Fear and no clean clothing: Haaretz reporter preparing to sail for Gaza

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Social activist Stephan Corriveau warned all of us due to set sail on the Canadian ship dubbed the Tahrir - one of the boats participating in the upcoming Gaza flotilla - that we would have no opportunity to bathe during the three-day journey to Gaza but would have drinking water. There was no point in bringing a change of clothes, the Montreal-based Corriveau noted, because there would be nowhere to change, encouraging us to take as little as possible. In the best case scenario, we will make it to Gaza and can buy some clothing there, he said.

There are about 50 of us, men and women, due to sail on the Tahrir, whose name is a reference to the Cairo square where protests earlier this year led to the downfall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime. Several hundred other activists, from about 20 countries, and several dozen journalists are currently preparing to set sail for Gaza.

At several Mediterranean ports, ships await their participants for the upcoming flotilla. The vessels were acquired in a transatlantic fund-raising effort which began about a year ago, immediately after the Israeli Navy killed nine partcipants aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla ship, the Mavi Marmara, last May. The new flotilla has been organized by a coalition of organizations, all of which refuse to accept the Israeli argument that the Gaza Strip is no longer besieged and that if there is a siege, it is only because of the arms Hamas has been smuggling into the territory. The activists' participation is designed to apply popular pressure on their own governments to stop cooperating with the Israeli policy.

Canadian activists raised about $350,000 over the past year for the operation, setting up an account in the name of a group called Turtle Island Humanitarian Aid. The Canadian government has announced it does not support the flotilla, viewing it as a provocation against Israel. Other governments have had a similar reaction to the effort in response to the participation of their nationals. Only the Irish government has called on Israel to refrain from violence in response to the flotilla.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/fear-and-no-clean-clothing-haaretz-reporter-preparing-to-sail-for-gaza-1.369611

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1. Only fools sail into a military zone.

Wear a life vest.

Or better yet, sale to Egypt and drive thru a newly reopened border.

But if the flotilla enters a hostile military zone, no one in the world will lift a finger to help them. I won't blame the Israelis if anyone dies in this flotilla. I will blame the fools for doing the same thing and expecting different results.

[tootrueleft]

2. Like the 'military zone' in international waters where israel executed the last lot?

[King_David]

3. Executed ? LOL

That is hilarious.

You got a funny sense of self defense.

It was killed or be killed by a mob of thugs !

[tootrueleft]

4. Does the execution of muslims always make you LOL?

[King_David]

5. Nope it was your statement that made me laugh !

EXECUTION ?? WTF ?? :wtf:


That is so over the top that it is indeed hilarious.



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[tootrueleft]

6. When your 19 year old gets shot in the back of the head point blank,I'll remind u he wasn't executed

And we'll all have a big ol' LOL about the whole thing. OK?

[King_David]

7. Still flogging this huh?

[tootrueleft]

8. Oh,thats right.All the aid workers were trained to jump backwards at bullets to make israel look bad

[King_David]

9. huh ?

What do you mean ?

[tootrueleft]

11. Boarding a boat uninvited and shooting a kid in the back of the head isn't an execution?

[shira]

12. Proof that it was an execution? n/t

[tootrueleft]

13. Bullet in back of head point blank trump trigger pullers denial.

[Shaktimaan]

14. so then...

what exactly do you think occurred on the ship when those activists died? What is the basic story?

[shira]

17. I guess he doesn't really know what basically occured on the Marmara. n/t

[shira]

16. So you have no proof - just another baseless accusation. Thanks!

He was also shot in the front as well as the back, so what does that tell you?

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[holdencaufield]

15. I'm sure...

I'm sure you're probably really good at whatever you do. But, you don't know jack about International Sea Law. Interdicting hostile vessels for inspection, even in International Waters, is a time-honoured principle of sea law, practiced by every major power for centuries.

And, the videos CLEARLY show that the crew and passengers of the flotilla attacked IDF soldiers first while engaging in a perfectly legal interdiction.

I'm sure you have your reasons for not liking Jews... but, don't make up situations and then convict Jews of non-existent crimes.