Gaza Ships Attacked - Democracy Now Report on Gaza Aid Flotilla Raided by Israel Forces

[paper000000]

This video is a joke! They say the militants on board the flotilla were unarmed. Many Israeli soldiers were beaten and injured when they landed on the ship! If you try to sail to Gaza without allowing Israel to inspect the cargo at an Israeli port then you will be boarded in ANY waters, so please stop whining about "international waters".

[xx9MMxx]

isreal tryed 2 hijack the boats steal the food gaza is like a prision watched they dont want that gaza get helps they killing gaza slowly usa is supporter of it but revenge will come bigtime

[bintarabiya]

THe world is waking up now u believe us?? Israel killed people trying to give shelter to them basically and that still wasn't allowed there yu have it animals:)

[bgibb101]

Israel allows 150 tons of food and supplies into gaza DAILY. These ships could well have been carrying arms and other weapons. Israel is perfectly within its rights to intercept these ships, particularly when the upstarts and "peace" activists onboard attacked the Israeli soldiers as soon as they landed on the ships. If the Gaza vessels had nothing to hide, then they should have allowed the search to proceed rather than act violently towards the Israelis as soon as they set foot on the ships.

[OrthodoxDarwinist]

@bgibb101

More than 80% of the Occupied Territories and Gaza is living in dire POVERTY.

Then again you don't see them as human do you?

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - Hpw do you know I don't regard them as human? What an ignorant thing to say. But then again you wouldn't be interested in the fancy new restaurants and swimming pools of Gaza, or about the wind surfing competitions on Gaza beaches, or the Strip’s crowded shops and markets. Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza live a middle class lifestyle that western journalists refuse to report because it doesn’t fit with the "povery stricken victims of big bad Israel".

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - Tthe Palestinian Ma’an news agency recently report on Gaza’s new Olympic-sized swimming pool . (Most Israeli towns don’t have Olympic-size swimming pools). One wonders how an area that claims to be starved of water and building materials and depends on humanitarian aid builds an Olympic size swimming pool and creates a luxury lifestyle for some while others are forced to live in abject poverty as political pawn refugees?

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - Tell you what, next time you visit your poverty stricken pawns in Gaza, why not take them to the Roots Club in Gaza, The Lonely Planet guidebook opines that you can “dine on steak au poivre and chicken cordon bleu”. The restaurant’s website in Arabic gives a window into middle class dining & the lifestyle of Hamas officials in Gaza. But the UN types and NGO staff who regularly frequent all the nice Gaza restaurants prefer not to tell their readers about them.....

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - But let's take a step back into history. In 1970, King Hussein of Jordan sent his army to attack the a Palestinian organization in Amman, including Palestinian camps in Irbid, Salt, Sweileh, Baq’aa, Wehdat and Zarqa. Yasser Arafat claied that up to 25,000 Palestinians were killed. In 1982 the Syrian army shelled the Palestinian city of Hama, killing up to 40,000 Palestinians, mostly men, women and children. Hama is under attack again due to the uprising in Syria.

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - ...the Palestinians were anti Baath party, and apparently in 1982 in Syria that was a death sentence. Those who tried to flee the carnage were simply shot by the Syrian army. Survivors later told how they were made to stand over pits full of charred bodies and shot, Nazi style. In 1991, Kuwait expelled over 400,000 Palestinians through an open act of brutal ethnic cleansing after Arafat and the PLO sided with Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War......

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - In July 2010, Egypt has partially lifted its own blockade of Gaza at Rafar, which has been in effect since 2007, to allow humanitarian and medical aid into the Gaza Strip, yet still WITH RESTRICTIONS on what kinds of supplies can enter. The Egyptians were candid enough to admit that they hate the Palestinians as much as the Israelis do and they don’t want any Palestinian refugees flooding in their country. So much for "brotherhood" among arabs!

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - So, let’s look at the facts about Israel. This is a country that was founded in 1947, long after most Arab nations were established, and with their own clearly defined boundaries. It is the only true democracy in the region and with a far better record on human rights than ANY of its Arab neighbours. For example, you can have a gay pride parade in Israel, but try to do that in any Arab country, even the Gaza strip, and you will be hanged or stoned to death, guaranteed....

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - Israel is smaller than Lake Michigan, or if you like, only 1/19th the size of California, and has a population of only 7.3 million people, but with a thriving economy and a First World standard of living. Approximately 75.4% of the population are Jews, with 20.3% identified as Arabs, and the remainder are classed as “other,” meaning a mixture of largely western residents. In 2006, the official number of Arab residents in Israel was 1,413,500 people. ....

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - About 98% of East Jerusalem Palestinians has either Israeli residency or Israeli citizenship. Imagine Palestine giving a Jew “citizenship” with the right to live peacefully and run a thriving business? Most Arab citizens of Israel are Muslim, particularly of the Sunni branch of Islam, and there is a significant Arab Christian minority from various denominations, among other religious communities. ...

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - There is a growing Arab middle class, particularly in Galilee, where many are judges, lawyers and wealthy independent business people. Contrast this to Israels sworn enemies, which comprises of 22 Arab states covering an area 640 times greater than Israel, with a combined population 300 million Arabs. And those 300 million Arabs are part of a total of 1.4 BILLION Muslims world-wide who never cease to accuse Israel of being an “expansionist” state!

[1998disco72]

Uh they were told to back off! What part of do not enter do you not understand?

