Israeli Navy Braced for Criticism

July 12th, 2010 • Action, News
Tags: al jazeera, attack, commandos, death, flotilla, gaza, haaretz, israel, jerusalem post, mavi marmara, navy, turkish

AJE report:

‘Very critical’

Nine were killed when Israeli commandos raided the Mavi Marmara

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported on Monday that “witnesses and various other people who have spoken to Eiland say that his report will be very critical of the army’s conduct in the affair”.

The daily said the navy is to be “the main target of Eiland’s critique of the operation, although his assessment will apparently be tempered by consideration for the navy’s success in several operations in recent years under Major-General Eliezer Marom”.

The Israeli media reports said that the military commission’s report pointed to “flaws” in the preparations for the raid.

The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that their were problems with the “battle guidelines” issued to commandoes and the intelligence gathered prior to the military boarding the Mavi Marmara.

The Jerusalem Post said that the report focused “on the relationship between the military and political echelons as well as the apparent intelligence failure, under which the navy commandos boarded the ship without knowing that a group of passengers, apparently mercenaries, had laid an ambush”.

Read the full report at Al Jazeera…

Remember Rachel Corrie

March 16th, 2010 • Action, Awareness, News
Tags: anniversary, caterpillar, crime, death, israel, rachel corrie

Keep Fighting for Her Vision – March 16, 2010

Seven years ago today, 23 year-old Rachel Corrie of Olympia, Washington was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D-9R bulldozer driven by an Israeli soldier.

Rachel was part of an International Solidarity Movement group trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian pharmacist’s home in Rafah, Gaza.

Seven years later, Rachel’s memory is still vibrant and her family is still fighting for answers.

Rachel’s parents and sister are currently in Israel participating in a civil case against the state of Israel for intentional and unlawful killing and gross negligence in Rachel’s death. – Read more at End the Occupation…

Find out about the trial, Rachel, her family and their work at rachelcorriefoundation.org

What can you do?

Boycott Leicester Tigers

Don’t go to any games of the Leicester Tigers until they end their sponsorship deal with Caterpillar who provide the bulldozers to the IDF that bulldoze Palestinians homes – and killed Rachel Corrie.

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