Israel PM praises troops who raided Gaza flotilla
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shocking :shock: :shock:
actually no it isn't. i should have known he was going to say some of these things...
i don't like the article because it portrays the flotilla and the palestinians in a negative light by leaving out some of the facts about the conflict and why it exists. i posted it because of the lies, BS, and propaganda that Netanyahu told the troops...
Israel PM praises troops who raided Gaza flotillahttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101026/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza_blockade
ATLIT, Israel – Israel's leader praised on Tuesday the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May that drew international condemnation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a special visit to a military base, told the men they acted "heroically" and "ethically" in an attempt to stop "people who sought to kill you." edit: :roll: :roll:
The commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists from Turkey in the May 31 raid, which worsened already strained ties with Turkey and ultimately forced Israel to ease its land blockade of Gaza imposed after Iranian-backed Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory in 2007.
A naval blockade remains intact — a measure Israel says is needed to prevent arms from reaching Gaza's Hamas rulers — and subsequent efforts to break it have been quashed without violence.
The May raid turned deadly when commandos rappelled onto the lead ship of the flotilla and were attacked by activists as they came down from helicopters. The commandos armed with paint guns and pistols opened fire in response to the assault.
"Gaza has become an Iranian terror base — very close and very dangerous," Netanyahu told the fighters at their base in this seaside northern town. The raid was "vital, imperative, important and legal," he added. edit: legal by what standards?? certainly not international law on the high seas.
Facing a deadly threat, "you responded professionally, heroically, with restraint and ethically."
After Netanyahu delivered his remarks, he met privately with some of the commandos on the base, including one who is still recovering from injuries sustained when activists seized him and threw onto a lower deckGidi Schmerling, Netanyahu's spokesman, said the commando told Netanyahu he sought to return to active duty.
He was among four commandos wounded in the operation who met with Netanyahu.
Israel's blockade, supported by Egypt, was meant to stanch the flow of weapons into Gaza and to put pressure on Hamas, a group that has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings, rocket attacks and other violence, by deepening the already widespread poverty there. The blockade failed to achieve its aims.
Israel also hoped it would help to win the freedom of an Israeli soldier, captured by Hamas-affiliated militants in June 2006.
Israel has rebuffed demands from Turkey to apologize, and it refused to cooperate with an investigation into the flotilla raid conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying the panel is biased. (Geeee, what a surprise there....)Israel is cooperating with a separate investigation commissioned by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Israel is also conducting its own investigations. A preliminary review by a former Israeli general concluded that from a military standpoint, intelligence gathering and planning were faulty.
A separate civilian commission is taking testimony from political and military leaders, as well as activists who had been on board the flotilla, to assess whether the raid conformed to international law.
actually no it isn't. i should have known he was going to say some of these things...
i don't like the article because it portrays the flotilla and the palestinians in a negative light by leaving out some of the facts about the conflict and why it exists. i posted it because of the lies, BS, and propaganda that Netanyahu told the troops...
Israel PM praises troops who raided Gaza flotillahttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101026/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza_blockade
ATLIT, Israel – Israel's leader praised on Tuesday the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May that drew international condemnation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a special visit to a military base, told the men they acted "heroically" and "ethically" in an attempt to stop "people who sought to kill you." edit: :roll: :roll:
The commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists from Turkey in the May 31 raid, which worsened already strained ties with Turkey and ultimately forced Israel to ease its land blockade of Gaza imposed after Iranian-backed Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory in 2007.
A naval blockade remains intact — a measure Israel says is needed to prevent arms from reaching Gaza's Hamas rulers — and subsequent efforts to break it have been quashed without violence.
The May raid turned deadly when commandos rappelled onto the lead ship of the flotilla and were attacked by activists as they came down from helicopters. The commandos armed with paint guns and pistols opened fire in response to the assault.
"Gaza has become an Iranian terror base — very close and very dangerous," Netanyahu told the fighters at their base in this seaside northern town. The raid was "vital, imperative, important and legal," he added. edit: legal by what standards?? certainly not international law on the high seas.
Facing a deadly threat, "you responded professionally, heroically, with restraint and ethically."
After Netanyahu delivered his remarks, he met privately with some of the commandos on the base, including one who is still recovering from injuries sustained when activists seized him and threw onto a lower deckGidi Schmerling, Netanyahu's spokesman, said the commando told Netanyahu he sought to return to active duty.
He was among four commandos wounded in the operation who met with Netanyahu.
Israel's blockade, supported by Egypt, was meant to stanch the flow of weapons into Gaza and to put pressure on Hamas, a group that has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings, rocket attacks and other violence, by deepening the already widespread poverty there. The blockade failed to achieve its aims.
Israel also hoped it would help to win the freedom of an Israeli soldier, captured by Hamas-affiliated militants in June 2006.
Israel has rebuffed demands from Turkey to apologize, and it refused to cooperate with an investigation into the flotilla raid conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying the panel is biased. (Geeee, what a surprise there....)Israel is cooperating with a separate investigation commissioned by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Israel is also conducting its own investigations. A preliminary review by a former Israeli general concluded that from a military standpoint, intelligence gathering and planning were faulty.
A separate civilian commission is taking testimony from political and military leaders, as well as activists who had been on board the flotilla, to assess whether the raid conformed to international law.
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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Israel's prime minister has praised the naval commandos who participated in the deadly May raid on a Gaza-bound ship, saying they acted "heroically," "ethically" and "with restraint."
Benjamin Netanyahu told the men during a visit to their base in northern Israel on Tuesday that they had acted in an attempt to stop people "who sought to kill" them.
He said the raid was "necessary" and "legal," adding that he believed Gaza had become a "terror base" of Israel's archrival, Iran.
Eight Turkish activists and one Turkish-American were killed when the Mavi Marmara tried to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.
Israel says its forces acted in self-defense, but the action drew wide condemnation.
Turkey has demanded that Israel apologize for the incident.
Mr. Netanyahu's visit to the base comes a day after Israel's opposition leader said Turkey exploited the "provocation" that led Israeli commandos to raid a Turkish ship attempting to break a sea blockade of Gaza.
Tzipi Livni said before an Israeli committee investigating the deadly May raid that Turkey used the lack of a peace process between Israelis and Palestinians to heighten anti-Israeli sentiments. She said Turkey's support of the flotilla aimed to stir sympathetic backing for the militant group Hamas that rules Gaza.
Livni served as foreign minister when Israel first imposed the Gaza blockade in 2007.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Though as for the actual quotations, Netanyahu is just another lying, slippery scumbag. I was debating with a bunch of Israel's apologists on the Guardian's webpage yesterday. These people have absolutely no moral integrity.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."