[Karim1Sauk1dere]

Hey people use your own youtube accounts if your a man .

Who ever is making a new account and commenting on this videos are gay and assholes. Be a brave person for a  minute (ne mutlu turkum diyene )

[IsraeliFighter]

We, the people who have suffered long throughout history, are stronger more, than ever. The time has come to smash the propagandists, hang the anti semites and disinfect the brainwashed media and its followers. We march forward with pride and there can only be but two outcomes, either they pass over us or we pass over them. Long Iive Israel and the Jewish people. From Canada

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

@IsraeliFighter I am also canadian so hello! But why did nine people have to get shot. Why are all the videos coming out just showing a bunch of morons with clubs? Isreali soldiers are notorious for their bravery so why couldn't they just take over the ship without guns? I would have sent planes with bear mace or something. Either way your canadian remember if you want to be an isreali fighter go to isreal and do it.We dont want that shit here do we? Cheers and enjoy the summer friend.

[OrthodoxDarwinist]

@IsraeliFighter

ROFL at your self-victimization to try and make people feel sorry for you, when in reality you people are acting no better than the Nazis, and the world knows it.

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - How can Israel, which occupies one-sixth of one percent of the all land occupied by Arabs, be responsible for the political dissatisfaction of 22 Arab states with more land than they know what to do with? So all this talk of Israel giving up land for “peace” is absolute rubbish. Those 22 Arab states will never rest until Israel has been wiped off the face of this earth, and every last Jew is dead. But then again, the facts don't really matter to you, do they?

[OrthodoxDarwinist]

@bgibb101

So you're trying to say that you think Israel should have the right to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian Arabs from their indigenous homeland because people of the same supposed race already have a lot of land??

Thank you for proving to everyone what a racist and morally repugnant sod you are.

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - Who is trying to "ethnically cleanse" the Palestinians? If this was Israel's goal, they would have succeeded by the 1960's. Going on the facts, Arab states have persecuted and killed far more Palestinians than Israel ever did. But that doesn't matter to you now, does it? Your own hatred for Isreal only reveals youer own blinkered and racists views. For as long as Hamas has the destruction of Israel at the core of its manifesto, there will never be peace.......

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - if you go even further back into history, you will find that there is no such thing as a Palestinian Arab nation. Palestine is a name the Romans gave to Eretz Yisrael with the express purpose of infuriating the Jews. The British chose to call the land they mandated "Palestine", and the Arabs picked it up as their nation's supposed ancient name, though they couldn't even pronounce it correctly.....

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - Palestine has never existed as an autonomous entity. There is no language known as Palestinian. There is no distinct Palestinian culture. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians (another recent invention), Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc. It has never been the name of a nation. It is a geographical term, used to designate the region when there is no nation or state there....

[bgibb101]

@OrthodoxDarwinist - So you see, there is and never was an "indigenous" homeland because the "Palestinians" never existed as a people, race or culture. The earlier Philistines were not Arabs, they were not Semites. They had no connection, ethnic, linguistic or historical with Arabia or Arabs. The name "Falastin" that Arabs today use for "Palestine" is not an Arabic name. It is the Arab pronunciation of the Greco-Roman "Palastina" derived from the Peleshet. But why confuse you with facts?

[zarafehzarafeh1]

Israel is dragging the entire world to to a NUCLEAR WAR. Say NO to Israel, protect yourself and your families

[hizbullahmucahit]

in hand, no weapon because there is no state in the world's most teknolejik silahalrını kulanan warships air force s like going to war, as if to attack Israeli military said 10 of the captured area and ask if they had them all and more of the dead knew Turks remember that to us a gun nor a teknoleji resist the know, because we We do not fear death ever

[Chiszle]

No, don't go through the blockade :S That's not what it is for.

[progressiveiranian]

Think about this: If Israii soldiers are attacked by peace activists, then why is it that the first thing Israeli military does is jamming the Satellite communication? why don't they give the activists their cell phones back? why did they edit their own videos? Some of the audio of the video does not match the location where the video shows! The wife of one activist was heard in the video of one ship but according to the husband she was not on that  ship!

[progressiveiranian]

what Kind of peace activist attacks with a knife? The Kind that is attacked by fully armed Soldiers in international waters. This Kind of peace activist may also use (should use) any other object available including chairs and metal rods to defend herself/himself!

[geminigrl34]

Lets say they are not allowed to smoke cigarettes... but you as the visitor feel it is an american right and they should... so you decide to smuggle in nicotine and you get caught.. then arrested... but you are crying all the way.. "Thats not fair... nicotine is legal and they should have the rigth to smoke"... then you decide in your crazy little head its unfair to be getting arrested so you try to take the officers weapon and you end up getting shot..Sad... but they got what they deserved...

[StavXO]

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[StavXO]

why do you cut the video!?

[bjmcallmason]

@MyGujranwala Your comment was removed for extremely vulgar language. Rephrase yourself appropriately.

[MrMorriz1]

@bjmcallmason "Democracy Now" itsnotvery democratic to delete comments you dont like

[bjmcallmason]

@MrMorriz1 I didn't say I would delete comments "I didn't like". Read more carefully...you are fully welcomed to post your opinion so long as it is respectful (swearing, degrading, attacking etc comments). If you view my channel, you'll see i've posted videos on this topic from a variety of sources and posted the same comment. Feel free to voice your opinion, but please do not kill the messenger