ALL ABOARD THE MAVI MARMARA

David Rovics has written an evocative song called "All Aboard the Mavi Marmara." The Free Gaza team has added images in tribute to the nine brave men on board who gave their lives in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians.

TURKISH STATEMENT ON FLOTILLA INVESTIGATION

The following is from the Turkish Foreign Ministry:

Regarding the Investigation Commission of Israeli Raid against the Freedom Flotilla

Israel's declaration that it will establish a commission, composed of Israeli citizens and two foreign observers, in order to investigate the Israeli raid against the Freedom Flotilla does not in any way meet Turkey's clear demand or international community's expectations, which were expressed in the Presidential Statement of the United Nations Security Council.

Israel does not have the authority to assign a national commission to investigate a crime perpetrated in international waters. An inquiry to be conducted by such a commission cannot be impartial, fair, transparent and credible.

Turkey has indeed already agreed to the proposal by the UN Secretary General to establish an international commission to be composed of one Turkish, one Israeli and three international experts. We strongly condemn Israel's disregard of this proposal to date.

We expect that the international community, above all, the USA that lost a citizen of her own, support this constructive proposal by the UN Secretary General and take action in that direction without delay

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And here is the text from the UN Security Council document pictured above:

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Statement by the President of the Security Council


At the 6326th meeting of the Security Council, held on 1 June 2010, in
connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in
the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”, the President of the Security
Council made the following statement on behalf of the Council:

“The Security Council deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries
resulting from the use of force during the Israeli military operation in
international waters against the convoy sailing to Gaza. The Council, in this
context, condemns those acts which resulted in the loss of at least ten civilians
and many wounded, and expresses its condolences to their families.

“The Security Council requests the immediate release of the ships as well
as the civilians held by Israel. The Council urges Israel to permit full consular
access, to allow the countries concerned to retrieve their deceased and
wounded immediately, and to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance
from the convoy to its destination.

“The Security Council takes note of the statement of the UN Secretary-
General on the need to have a full investigation into the matter and it calls for
a prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation conforming to
international standards.

“The Security Council stresses that the situation in Gaza is not
sustainable. The Council re-emphasizes the importance of the full
implementation of Resolutions 1850 and 1860. In that context, it reiterates its
grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stresses the need for
sustained and regular flow of goods and people to Gaza as well as unimpeded
provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza.

“The Security Council underscores that the only viable solution to
Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an agreement negotiated between the parties and
re-emphasizes that only a two-State solution, with an independent and viable
Palestinian State living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its
other neighbours, could bring peace to the region.

“The Security Council expresses support for the proximity talks and
voices concern that this incident took place while the proximity talks are
underway and urges the parties to act with restraint, avoiding any unilateral
and provocative actions, and all international partners to promote an
atmosphere of cooperation between the parties and throughout the region.”

REST IN PEACE YOU BRAVE FLOTILLA MARTYRS

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
(Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!


REMEMBER THEM ALL:

Cevdet Kılıçlar (38)

Necdet Yıldırım (32)

İbrahim Bilgen (61)

Ali Heyder Bengi (39)

Cengiz Akyüz (41)

Cengiz Topçuoğlu (54)

Cengiz Songür (47)

Fahri Gündüz (43)

Furkan Dogan (19) Turkish/USA

ABBAS MORPHS INTO MILITANT

Tricky situation this; So there's the old no longer legally elected, US Israeli puppet President of Palestine, sitting there wondering how he can claim some of the limelight after the deaths of the Freedom Flotilla civilians. Comes up with this:

link President Mahmoud Abbas granted Palestinian nationality to all participants of the Freedom Flotilla on Wednesday.

"Jerusalem is under siege, Gaza is under siege, Hebron is torn apart, Bethlehem is isolated and our lands are occupied," Abbas said, asking the world

Stunning, This from a man who is directly invovled in keeping Rafah closed for years no less!! More:

"When will this tyranny and occupation end? When will Israel respect the laws of international legitimacy, so bloodshed ends and true peace prevails?"

Answer: When you stop playing party politics, unite with Hamas and all other parties, and then collectively as a Palestinian nation stand up to both Israel AND the US, that's when!

FLOTILLA SURVIVOR STORIES vs ISRAEL

Although we will never see the video footage filmed by the 36 journalists on board the massacred boat, the truth beings to finally come out, now that the surviving innocent civilians have been freed. There is a website collecting all their testimonies here

Not to be outdone, Israel, as usual, has assembled it's online flying monkey liars to smear the dead and the survivors, do they ever learn? Nah...............

PALESTINE VICTORY, CHECK THIS OUT

HACKED
Today's comedy. Was just on facebook talking to a friend and noticed all these posts about an Isareli page being hacked, so took a wee look and sure enough, the "I (heart) Israel" facebook page was hacked by Palestine supporters, they've changed the flag, the info and people are generally spamming it with truth and all of Israels crimes, way funny. Here's a few screenshots I took:







check it out here before they fix it.

ISRAEL-MAKING FRIENDS WORLDWIDE

Israel should read THIS book. HERE'S WHY:

LONDON

link Waving Palestinian flags and placards saying "Disarm Israel" and accusing Israel of "war crimes", the protesters had earlier marched through the capital and stopped outside the prime minister's Downing Street residence and then marched across London to gather near the Israeli embassy which stands in a road blocked off by security gates which were guarded by hundreds of police.

IRAQ

link Thousands of protesters carried Palestinian flags, Iraqi flags, banners and pictures of al-Sadr.

