28 Comments

• shuvonn | Jun 24, 2011, 02:49 PM EDT

  oh for gawds sakes,nearly every nazi on the planet has been hunted down and prosecuted even into their 90's, enough about the holocaust, that was over 70 years ago, do you think that jews are the only ones who suffered??

• Philaromancatho | Jun 23, 2011, 02:59 PM EDT

  Communist and Jew haters all. Do you think any of them have been schooled in World War II history or NAZI Germany? same currents are emerging again.

• maloney | Jun 23, 2011, 02:24 PM EDT

  The muslims were building tunnels to kill Jews.

• GeorgeDillon | Jun 23, 2011, 09:59 AM EDT

  Looks like the freedom flotilla is embarrassing the Zionists. I read that they are now going to allow building materials into Gaza. Just think about it--what kind of barbarians for years prohibited a nation from importing building supplies to build homes and hospitals? The Israelis did!

• antoman | Jun 22, 2011, 09:39 PM EDT

  Don't climb up the rope to the Israeli helicopter.Thats just an excuse for them to climb down.Be safe.

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 08:01 PM EDT

  ajreaper: it's NOT a LEGAL blockade regardless of why israel feels it's necessary. I know plenty about the whole region! This is not about posturing, this is about FACTS. What about the fact that its NOT a legal blockade can you not grasp? And HOW can you DEMAND recognition from a people you DENY exist? And it is YOU that is BLIND to facts and PARANOID like ALL rabid PRO- israelis. I post facts and you MOAN and say the un says israel can exist, and then try to twist my response? Funny israel has not listened to one thing the UN said AFTER it permitted israel to exist. The UN says the blockade is illegal, so for israel the UN is a buffet, they can take what suits them and ignore the rest? THE BLOCKADE IS NOT LEGAL. And if you want to talk terrorists acts and why hamas exists, it (did NOT exist until 1987 FYI) the isreali defense forces were founded by jew terrorists irgun, haganah, stern gang and palmach and the majority of israeli prime ministers and some presidents were JEW TERRORISTS prior to their being voted into the knesset by israelis, so spare me your hypocrisy. you haven't a clue except what you have been spoon fed by RACIST ISLAMOPHOBES, What a childish moron you truly have shown yourself to be. It is you who truly needs to be educated on the true facts of why the situation exists.

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 08:00 PM EDT

  IF israel annexes Gaza they have to give citizenship or residency ( according to geneva conventions) to all Palestinians there which could threaten the jewish majority and since they plan on keeping it a jewish state, they most likely will NOT annex gaza or all of the WB, but most likely parts of the WB they have been building illegal settlements on for years against the UN, Geneva Conventions, EU and the US.

• seanomelbourne | Jun 22, 2011, 07:08 PM EDT

  Israel is a terrorist state that murdered thousands of Palestinians,forcing them off their land,bulldozing their houses and destroying Palestinian infrastructure.An international embargo should be placed on Israel similar to that which is on North Korea.

• Springfield9 | Jun 22, 2011, 05:21 PM EDT

  Israeil should absorb Gaza and the palestinians. Grant everyone citizenship and assimilate them. Israel is a limited Theocracy. that could be annoying. However, I have seen numerous cases where everyone gets along fine.A claim, ny nearly anyone of "historical" rights to the area is absurd. For nearly 4000 years it was invaded from the South, the North, The east and the Sea ..... things only get sticky if you insist "your" god gave it to you.

• Ajreaper | Jun 22, 2011, 04:36 PM EDT

  LOL, you are joking right? I mean all this huffing and puffing over the blockade and what not and you have no real idea why there is a blockade or who governs Gaza? All this posturing and you haven't a clue about any of the history surrounding the "why" of the blockade? Hamas lists the destruction of Isreal as a stated goal of the organization and has refused on numerous occasions to state that Isreal has the right to exsist. They also commit ILLEGAL acts upon Isreal from Gaza on a regular basis. The fact you'd even ask "where has anyone said Isreal does not have the right to exsist" shows you are just a clueless Isreal basher without a clue has to the history of why a blockade exsists and what events drove Isreal to this extreme. Go educate yourself and when you have a clue then come back and lecture us.

