Israel Eases Gaza Blockade, Will Allow In All Goods Except For Weapons

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New video footage of the Israeli raid on a flotilla heading to Gaza was released Thursday by a Tribeca filmmaker and activist.


Watch it and listen to the gunshots and fully auto  gun fire.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/11/2010-06-11_tribeca_filmmaker_activist_iara_lee_takes_viewers_within_israeli_raid_on_gaza_fl.html#ixzz0qXNqBt1u




Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010 // 15 min.
by Cultures of Resistance

On the night of Sunday, May 30, showing a terrifying disregard for human life, Israeli naval forces surrounded and boarded ships sailing to bring humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. On the largest ship, the Mavi Marmara, Israeli commandos opened fire on civilian passengers, killing at least 9 passengers and wounding dozens more. Others are still missing. The final death toll is yet to be determined. Cultures of Resistance director Iara Lee was aboard the besieged ship and has since returned home safely.

Despite the Israeli government’s thorough efforts to confiscate all footage taken during the attack, Iara Lee was able to retain some of her recordings. Above is 15 minutes of footage from the moments leading up to and during the Israeli commandos’ assault on the Mavi Marmara.

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EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla

In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we bring you a sneak preview of previously unseen raw footage from the Mavi Marmara that will be formally released at a press conference at the United Nations later in the day. The footage shows the mood and the activities onboard the Mavi Marmara in the time leading up to the attack, and the immediate reaction of the passengers during the attack. We are joined by filmmaker and activist Iara Lee, one of the few Americans on the Mavi Marmara ship. Her equipment was confiscated, but she managed to smuggle out an hour’s worth of footage. [includes rush transcript]



http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/10/exclusive_journalist_smuggles_out_video_of

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Laser scopes, assassinations hitlists, murder of civilians.

[able]

yes i watched that yesterday hour of the full hour yet?

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yes i watched that yesterday hour of the full hour yet?

at one of the links above you can download it , just you have to  sign up and I will just wait until it is posted on youtube to watch the whole hour vid..

[able]

thanx... i just seen my comment... that's the sort of English you get when you have the flu and your on the tablets and you have a blue screen of death half way through the comment and finish it after the reload. 

i really want that full hour on a dvd where i know the megaphonies cant get it pulled from if you know what i mean.

the truth will out!

 

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Hamas and Israel are in armed struggle, not in war. The blockade is legal when TWO COUNTRIES ARE IN CONFLICT. Palestine it is not a country or independent state from Israel. Thus, because is under Israel government control, and Israel never declared a LEGAL war against "Palestine", the blockade is ILLEGAL.

Israel just respect INTERNATIONAL LAWS when it is good for play the victim...

Ships in international waters are considered a extension from the country where this ship come from. If a ship in international waters with a Russian flag is attacked, Russia government have the right to act in the same way if the precedent was inside the Russia borders.

Remember the Somalian pirates? They boarded a Russian ship in international waters and Russia sent they naval forces to rescue the ship. If the Russian soldiers had killed all pirates, they were right in the spot because the ship is part of they territory.

The floatilla was from Turkey and followed all international protocols to port in Gaza. They even let independent authority in Cyprus to verify if the ship was carrying military weapons.

Once Israel boarded the ship in international waters, was the same as cross Turkey borders. But Israel did worst... They also killed civilians.

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full hour footage torrent and mirrors

http://tc.indymedia.org/files/flotilla-footage/index.html

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/20/israel-eases-gaza-blockade_n_618716.html

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The list of banned goods replaces an old list of allowed items that permitted only basic humanitarian supplies for the 1.5 million Gazans. Under the new system, the government said practically all non-military items can enter Gaza freely.

"From now on, there is a green light of approval for all goods to enter Gaza except for military items and materials that can strengthen Hamas' military machine," Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said.

Israel decided on Thursday to ease the blockade under intense international pressure after its raid on a blockade-busting international flotilla bound for Gaza killed nine pro-Palestinian activists.

In a critical shift, Israel said it would allow construction materials into Gaza for projects approved by the Palestinian Authority, such as housing and schools, as long as the projects are under international supervision. Up to now, Israel has banned most construction materials, including cement.

that is extremely purposely vague

[citizenx]

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.

Read all about it.

Israel becomes temporarily reasonable.

After saying that they were only trying to "strangle" Gaza economically.

You think they have something up their sleeve?  Other shoe about to drop, or what?

Temporary sanity.

[citizenx]

I guess it has something to do with the Iranian threat to break the blockade.

They will either find or plant weapons on the Iranians if they do break the blockade as a pretext for war.  That is my guess.

Right now, they are saying, "Hey, we're not bad guys.  We'll let them have humanitarian relief supplies."  It is all to act as a foil or backdrop for the seizure of/assasult on the Iranian vessel (Illuminazi fall guys/patsies).

Yup, I would expect the other shoe to drop any time now.

[chrisfromchi]

I guess it has something to do with the Iranian threat to break the blockade.

They will either find or plant weapons on the Iranians if they do break the blockade as a pretext for war.  That is my guess.

Right now, they are saying, "Hey, we're not bad guys.  We'll let them have humanitarian relief supplies."  It is all to act as a foil or backdrop for the seizure of/assasult on the Iranian vessel (Illuminazi fall guys/patsies).

Yup, I would expect the other shoe to drop any time now.

thinking the same.

or rather the lines of ...there is no need for your flotilla iran send the ships back, in otherwords back down, move along....but they keep coming giving israel a reason to board them.