European Jewish Group to Launch Flotilla to Break Gaza Blockade

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Let's see what happens.... watch the language change and look for spin. They could be easily infiltrated as well even if they mean good...
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European Jewish Group to Launch Flotilla to Break Gaza Blockade

BEIRUT: A Jewish European peace group is to launch a boat to break the blockade of Gaza in the coming months, organizers said, almost a week after nine activists were killed making the same trip.

European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP) - an umbrella organization of Jewish groups from 10 European countries against the occupation of Palestine - aim to deliver humanitarian aid such as school books and medicines to the Gaza Strip, and to draw attention to the blockade which they call "immoral."

"We want to show that not all Jews support Israel," said Edith Lutz, a German member of the EJJP. "We are calling for a just solution and for an end to the blockade."

On board the ships will be activists from across Europe including Germany and the UK, as well as an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor from Israel. The voyage was originally meant to carry only a small number of activists together with journalists from Europe and Israel, but organizers say that a huge response from the Jewish community has meant that a second boat has been arranged, and the possibility of a third is being discussed.

"In the beginning it was not meant to be an exclusively Jewish trip, we had a variety of people. But many more Jewish people came forward wanting to come on board, and we realized this was important politically," said Lutz.

This sentiment was echoed by Glyn Secker, a member of the British based Jews for Justice for Palestinians who will captain the ship. "I think it will have particular significance because it is a group of Jewish people saying that as Jews, we are critical of Israeli policy. We believe that there should be a just peace for the Palestinians," he said.

Organizers hope to draw attention to the injustice of the blockade whilst delivering much-needed supplies to the impoverished territory of 1.5 million people, 80 percent of whom rely on some sort of food aid according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA.

"The supplies are symbolic," said Secker, "they include medical supplies, books, art materials and some musical instruments to give to the children."

"We want to make a very clear moral statement that the way Israel is treating the Palestinians is, we believe, extremely immoral. We want to say emphatically: 'not in our name,'" Secker added.

Another motivation for the trip, organizers said, was the effect Israeli policies have on the treatment of Jews living outside of Israel.

"We are frightened that Israeli policies will help anti-Semitism to grow. We also want to show that these actions are not Jewish," said Lutz.

The group said they will depart from a port in an undisclosed country toward the end of July. The current number of people on board is approximately 40, but organizers said this number could grow by the time they depart.

Egypt and Israel have maintained the blockade since Hamas won elections in Gaza in 2006, with Israel describing it as an essential measure to stop weapons from reaching Hamas militants.

Rights group Amnesty International has condemned it as "collective punishment" and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay last week said the blockade was illegal and should be eliminated.

The activists planning the journey said they were shocked when they heard about the deaths of other activists trying to deliver aid last week, and were unsure whether they would reach their target.

"I cannot tell you whether the trip will be a success or if will get to Gaza. But we will be successful in telling the world that we don't agree with the blockade," said Lutz.
 

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[jai_mann]

The function of their behavior is to reduce how bad Jews look not to help those people out. These fuckers just came up with the idea??    They've have decades to do something like this. The bottom line is, Jews follow the Talmud. I wouldn't doubt if Mossad propaganda branches are directing this. You've always got a few Jews out protesting "Zionist" shit, but when it comes down to it, they follow the blasted Talmud and I think there's a distinct probability that those groups are directed by the Mossad as part of public relations. Even if they were sincere in not supporting Zionists, they still adhere to a system which is rooted in racial supremacism. Public relations is attitude conditioning on specific issues. You rarely hear Jews criticizing Judaism, but you can find converted Jews, such as Freedman, and Hoffman, who don't even mess around with their criticism. You do consistently hear of small groups of Jews who criticize Zionism, but again, Zionists and non-zionist(if there is such a thing) jews all follow the Talmud.

I can predict a two scenarios. 1) The cruise never happens but the stories about the plans for it are published widely so people think there are Jews who disagree with israeli actions. 2) The cruise happens and they let Israeli's board the boats to "check" them, then they are allowed on to Gaza (See if they just let those swine stick their snouts in the flotilla ships business it would have been okay!).

[Whaler]

"European Jewish Group to Launch Flotilla to Break Gaza Blockade"

I usually associate those words with negativity.... :think:

[Doc Holliday]

There is a Jewish Voice for Peace in the US that has been fighting against Israelis blockade and occupation of Gaza for years. I would venture to say that like in the US, there are activists in Israel that are against their own government. This movement has been growing, but I would still keep my boots on, and sleep with one eye open and one eye closed!

Fire ant colonies can start up new ones the minute you destroy the main colony.