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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> CLNews: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards
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<DIV><FONT size=1>From: "Devra Morice" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 5:55 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Subject: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards
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<DIV><BR></DIV><A
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=19481">http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=19481</A><BR><BR><BR>The
Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues<BR>to Sail
Towards Gaza in Defiance of Israeli Threats<BR><BR>By Michel
Chossudovsky<BR> Global Research, June 1, 2010<BR><BR><BR>Following
Israel's criminal raid in international waters on May 31st,<BR>the Rachel Corrie
MV continues to sail towards the Gaza coastline in<BR>defiance of Israeli
threats.<BR><BR>In an act of tremendous courage, the Rachel Corrie MV is
determined to<BR>break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.<BR><BR>At noon today, I
received the following message from Christopher Chang<BR>and Ram Kardigasu, on
behalf of the Malaysian and Irish peace<BR>activists, who are on board the
Rachel Corrie:<BR><BR>RACHEL CORRIE: MV Rachel Corrie is now the sole ship on
the<BR>international freedom flotilla moving towards Gaza.<BR><BR>The Malaysian
and Irish peace and humanitarian activists aboard share<BR>their deepest grief
and sense of lost with the loved ones of those<BR>killed and injured in the
illegal action undertaken by Israel on<BR>Monday 31st May 2010 in the
international waters of the Mediterranean.<BR><BR>In the names of our friends,
we are more determined than ever to<BR>continue into Gaza with our humanitarian
cargo and our support for the<BR>blockaded and suffering people of
Gaza.<BR><BR>We expect Israel to respond to the international condemnation of
its<BR>violence by not impeding by any means the safe passage of the
Rachel<BR>Corrie.<BR><BR>We appeal to the international community and United
Nations to<BR>continue to demand Israel our safe passage into
Gaza.<BR><BR>Jointly issued by Malaysians and Irish on board the Rachel
Corrie.<BR><BR>Sent on behalf of the humanitarian activists on aboard the
Rachel<BR>Corrie - by PGPO land team (Ram Karthigasu and Christopher
Chang)<BR><BR>In recent developments, the Netanyahu government is in
crisis:<BR><BR>"Senior ministers [of the Netanyahu cabinet] have been
sharply<BR>critical of the fact that the decision to seize control of
the<BR>flotilla to Gaza was made after two meetings of the forum of
seven<BR>senior ministers but without official deliberation by the
inner<BR>cabinet, the body that has the authority to approve military
actions<BR>of this scale." (Haaretz.com headlines RSS<BR><BR>What this suggests
is that the actual decision to conduct the raids in<BR>international waters
bypassed the Cabinet.<BR><BR>The question remains: if the Israeli cabinet did
not ratify the<BR>operation, who ordered the raids and through what
procedure?<BR><BR>What were the respective roles of Israeli intelligence and the
IDF in<BR>planning these raids?<BR><BR>What role was played by Rahm Emmanuel,
Obama's White House Chief of<BR>Staff, who had meetings with both Netanyahu and
president Shimon<BR>Peres, respectively on May 26 and 27?<BR><BR>Did Rahm
Emmanuel meet officials of Israel's military and
intelligence<BR>establishment?<BR><BR>Did the Obama administration give the
Green Light?<BR><BR>It is important that this news gets out, with a view to
ensuring that<BR>the Rachel Corrie MV safely reaches the coast of Gaza
without<BR>encroachment, with a view to breaking Israel's criminal
embargo.<BR><BR>In this endeavor we shall prevail. Our hearts and minds
are with<BR>those who continue to sail on board the Rachel Corrie MV.<BR><BR>It
should be noted that Israel has not in any way modified its policy<BR>with
regard to the Rachel Corrie MV: There are two more ships heading<BR>for Gaza
including the Rachel Corrie MV. Israel has promised "to<BR>respond even more
harshly":<BR><BR>“Israel will use more aggressive force in the future to prevent
ships<BR>from breaking the sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, a top Navy
commander<BR>told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.<BR><BR>“We boarded the ship and
were attacked as if it was a war,” the<BR>officer said. “That will mean that we
will have to come prepared in<BR>the future as if it was a war.” (<A
href="http://www.ynetnews.com">www.ynetnews.com</A>)<BR><BR><BR>The Rachel
Corrie MV is in part supported by the Perdana Global Peace<BR>Organization under
the helm of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Dr.<BR>Mahathir
Mohamad.<BR><BR>Global Research Director Michel Chossudovsky is a member of
the<BR>Perdana Global Peace Organisation and of the Kuala Lumpur War
Crimes<BR>Commission.<BR><BR>-- <BR>“We must bear in mind that no government,
however honorable, can<BR>decree the abolition of misery. The people themselves
– the hungry and<BR>disinherited – are they who must abolish misery,<BR>by
taking into their possession,<BR>as the very first step, the land which by
natural right,<BR>should not be monopolised by a few but must be the property of
every<BR>human being..What you need is to secure the well-being of
your<BR>families, their daily bread, and this no government can give you.
You<BR>yourselves must conquer these good things, and you must do it
by<BR>taking immediate possession of the land, which is the original
source<BR>of all wealth. Understand this well; no government will be able
to<BR>give you that, for the law defends the “right” of those who
are<BR>withholding wealth. You yourselves must take it, despite the
law,<BR>despite the government, despite the pretended right of
property.”<BR> -- Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican anarchist<BR><BR><BR>“Man
will never be free until the last King is strangled with the<BR>entrails of the
last Priest” -- Denis Diderot<BR><BR>-- <BR><BR><BR>
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