Flotilla

The following column "Flotilla" by Harris Khalique , source "The News- June 04, 2010".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the act of the deadly attack by his marines on the aid flotilla of six ships heading towards the 1.5 million Palestinians crowded into the Gaza strip. He shamelessly said, "Once again Israel faces hypocrisy and a biased rush to judgment." Unmoved by the deaths of innocent civilians at the hands of his atrocious forces, he was defiant in his speech and pleaded that easing the blockade of Gaza would lead to Iranian missiles falling in the hands of rogue Hamas leaders who rule the Palestinian strip. According to the statement of the Israeli Defence Forces, the relief flotilla organisers had a radical Islamic anti-western orientation, and that Israeli naval forces were attacked with metal clubs and knives, as well as live fire. We haven't heard of a single Israeli death, however.

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