Opinion

Israeli Navy Seizes Ships Bound For Gaza, Detains Passengers

by SR Editor November 4, 2011

Canadian and Irish ships, the Tahrir and the Saoirse, sailing with Freedom Waves to Gaza have been illegally boarded by the Israeli military in international waters, about 50 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza, around 9:30 am EDT.

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Exclusive: Video from Gaza Flotilla as Israeli Navy Prepares to Intercept Boats

by SR Editor November 4, 2011

We are approaching the 100-nautical-mile point away from Gaza, which is usually the point where Israel declares—starts the blockade … Will they try to come and board us? All these questions are now at the moment of truth. The major preparation we did is to prepare that we don’t want anybody to act in any violent way or in any way that can even induce violence by the Israelis.

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Israel, U.S. , want Abbas to be full-fledged traitor

by Khalid Amayreh November 4, 2011

Israel wants him to kiss the paramount right of return for the refugees goodbye, wants him to forget East Jerusalem, and wants him to formally accept perpetual Israeli control over Palestinian borders, water resources as well as the settlements established by Israel on occupied Arab land since 1967.

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Israel Called Biggest Threat to World Peace

by Stephen Lendman November 4, 2011

Netanyahu and Barak favor military action. Avigdor Lieberman said Iran poses the most dangerous threat to world order. His comments are extremist rants, not thoughtful reason.

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Palestinian youth join boats set to challenge Israel’s siege of Gaza

by SR Editor November 3, 2011

A Palestinian youth activist from Haifa has joined “Freedom Waves to Gaza”. The message they carry is one of unity, defiance, and hope.

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TWO BOATS WITH PASSENGERS FROM 5 COUNTRIES (INCLUDING THE U.S.) HAVE SET SAIL TO GAZA

by SR Editor November 3, 2011

The Canadian ship Tahrir and the Irish ship Saoirse have successfully reached international waters, initiating the “Freedom Wave to Gaza.” The boats have embarked from Turkey and are on the Mediterranean Sea. In all, the 2 boats carry 27 passengers from Canada, Ireland, U.S., Palestine, and Australia.

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Act now to defend today’s boats to Gaza

by SR Editor November 3, 2011

“Freedom Waves to Gaza” has been kept secret until now for fear of Israeli sabotage and obstruction, as happened with Freedom Flotilla 2.

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ACT NOW!! BOATS SAILING NOW TO GAZA! SPREAD THE WORD

by Haitham Sabbah November 3, 2011

At this moment, two boats are in international waters in the Mediterranean heading to Gaza. One boat, the Saoirse from Ireland, includes parliamentarians among its passengers.

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Terrorists Fight Terrorism

by Paul J. Balles November 2, 2011

Zioncons including William Kristol, Martin Peretz, Richard Perle, Daniel Pipes, Norman Podhoretz and Robert Kagan use terrorism as key to arousing fear.

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Israel’s Gilad Shalit got off lightly

by Stuart Littlewood October 25, 2011

Stuart Littlewood views the hypocrisy of Western civic leaders who are falling over one another honouring Gilad Shalit for “sitting behind his armour plate picking out soft targets among the women and children packed into the Gaza Strip” while ignoring the vilest crimes committed by Israel against civilians, including children.

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Still under wraps

by Paul J. Balles October 22, 2011

At times I feel like the bearded old man going nuts over the passing ship missing the point… If going nuts as the ship passes helps, three rescues show promise.

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No tears for warmonger Fox

by Stuart Littlewood October 16, 2011

The champion of Israel within the British government, an Israel flag-waver, defence secretary Dr Liam Fox, decided to jump rather than be thrown from the battlements.

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Ongoing Israeli Human Rights Abuses and Self-Proclaimed Democracy

by Stephen Lendman October 16, 2011

Israel is a modern day Sparta, a regional killing machine. Israel is democratic in name only, affording rights solely to higher income and wealthy Jews. It can mobilize over 600,000 combatants in 72 hours, equipped with nuclear and other state-of-the-art weapons.

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The Real Enemy of the Palestinians

by Dr. Elias Akleh October 16, 2011

Israelis, themselves, are as victims as the Palestinians although to a very lesser extents. Those Israelis are being misguided, mass-brainwashed, and militarily driven by deliberately distorted and misinterpreted theology, political Rabbis, and Western Zionist imperialist powers to execute the colonial Zionist project of establishing Greater Israel in the heart of the Middle East.

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The Real Story of How Israel Was Created

by Alison Weir October 14, 2011

The details of threats and bribery that led to the 1947 UN recommendation to partition Palestine and includes quotes demonstrating strong State Department and Pentagon opposition to it.

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