Freedom Flotilla

By Torpedoing the Gaza Flotilla, Israel Sunk Its Own Ship

Medea Benjamin | Posted 09.11.2011

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Through it all, the Israelis helped us turn a potential non-story into a media blitz that has not ended. The passengers are now returning home to the local public spotlight.

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Freedom Flotilla II: No to a Kinder, Gentler Siege

Nadia Hijab | Posted 07.05.2011

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The Gaza flotilla is not about delivering "goods" to transform Israel's siege into a kinder, gentler blockade. Rather, it is to deliver this question: By what right does Israel besiege Gaza? And this answer: None, under international law.

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Kucinich: Ensure Safety of U.S. Citizens on The Audacity of Hope

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.26.2011

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In any other arena of contemporary advocacy for peace, getting six Members of Congress to sign on to a letter designed to be spectacularly modest advocacy of basic common sense would not be something to crow about.

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UN's Failure on Libya Exposes Its Hypocrisy on Human Rights

Alan Elsner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's murderous assault on his own people has exposed the United Nation's total lack of credibility when dealing with international human rights.

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Brad Sherman's Middle East Town Hall Rife With Fear and Aggression

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

On July 3, 2010, I received an email from a friend informing me that Congressman Brad Sherman, who is seeking reelection to his 8th term in California...

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The U.S. Military 'Mainstreams' Hezbollah and Hamas

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a recent US military report "CENTCOM officers question the U.S. policy of isolating the two movements" and encourage "strategies that would integrate the organizations into their political mainstreams."

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Crashing the Party

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

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After hearing about an activist meeting at a private home, I decided to take my chances and go. I came in expecting some heavy-duty beating up of Israel (and I got it), but most of the people were really nice.

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Israel Continues to Ignore the Human Toll of the Siege on Gaza

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel, the occupying power that controls Gaza's borders, continues to completely ignore the human toll of the blockade.

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The F Word: "Bloody Sunday" Apologies, What About Monday?

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, a prominent world leader made an official apology to his nation. "What happened...was both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong. T...

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News Flash 2015: Eradicated Israel Still Blamed for World Problems

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seoul, South Korea/June 25, 2015 - North Korea's unprovoked attack on a thousand South Korean nuns, orphans, and baby seals has resulted in the world'...

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The F Word: Flotilla Video As A Weapon

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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A picture's worth a thousand words, but what those words are depends a whole lot on American media, at least, on pre-existing official attitudes.

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Gaza Palestinians Desperate For Medical Care Stream Into Egypt

McClatchy | Miret El Naggar | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAFAH, Egypt -- They arrived at the border by the busload: amputees and people with other disabilities by the dozens, in wheelchairs pushed by family...

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Through the Looking Glass: The Myth of Israeli Exceptionalism

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Exceptionalism is an ideology propagated by the power elites of two nations of vastly different proportions and histories -- Israel and the U.S. -- but each declares a divinely manifest destiny.

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The F Word: Anger over Israel Hurts U.S.

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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As we wait to see any substantive response from the U.S. president to Israel's killings of peace workers seeking to break the years-long Gaza siege, i...

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NATO Wants Probe Of Israeli Raid

Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Pro-Palestinian activists sent another boat to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and Egypt declared it was te...

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Israeli Left Denounces IDF's Raid of the Freedom Flotilla

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Israel's Ministry of Defense late Monday to protest the military's violent raid on an aid flotilla that atte...

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Israel Boat Raid Sparks International Outcry

Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erup...

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