty.

Our hope is that the Palestinians will make mistakes in the trend detailed here ? but what is said and what will we say? In the last period the Arabs in general and the Palestinians in particular have disappointed us. We can only blow on the smoldering coals and do everything to renew the talks and bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table. According to what has happened until now the Israeli representatives fell asleep on guard duty also at the table.

Translation by yonatan silverman