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Washington Okays Attack on Unarmed US Gaza Flotilla Ship

As indicated by Clinton's statement of last week, the administration appears to be willing to let another bloody attack on unarmed civilians take place.

(SAN FRANCISCO FPIF) - The Obama administration appears to have given a green light to an Israeli attack on an unarmed flotilla carrying peace and human rights activists.

Now a vessel with 50 Americans on board - bound for the besieged Gaza Strip is threatened; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the flotilla organized by the Free Gaza Campaign by saying it would "provoke actions by entering into Israeli waters and creating a situation in which the Israelis have the right to defend themselves."

Israeli Morality

Freedom Flotilla II - their calls for peace are translated falsely as something they are not. This in fact may be the supreme sin.

(ATHENS) - This poem by a Gaza peace activist who uses the name, Eva for Equal Rights, cuts to the heart of the matter of human misery pitted against militant determination.

We hear in these verses the frustration of human beings filled with love, seeking to end suffering; who their own governments, in many cases, have turned their backs on.

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla has Set Sail

"Now Israel is saying they will let us go (as if we ever asked them for permission) and they have made an arrangement with the Egyptians to offload our cargo in Al Arish. They don't get it. We are going to Gaza. We are opening the sea route to Gaza. We go to stop the illegal blockade. We're NOT going to Al Arish." - Greta Berlin

(ATHENS) - In spite of Israel's threats of violence (snipers, attack dogs, sound bombs) against unarmed people on unarmed ships, threats from the US government of legal action against American participants, and the Obama administration's clear permission granted to Israel to attack the boats, including the American-flagged "Audacity of Hope", the FLOTILLA HAS SET SAIL!

The first boat left France today.

And What About Jewish Anti Gentile Studies?

The institute’s scholars would also be well advised to elaborate on Jewish cultural supremacy, and Jewish political lobbying, from Purim to AIPAC.

(LONDON) - American Jewry won a victory last week: Yale University bowed to pressure - it is now starting yet another initiative to study anti-Semitism, after a decision to cancel an earlier programme had sparked criticism.

The earlier programme created in 2006 was cancelled because it had produced "little scholarly work,” and the institute's courses had not attracted large numbers of students, according to Donald Green, the director of Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies.

Adam, Get Their Guns

How al-Qaeda’s spokesman advances the Israel lobby’s gun control agenda.

(OSAKA, Japan) - On June 3, in an al-Qaeda video rather loftily titled “You Are Held Responsible Only for Thyself,” al-Qaeda’s California-born spokesman, Adam Gadahn, urged followers to commit violent acts of jihad by exploiting alleged weaknesses in U.S. gun laws and the gun background check system.

“America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms,” he said.

U.S. Boat Rejects Israeli Army Allegation of Violence

Passengers Reiterate Nonviolence Pledge, Openness to Neutral Inspection

(ATHENS) - Passengers on the U.S. boat to Gaza rejected as ludicrous and provocative an unsubstantiated accusation by the Israeli Army that passengers in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla plan to kill IDF soldiers with chemical weapons.

The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday an Israeli Defense Forces allegation that some passengers on the flotilla had prepared sacks of sulfur which they planned to pour on Israeli soldiers.

Presentation about the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

"We need a political horizon, it's time to put an end to the Wall, the Checkpoints, it's time for a Palestinian State..." - Fouad Twal

(AMMAN, Jordan) - Pope Benedict appointed Patriarch Twal as a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in 2009.

This 14-minutes movie explores the mission of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in Jordan, Palestine and Israel. His Beatitude Msgr. Fouad Twal speaks about the culture of dialogue and peace, and other prominent speakers.

Israel Terminates Democratic Right of Free Speech

Israel violates basic understandings of what it means to be part of an open, free society

(TEL AVIV ACRI) - It is not a good day for freedom of speech in Israel.

As you may have heard, yesterday the director of the Israeli Government Press Office (IGPO) announced that foreign journalists on the Gaza-bound flotilla will be viewed as violating Israeli law. Correspondents aboard the flotilla risk prohibition of entry to Israel for up to ten years and confiscation of their equipment.

IDF Issues Typical Slanderous Threats Toward Gaza Freedom Flotilla II

Israel needs to simply let the Flotilla reach Gaza, that is all there is to it.

(ATHENS) - Israel's deadly military arm reminds us that they view people like Hedy Epstein, an 86-year old Jewish Holocaust Survivor who worked at the Nuremberg Trials convicting Nazi war criminals, is a terrorist.

U.S. Boat to Gaza Responds to Reports of Israeli `Lawfare` Group Filed Complaint

Passengers on Audacity of Hope now confident Greek authorities will allow U.S. Boat to sail.

(ATHENS) - Passengers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope, say a complaint that delayed their departure is frivolous.

They expressed confidence that Greek authorities will now quickly dispense with the complaint and allow the ship to sail.