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"Israel seizes ship carrying Gaza aid; Pledges to deliver supplies; no truce in Hamas talks" by Mark Lavie, Associated Press | February 6, 2009
A Lebanese ship docked next to an Israeli naval ship in the Israeli city of Ashdod yesterday. The Israeli navy intercepted the ship delivering supplies from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip. (Sebastian Scheiner/Associated Press)
JERUSALEM - The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying humanitarian supplies from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip and towed the vessel into port yesterday, foiling a new attempt by international activists to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory.
It was the first time Israeli forces seized an aid ship, after the navy let some boats in and turned others around. The interception was condemned by Lebanon and Syria, adding to regional tensions in the wake of last month's devastating Israeli offensive against the Islamic militants of Hamas who control Gaza.
We know what this is; it goes right along with the destruction of Palestinian farmland, and it is meant to STARVE the GAZANS OUT of EXISTENCE!!!
Talks in Egypt to cement a long-term cease-fire in Gaza ran into obstacles yesterday. A Hamas delegation left Cairo without agreeing to a truce deal. In an apparent slap at Hamas, Egyptian officials reported that security officers frisked the delegation returning to Gaza and confiscated $9.5 million to $11.5 million in dollars and euros. The cash was deposited in an account in Egypt, and the delegation was allowed to return to Gaza, a security official said. It was not clear what would happen to the money.
Sounds like EGYPT STOLE IT to me -- like a GOOD NaZionist TOOL!!
The Gaza fighting ended Jan. 18 when Israel and Hamas declared separate cease-fires. Some incidents of violence, notably rocket fire into Israel and Israeli airstrikes on arms-smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border, have marred the informal truce, but Egyptian efforts to stabilize the situation appeared to be making progress.
Pfffftt!
It was unclear if the Hamas exit yesterday marked a crisis or a last-gasp push for more concessions in the group's indirect negotiations with Israel....
They ain't going anywhere no matter how hard you wish it, jewshits!
Hamas and Israel refuse to deal directly with each other. Israel considers Hamas, which has sent dozens of suicide bombers into Israel, a terror organization. Many Hamas leaders stick to the group's ideology calling for destruction of the Jewish state, but some say they would accept a Palestinian state next to Israel.
Why am I feeling like I've READ ALL THIS SHIT BEFORE?
Oh, yeah, that's because I HAVE!!! Just see my other posts on Israel today; must be a stock paragraph they insert in every article.
Of course, NOTHING on ISRAEL'S WAR CRIMINAL OCCUPATION and SEIGE!!!!
The United States and other countries are considering using an international naval force to stem the flow of smuggled arms to Gaza, officials said yesterday after talks in Copenhagen.
You know what? Israel's got a Navy and we are bankrupt, so LET THE NaZionist assholes do it! They are pretty good at stopping aid ships, so fuck them!!!!
After letting several ships from Cyprus sail into Gaza, the Israelis drew the line yesterday, banning the Lebanese vessel.
Yeah, they are tough guys!!! Assaulted an aid boat!!!
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said Lebanon does not have relations with Israel, and there was no way of knowing who or what was aboard. "This kind of provocation is unacceptable," he said.
The CHUTZPAH is ASTONISHING -- as if they needed another reason to fry!!
Reporters for the Arab television stations Al-Jadeed and Al-Jazeera, who were on the vessel, said Israeli sailors fired at the ship before boarding it and beating those on board. Gunfire could be heard in the background of the telephoned reports broadcast by their stations. The navy said no gunshots were fired aboard the ship but Israeli sailors had to overcome some resistance on the vessel. The navy towed the ship to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Don't you just love the UNCEASING LIES from the ISRAELIS?!
Here they are CAUGHT ON TAPE and they STILL DENY IT!!!
THAT is why I NEVER BELIEVE a WORD of those WAR-MONGEREING LIARS!!!
Israel pledged to deliver the aid supplies to Gaza over land.
Yeah, sure they will.
Palmor said the ship would be sent home. Lebanon's prime minister, Fuad Saniora, condemned the seizure as a "blatant attack."
And then did nothing -- like in 2006 when Israel was flattening his country!
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