The �Spirit of Humanity"
Macho Americans might stand tall, but not when Israel snaps its fingers.
Israel, of course, will get away with a mere act of piracy. After all, Israel has been getting away with its war crimes and violations of international law for 60 years. If the UN tries to do anything, the US will veto it, as the US has done for decades.
Israel, of course, will get away with a mere act of piracy. After all, Israel has been getting away with its war crimes and violations of international law for 60 years. If the UN tries to do anything, the US will veto it, as the US has done for decades.
And so it goes. There�s no money for California, or for Americans� health care, or for the several million Americans who have lost their homes and are homeless, because Israel needs it. Israel needs the American taxpayers� money to that it can create even more enemies, and, therefore, need more American money to spend with the American armament industries to oppress more Palestinians and to make more enemies, requiring more American money to protect Israel from its folly and its evil.
And the brainwashed American public goes along year after year.
And the brainwashed American public goes along year after year.
By Paul Craig Roberts
On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the �Spirit of Humanity,� kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire,and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children�s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The �Spirit of Humanity,� along with the kidnapped 21 persons, is being towed to Israel as I write.
Gaza has been described as the �world�s largest concentration camp.� It is home to 1.5 million Palestinians who were driven by force of American-supplied Israeli arms out of their homes, off their farms, and out of their villages so that Israel could steal their land and make the Palestinian land available to Israeli settlers.
What we have been witnessing for 60 years is a replay in modern times, despite the United Nations and laws strictly preventing Israel�s theft of Palestine, of the 17th, 18th, and 19th century theft of American Indian lands by US settlers. An Israeli government spokesman recently rebuked the President of the United States, a country, the Israeli said, who stole all of its land from Indians, for complaining about Israel�s theft of Palestine.
I knew the �Spirit of Humanity� would fall to Israeli piracy the minute I received on June 25 from an official of an Israeli peace organization a �public advisory� that the government of Cyprus had withheld permission for the �Spirit of Humanity� to leave for Gaza. The US State Department had advised that �The Israeli Foreign Ministry informed U.S. officials at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv that Israel still considers Gaza an area of conflict and that any boats attempting to sail to Gaza will not be permitted to reach its destination.� The �Spirit of Humanity� obtained permission to leave Cyprus when all aboard signed a waiver absolving Cyprus of all responsibility for the crew�s safety at the hands of the Israelis.
As President Obama has called for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza, and as the International Red Cross has damned the inhumanity of Israel�s blockade of Gaza, the question that immediately comes to mind is why did not the United States send sufficient US Navy escort to see the �Spirit of Humanity� safely through international waters to Gaza? We send ships against Somalian pirates, why not against Israeli ones? Link Here
On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the �Spirit of Humanity,� kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire,and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children�s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The �Spirit of Humanity,� along with the kidnapped 21 persons, is being towed to Israel as I write.
Gaza has been described as the �world�s largest concentration camp.� It is home to 1.5 million Palestinians who were driven by force of American-supplied Israeli arms out of their homes, off their farms, and out of their villages so that Israel could steal their land and make the Palestinian land available to Israeli settlers.
What we have been witnessing for 60 years is a replay in modern times, despite the United Nations and laws strictly preventing Israel�s theft of Palestine, of the 17th, 18th, and 19th century theft of American Indian lands by US settlers. An Israeli government spokesman recently rebuked the President of the United States, a country, the Israeli said, who stole all of its land from Indians, for complaining about Israel�s theft of Palestine.
I knew the �Spirit of Humanity� would fall to Israeli piracy the minute I received on June 25 from an official of an Israeli peace organization a �public advisory� that the government of Cyprus had withheld permission for the �Spirit of Humanity� to leave for Gaza. The US State Department had advised that �The Israeli Foreign Ministry informed U.S. officials at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv that Israel still considers Gaza an area of conflict and that any boats attempting to sail to Gaza will not be permitted to reach its destination.� The �Spirit of Humanity� obtained permission to leave Cyprus when all aboard signed a waiver absolving Cyprus of all responsibility for the crew�s safety at the hands of the Israelis.
As President Obama has called for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza, and as the International Red Cross has damned the inhumanity of Israel�s blockade of Gaza, the question that immediately comes to mind is why did not the United States send sufficient US Navy escort to see the �Spirit of Humanity� safely through international waters to Gaza? We send ships against Somalian pirates, why not against Israeli ones? Link Here
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