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 04:05 PM EDT

  ajreaper: where has ANYONE said israel does not have the right to exist? And why is it ONLY israel that has the right to defend itself? Does that mean that israel can break international law to do that defending? You do not have international law working for you IF you continuously violate international law. And I can CITE ( NOT SITE ) anything I choose to as long as it is the truth! What SUPPORTS my position is the UN, EU and the US who all say quite clearly and in PLAIN English that the blockade is ILLEGAL. As for the bombing of a bus remark, where is your outrage at the bombing of UN school(S) and UN medical facilities and UN compounds by the idf in gaza?? Do you reserve your outrage for jewish casualties only? Spare me the hating on israel accusation, its lame and pathetic and I left my violin at home. I would be as critical of ANYONE who did what israel did to that flotilla in international waters. I do NOT support terrorism, not hamas terrorism, not IRA terrorism, not loyalist terrorism, and not jew terrorism. israel had NO right to board those sovereign vessels in international waters because the blockade is ILLEGAL. And as for the humanitarian aid, it is down 75% since the pre-illegal blockade. Gisha a jewish human rights organization had to take the israeli government to court to even have them issue a list as to what was a banned substance for gaza. SO this is not about the established and accepted way, as since that that blockade is illegal and its ONLY accepted by israel and they do not count since they are in breach of INTERNATIONAL laws. israel has NO right to go near ANY aid being sent to gaza since the blockade is ILLEGAL,. what about the word ILLEGAL can you NOT understand??????????????

• cillowen | Jun 22, 2011, 03:47 PM EDT

  the island of a unified Ireland should be the mission these slave minds - but no - they have done well as servants for everyone else but their own. Its a defect that keeps on giving - coming back time after time. Everyone's war but their own. Off the join the British Army after this venture I'd bet.

• Ajreaper | Jun 22, 2011, 03:30 PM EDT

  shuvonn- Ya the UN also says Isreal has the right to exsist and also the right to defend itself so they also have international law working for them. You cannot site international as it supports your position and then turn around and ignore it when it does not. What does international law say about launching unguided rockets into cities? How about suicide bombing shops and busses? How about kidnapping? Ya I really feel sorry for Hamas. If those things were happening to any other country they get all kinds of world support but since its Isreal they hate on them. Interesting to note Isreal and the world knows there were no weapons on the ships last time because.............. they boarded those ships and made sure. What was not well known is that humanitarian aid can enter Gaza without a problem after it's been cleared- there is an estblished and accepted way to do this but that gets far less press then "running a blockade does'. If you really wanted to provide aid and avoid any potential for injury or death they'd follow those established methods to have aid enter Gaza but the attention is more important then the aid is.

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 03:09 PM EDT

  peterson: why do you think it is that no weapons were found in the last flotilla? And how does that fact equate with your claim that weapons were somehow SUSPECTED to have been on those vessels? Strange that you neglected to mention the illegality of the blockade in the first place... do YOU get it now?

• peterson | Jun 22, 2011, 02:50 PM EDT

  Most of these ships are suspected of carrying weapons of destruction such as grenade launchers, rockets, etc. This has been proven over and over. Do you get it now ??

• maloney | Jun 22, 2011, 02:13 PM EDT

  Poking the bear with a stick. Don't cry when ya get bit.

