UK Indymedia - UK Palestine Newswire Archive

Israel vows to attack next Flotilla boat - possibly tomorrow

01-06-2010 14:17

After the failure of the US/UK states to allow one single sanction against Israel, following the attack on the Flotilla boat yesterday, news is breaking that another two boats are already en route to Gaza.

The MV Rachel Corrie, which was held up in Malta due to technical problems is currently sailing towards Gaza with a crew of Irish and Malaysian activists in a bid to deliver its cargo of aid supplies to the besieged people of Gaza. It is expected to reach Gazan teritorial waters tomorrow, according to a spokeswoman for the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign said, quoted in the Irish times. However, Greta Berlin, a spokesperson for the Free Gaza Movement said that the boat may not arrive until next week.

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Report and photos of demonstration for Gaza in Edinburgh on 31st May 2010

01-06-2010 13:43

A demonstration was held in Edinburgh against the Israeli attack on the flotilla to Gaza. 20 photos are included.

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800 Protest against Israel’s massacre on the high seas in Manchester

01-06-2010 12:23

Over 800 people gathered outside the BBC in Manchester in what was an angry and determined protest. Everyone gathered was outraged by the massacre committed by the Israeli military against aid workers bound for Gaza aboard a humanitarian flotilla organised by activists, MEP’s, trade unionists and journalists from across the world.

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Israeli claims weapons were onboard

01-06-2010 11:56

Customs officials deny Israeli claims weapons were onboard ......... The flotilla of three cargo ships and three passenger ships carrying 10,000 tons of aid including food supply, cement, building materials and toys for children. Turkish officials have denied claims leveled by Israeli authorities that weapons were onboard one of the six aid ships attacked by Israel on Monday. ... Officials from the Customs Undersecretariat said every passenger was searched before getting on the ship with the help of X-ray machines and metal detectors. Senior officials from the undersecretariat said Israel's allegations were tantamount to “complete nonsense.”

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The Flotilla Massacre - Israeli Commandos Fired Unprovoked Into Sleeping Civilians: Eyewitnesses

01-06-2010 10:15

What really happened? Well, the Israeli story, at face value, is difficult to take seriously. The activists on board the Flotilla were not peace activists, they are "terrorists" and "terrorist sympathisers" who supposedly in PM Netanyahu's words "mobbed, beat, stabbed and maybe even shot at" Israeli soldiers who were, of course, just popping in for a nice cup of tea... or bowl of homous... or whatever.

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Demo to Support the Flotilla at EDO/ITT,suppliers to the Israeli navy, Tommorrow

01-06-2010 09:07

A flotilla carrying aid and international activists to Gaza was attacked in international waters on Monday and up to twenty people were killed. The ship was intercepted illegally and taken to Ashdod where its crew are being detained. Another ship, the Rachel Corrie, is still en route towards Gaza

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ISMer loses eye on West Bank flotilla demo

01-06-2010 03:11

21 year old American activist loses eye after being shot in face with tear gas canister

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Audio from the London Flotilla Demo 31.05.10

31-05-2010 23:44

The speeches at the Rally opposite Downing Street.

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Israeli strike on Freedom Flotilla to Gaza is part of a broader military agenda

31-05-2010 22:05

It should be understood that the raid on the Flotilla also coincided with NATO-Israel war games directed against Iran. According to the Sunday Times "three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline."

While these naval deployments were underway in the Persian Gulf, Israel was also involved in war games in the Mediterraean. The war game codenamed "MINOAS 2010" was carried out at a Greek air base in Souda Bay, on the island of Crete.

Also, in the wake of the decision directed against Israel's nuclear weapons under the auspices of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the White House reaffirmed not only its support to Israel, but also to Israel's nuclear weapons capabilities. The statement issued one day before the raid on the flotilla points to US support of "Israel's strategic and deterrence capabilities, which also include the launching of a pre-emptive nuclear attack on Iran.

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Manchester protesters try to storm BBC

31-05-2010 21:05

PROTESTERS demonstrating against the Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship have attempted to storm the BBC in Manchester

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Exeter Protest against Israeli attack on aid flotilla

31-05-2010 20:50

Protest in Exeter city centre. Tuesday 1st June, 4pm Bedford Square (outside vodafone on the high street)

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Israel's attack on Gaza aid convoy: A horrendous moment of truth for US policy

31-05-2010 20:34

Of course, there is hardly anything new here – Israeli forces using disproportionate violence, killing civilians with impunity. But on this occasion, the murderous incident is not in some poor ghetto in the Gaza Strip hidden from the full view of the world. Up to now, Israeli disinformation could afford just enough wriggle room to sow doubts over such events. The cynical phrases of “terror suspects” and “self defence” parroted by the western mainstream media served to give the Israeli government and its backers in Washington a degree of political cover for otherwise heinous conduct.

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Galway Gaza M&S demo

31-05-2010 20:28

Riders from the Merthyr to Mayo ride blockaded Galway's branch of Marks and Spencer with bikes today, in protest at the killing of international activists and the ongoing siege of Gaza.

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Global moment of silence - Friday, 12:00 GMT

31-05-2010 20:03

Our warmest condolances go out to the families who lost their loved ones today when the flotilla was attacked.

We propose a global moment of silence this Friday at noon Greenwich time to mourn our collective loss, and unify ourselves globally against ALL repression, no matter the place, language, "nationality", creed, gender, identity, etc., of the person who suffers repression.

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Sheffield Gaza flotilla attack protest

31-05-2010 19:36

Pictures of the protest held on 31st May 2010 outside Sheffield Town Hall are attached.

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Emergency Gaza Demonstration: Wednesday 2nd June - 5.00pm

31-05-2010 19:09

Emergency Demonstration
Wednesday 2nd June - 5.00pm
Sheffield Town Hall

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Palestine Today 05312010

31-05-2010 18:23

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the international Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, May 31, 2010.

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Report: Birmingham Gaza protest for the 19 murdered peace activists

31-05-2010 18:22

Monday 31st May 2010, three hundred outraged Birmingham citizens gathered in Birmingham city centre to show their disgust at the murder of 19 human rights activists, and the tens of more injured by the Israeli state during their attempt to break the economic siege of Gaza.

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Gaza Solidarity in Nottingham

31-05-2010 18:05

Angered by Israel’s murder of unarmed civilians on board the Gaza flotilla carrying humanitarian aid, concerned residents and students from across Nottingham held a protest in the Market Square today.

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Condemnation Follows Israeli Raid On Flotilla

31-05-2010 16:52

"Hamas won an election for control of Gaza over the more conservative pro U.S. Fatah group favored by the U.S. and Israel. In the aftermath of a bloody struggle the more centrist faction was defeated militarily and by the ballot. Please remember this as most western press services have consigned important setails to Orwell’s “memory hole.”

"Officials in Israel said the elite naval units were attacked as they attempted to board one of the ships, and that the commandos used live fire only when they felt their lives were threatened. Dozens of passengers and at least five Israeli soldiers were wounded in the confrontation in international waters."