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Friday, May 28, 2010

So much to say about this, so little time. Here are a bunch of links.

StandWithUs has almost the right response by sending their own counter-flotilla to sea: Counter-flotilla to surprise the Europeans

A fleet of privately owned Israeli boats will leave the Ashdod and Herzliya marinas in hopes of surprising the European activists Friday at 1 p.m.

The counter flotilla ships will be covered in "Free Gaza from Hamas" banners and boat owners will wear blood stained tee shirts, representing Hamas's terror record. The demonstration will be funded by StandWithUs and individual donors...

My dream would be to get a flotilla of boats together manned exclusively by the families of victims of Hamas -- purely a private effort with no government involvement. We'd go intercept them at sea and give them the same treatment those obnoxious Greenpeace guys are always giving those Japanese whalers. No holds barred...stink bombs for their decks, heavy rope to foul their props...you get the drill. And if Yvonne Ridley's foot were to get caught and she were dragged under...well that's just the price we'd have to pay.

Israel has, of course, called their bluff and advised them that they are perfectly willing to ensure all the supplies get to Gaza through the normal means -- but it's really not about the aid supplies, is it? Israel invites the international flotilla to unload its cargo in Ashdod port

The best calling of the bluff has come from the Shalit family, who offered to support the flotilla if they would ask that aid organizations, like the Red Cross, be allowed to visit their son. The flotilla organizers revealingly declined to put in the effort. Richard Landes comments here: Foolish Cowards: The Flotilla Shows its Colors

Jonathan Tobin has a good posting here: The Limits of Anti-Israel Activists' Compassion, and Fresno Zionism: 'Free Gaza' exposed

Then there's this: Israel Publishes Gaza Travel Guidebook For Pro-Hamas Freedom Flotilla

Richard Landes also writes: Flotilla of Fools Tilts at Zionist Windmills: Open Letter to Europeans from a Medievalist

Excellent report from CAMERA: Radical, Pro-Hamas "Flotilla" Seeks Media Win

Previous: Video: Israeli Response to the Gaza Flotilla, Plus: What the Media Won't Tell You and Hamas Ahoy (the Harry's Place link is a must-read).

Update: Elder notes one thing you should never forget is that these crazies lie.

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