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 02:13 PM EDT

  Feeneycj:You want to talk twisted and propaganda? The blockade is ILLEGAL. No discussion needed about that, so it should not be there in the first place. SO despite israel feeling the need to have those measures in place, those measures are ILLEGAL as per the UN, EU & and US. There were NO weapons on the last flotilla and the ONLY footage available was stolen from the passengers and edited. San remo manual states that free passage is guaranteed to all sovereign vessels in INTERNATIONAL WATERS unless there is a state of WAR declared which is not the case as one cannot be at war with people you deny exist. Israel deny palestinians exist and palestinains do not recognize israeli sovereignty over the state of israel. Now while saying that, I do not condone or support the actions of hamas militants in any, way, shape or form. But israeli actions are tantamount to collective punishment which is against geneva conventions as is non differentiation between combatants and non combatants to which israel is a signatory. Blowing up un schools, medical facilities and un compounds makes israel MORE guilty than any actions hamas has ever taken not to mention the ten times more palestinians that have been killed by the idf whom were founded by jew terrorists such as irgun, haganah, stern gang and palmach. SO spare me you hypocrisy. Please learn the facts, there are TWO sides here and BOTH are wrong, and one wants the higher moral ground and steals more land they continue to belligerently occupy not to mention their illegal annexation of e.jerusalem.....

• feeneycj | Jun 22, 2011, 01:16 PM EDT

  This article is so much twisted propaganda that it's pathetic. Defending ships with snipers? Nonsense. Look if Hamas would act civilized these measures would not be needed. Try to relate, if Ireland was under constant threat of snipers, suicide bombers and never-ending missiles, they would board and search incoming vessels also. Dara, you need to live in Israel for a few months, by the border.

• Ajreaper | Jun 22, 2011, 12:54 PM EDT

  Don't whine when the commandos make their way aboard by use of force and they will because they are trained to do such things and all the sound bites in the world won't stop them. Hamas, which governs Gaza, states within Its founding charter that it is committed to the destruction of Israel and given unguided rockets are launched into Isreal by Hamas I cannot understand why there would be a blockade in place. Hamas is a terrorist organization by every definition there is for such a group but hey lets not let that get in the way of our Isreali bashing.

• GeorgeDillon | Jun 22, 2011, 12:17 PM EDT

  I was disgusted when I was in Ireland to see a store selling Israeli oranges. I made a complaint to the store manager. Might as well have been talking to a turd. One of the stupidest people I ever met in my life. Sirpeter, do you work in Dunne's Stores?

• GeorgeDillon | Jun 22, 2011, 12:14 PM EDT

  Fran Connor: Nuts. Israel fires a thousand times more rockets, artillery etc. at Palestine than the reverse. I'm sure you agree that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves, right?

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 11:54 AM EDT

  No dog here, just the facts Fran just the facts! The blockade remains illegal as per the UN, EU and the US. AND you did not answer my question, how can israel DEMAND recognition from a people they DENY exist?

• Fran Connor | Jun 22, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT

  Shuvonn, You obviously have a dog in this fight. I don't. I just know that if someone was firing rockets at me, I, also, wouldn't care who thought my blockade was illegal.

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT

  Johhnyb: you should be aware that the rafah crossing is for civilian passage only and NOT for goods transfer. Aura and all aside facts are so much more powerful when you choose to become aware of them and enlighten yourself :-)

• shuvonn | Jun 22, 2011, 10:53 AM EDT

  Fran: did you miss the fact that the blockade is ILLEGAL as per the UN, EU, and the US. Amnesty international and the international committee of the Red Cross also deem the blockade to be illegal. Now please DO enlighten us as to how you can DEMAND recognition from a people you DENY exist?

• Fran Connor | Jun 22, 2011, 10:27 AM EDT

  Did I miss something? Have the Palestinians finally recognized the Israeli's right to exist? Have they stopped lobbing unguided rockets into civilian occupied towns? If these well-intentioned people really wanted to send goods to the Palestinians they should simply take them to the Israeli checkpoints and allow the Israelis to inspect them for rockets. The Israelis let legitimate goods through.

• johhnyb | Jun 22, 2011, 09:43 AM EDT

  As an alternative they could simply walk through the border crossings from Egypt or Israel. Doesn't have quite the same aura though as going on a 'freedom flotilla'.

• maireadinmelb | Jun 22, 2011, 08:34 AM EDT

  be safe and good luck!