They chanted: "No, no Israel, no, no America, yes, yes Palestine."

Some of the banners were written in English and strongly criticized Isreal's response to the flotilla.

LEBANON

link Thousands of activists gathered in Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon on Monday to lend their voices to the international outcry over Israel’s attack on an aid ship bound for Gaza, which killed at least nine aid workers.

TEL AVIV ISRAEL

link Several hundred left-wing activists held a demonstration outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Monday, protesting a raid by IDF troops on the Gaza flotilla that left at least nine foreign activists dead

IRELAND

link About 1,700 people have attended a demonstration in Dublin this evening against the Israeli attack on an aid ship bound for Gaza.

Earlier today, Taoiseach Brian Cowen called for an international inquiry into the attack which left 10 pro-Palestinian activists dead.

Mr Cowen said he believed Israel’s blockade of humanitarian assistance to Gaza was illegal under international law.

TURKEY

link People throughout Turkey staged angry protests Monday in the wake of a deadly Israeli military attack earlier in the day on a flotilla bringing aid to Gaza.

NETHERLANDS

link A demonstration near the Israeli embassy in The Hague was dispersed by riot police when some of the more than 300 protesters began throwing objects at the building.

The demonstration was in protest against the Israeli military operation against a convoy of ships which had sailed from Cyprus with a shipment of aid goods for the Gaza Strip. At least 10 people were killed when Israeli commandos boarded the convoy.

IRAN

link In Tehran, dozens of angry students pelted the U.N. offices with stones and eggs in protest, burning Israeli flags and chanting, "death to Israel" and "down with U.S." Police blocked them from reaching the building.

NEW YORK

link The group left Times Square Monday afternoon and started marching, heading to the United Nations. People marched around holding signs saying "free Gaza" and "Palestinians hunger for justice". and.....SAN FRANCISCO link BOSTON link

GREECE

link Protest rallies outside the Israeli embassy in Athens are planned later Monday and Tuesday.

JORDAN

link More than 2,000 people took to the streets of Amman Monday to protest Israel's deadly raid on a group of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, dubbed a "heinous crime" by Jordan's information minister. The protesters chanted "Down with Israel," and carried banners that read 'We Will not Surrender' and 'Break Gaza Blockade.' They demanded Jordan shut down the Jewish state's embassy in Amman and expel the Israeli ambassador.

EGYPT

link Dozens of Egyptians protested outside the foreign ministry in Cairo criticizing the Egyptian government holding pictures of late President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

FRANCE

link Riot police used tear gas to drive back hundreds of protesters demonstrating outside the Israeli Embassy in Paris.

SYRIA

link In neighboring Syria, more than 200 Syrian and Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in before the offices of the United Nations

Ok, tired of pasting links, many more countries including demonstrations in Rome, Sweden, Norway, Cyprus and more than 20 cities in Greece. Israel's is the most hated country in the world and considered a terrorist state ,DON'T BELIEVE ME? Well check out the first result from Google


Congratulations to the Zionist terrorist killing machine!!!!!!

IRISH PETITION TO EXPEL ISRAELI AMBASSADOR

If you're Irish spread this around and be sure to sign it!!

We, the undersigned, call on the Irish government to expel the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, following the kilings of unarmed civilians by the Israeli navy.

The civilians were part of an international peace flotilla that was attempting to sail to Gaza with much needed humanitarian assistance.

We, the undersigned, believe this is an outrageous act, and that the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland must be just the first in a series of punishment against Israel for said act.

SIGN IT HERE

FLOTILLA MASSACRE

Great article at Arab News:

Gaza Flotilla Massacre

Terrible news: dozens of our friends and comrades are dead and wounded in the pirate attack in the high seas on humanitarian aid boats by crazed Israeli Jews. This is a dreadful crime that will forever be remembered. The details are not fully available yet; the massacre toll stands meanwhile on 15, but it can go up or down.

What is clear that the Israeli pirates attacked the humanitarian aid flotilla in the international waters over 90 miles (150 km) out of their territorial waters. The boats carried no arms, but the Jewish modus operandi was already well established in their recent attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. They can’t see blood, that is their blood. Others’ blood is not blood at all, in their eyes. Apparently, the pirates boarded the boats in the high seas, and when one of the pirates was scratched by a “sharp object”, they turned the boats into killing fields.

The flotilla of six small and medium boats was on its way to deliver and distribute food and children toys for the besieged Gaza. Among them there was the Turkish boat, which was apparently boarded first. There was also a boat bought and equipped by a great friend of Palestine, Mahathir Mohammad of Malaysia. A boat from Greece, boats flying American and Irish flags were boarded and people massacred as well.

Free Gaza did sail boats to Gaza over the past two years with differing results; they had some important persons aboard, notably our friend, the wonderful Cynthia McKinney, but this is the first time that the steering of this freedom regatta has passed from the hands of nice European volunteers to the locals, to the peoples of the region. This is a vast change, and a change that means a lot. While the Palestinian cause was only the cause celebré of Europeans with conscience, it was containable. Now, when it has become the concern of the local region, the countdown for the freak Zionist mini-Empire has begun.

The beasts understood it and decided to install fear in the hearts of peoples of the Middle East with their simple slogan: do not meddle with Jews but at your peril. This is the day to demonstrate against them.

Our demands:

- send Israeli ambassadors packing,

- send the navy to open Gaza for navigation,

- seize and hang the pirates, including the pirate “president” Peres and pirate “prime-minister” Netanyahu.

- No diplomatic relations, no place in the UN, no place in the international community for the murderers.