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<DIV class=ReadMsgSubject>[HumanRights] The story is getting out despite massive
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<DIV class="ExternalClass PlainTextMessageBody" id=MsgContainer><PRE>The Israeli lies combined with media blackout on anything but their own<BR>
version were apparently prepared long in advance of their planned massacre.<BR>
Claiming they found weapons but all they could show is kitchen knives and<BR>
construction tools (wrenches, water pipes etc). All cargo was listed on the<BR>
ships' manifesto that the Israeli 'intelligence' agencies could easily<BR>
acquire and were freely available and meticulously documented by the<BR>
organizers. The Israeli spin machine also claimed they were first trying to<BR>
use non-lethal weapons including, and this is no joke, paint ball guns<BR>
(funny that we did not see evidence of passengers with pained shirts but<BR>
only blood soaked shirts). The respected media watch group FAIR detailed how<BR>
some Western media (mis)reported of the attack on the humanitarian aid ships<BR>
'Reporting Israeli Assault Through Israel's Eyes: Attack on humanitarian<BR>
flotilla prompts little media skepticism'<BR>
<A href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4081" target=_blank>http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4081</A><BR>
<<A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9aOiPYmh9bLYAY3Ptzkv" target=_blank>http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9aOiPYmh9bLYAY3Ptzkv</A><BR>
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<BR>
Reporters Without Borders urges the Israeli authorities to release a list of<BR>
the journalists who were arrested during yesterday's raid on the<BR>
humanitarian flotilla and to say where they are being held. There were at<BR>
least 15 foreign journalists travelling with the flotilla who still cannot<BR>
be reached directly. These are the names of the journalists known to have<BR>
been aboard the flotilla:<BR>
<A href="http://en.rsf.org/israel-israeli-military-prevents-media-31-05-2010,37630.ht" target=_blank>http://en.rsf.org/israel-israeli-military-prevents-media-31-05-2010,37630.ht</A><BR>
ml<BR>
<BR>
Some Western Media did a balanced job. Here is Democracy Now with excellent<BR>
coverage<BR>
<A href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/1/global_condemnation_of_israeli_armed_at" target=_blank>http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/1/global_condemnation_of_israeli_armed_at</A><BR>
tack<BR>
<BR>
And while some western media dutifully reported Israeli government words of<BR>
being sorry for the deaths and their verbal attack on the ships' passengers<BR>
(calling them terrorists or terrorist sympathizers), no media reported on<BR>
Israeli fascists celebrating the massacre<BR>
in front of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv<BR>
<A href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a3_1275348204" target=_blank>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a3_1275348204</A><BR>
And also a video at Ben Gurion University and other universities. <BR>
<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB9GYd3jq_E" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB9GYd3jq_E</A> <BR>
(According to the person who sent this 'It is important to mention that in<BR>
principle all political activity on this campus is forbidden, and that<BR>
leftist activists demonstrating outside of the campus during the war on Gaza<BR>
last year were arrested. This demonstration was held with collaboration of<BR>
the University authorities and contrary to these same authorities<BR>
regulations.")<BR>
<BR>
Most abducted passengers will be released and deported but four have been<BR>
brought before 'judges' and will be tried by the apartheid state: Lubna<BR>
Masarwa (Free Gaza Movement board director), Sheikh Raed Salah (leader of<BR>
the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel/1948 Palestine),<BR>
Mohammed Zeidan (Director of International Advocacy Program for the Arab<BR>
Association for Human Rights), and Hamed abu Dabis (human rights advocate<BR>
from Lebanon). It is to try to scare others in the future. But the Rachel<BR>
Corrie ship is already on its way to Gaza from Ireland in defiance of the<BR>
Israeli terror tactics and plans for new fleets are already being<BR>
implemented. Unfortunately, the US administration took the decision yet<BR>
again to shield Israel from International law and make a mockery of the UN<BR>
by refusing to demand a lifting of the siege (contrary to position of all<BR>
other countries). So much for the change that those who voted for Obama had<BR>
expected.<BR>
<BR>
Caoimhe Butterly recorded a message before she was kidnapped. She is still<BR>
unaccounted for <BR>
<A href="http://www.qumsiyeh.org/ofcowardicedignityandsolidarity/" target=_blank>http://www.qumsiyeh.org/ofcowardicedignityandsolidarity/</A> <BR>
<BR>
Survivors of the massacre who are released tell their stories<BR>
<A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/02/gaza-flotilla-raid-gunfire-ship-" target=_blank>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/02/gaza-flotilla-raid-gunfire-ship-</A><BR>
blood<BR>
<BR>
Sample Videos from demonstrations little reported in supine western media:<BR>
Bethlehem <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOnsBKZknrc" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOnsBKZknrc</A><BR>
New York <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BMxw1LnT50" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BMxw1LnT50</A><BR>
San Francisco <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ijKBugff8" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ijKBugff8</A><BR>
<BR>
Gaza aid flotilla: Israeli sabotage suspected<BR>
Israel's military may have sabotaged two boats carrying Free Gaza activists<BR>
after both malfunctioned at the same time in the same way prior to the raid<BR>
<A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/israel-gaza-flotilla-sabotage-su" target=_blank>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/israel-gaza-flotilla-sabotage-su</A><BR>
spected<BR>
<BR>
The Elders group of past and present world leaders, including former South<BR>
African president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on Monday<BR>
condemned as "completely inexcusable" the deadly Israeli attack on a<BR>
flotilla carrying aid for Gaza.<BR>
<A href="http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article442925.ece" target=_blank>http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article442925.ece</A><BR>
<BR>
Meanwhile the colonization activities in the occupied West Bank continue<BR>
fast and furious. Bulldozers are tearing up the land all around us. Our<BR>
friends at the Tent of Nations had demolition orders served for the few<BR>
structures and renovated caves they maintain on the farm that also acts as a<BR>
peace center (see <A href="http://www.tentofnations.org/" target=_blank>http://www.tentofnations.org</A><BR>
<<A href="http://www.tentofnations.org/" target=_blank>http://www.tentofnations.org/</A>> ). Our friends in Wad Rahhal are<BR>
threatened with total eviction (if you are in Palestine, join us for a<BR>
demonstration this Friday at 12:30 PM). The stories are endless in the land<BR>
of apartheid. But resistance from brave souls continue (and our hearts and<BR>
minds are with our friend Emily, a US visual art student who was targeted by<BR>
the Israeli fascist forces and lost her left eye).<BR>
<BR>
ACTIONS<BR>
Petition: call for independent investigation, accountability, and lifting<BR>
the siege on Gaza<BR>
<A href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_flotilla/98.php?CLICKTF" target=_blank>http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_flotilla/98.php?CLICKTF</A><BR>
Translate you anger into action. Other ways to help:<BR>
<A href="http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type" target=_blank>http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type</A><BR>
<<A href="http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=345" target=_blank>http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=345</A>> &type=345<BR>
<BR>
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD<BR>
A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home<BR>
<<A href="http://www.qumsiyeh.org/" target=_blank>http://www.qumsiyeh.org</A>> <A href="http://www.qumsiyeh.org/" target=_blank>http://www.qumsiyeh.org</A> <BR>
Professor, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities<BR>
Chairman of the Board, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People,<BR>
<<A href="http://www.pcr.ps/" target=_blank>http://www.pcr.ps</A>> <A href="http://www.pcr.ps/" target=_blank>http://www.pcr.ps</A> <BR>
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