Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: informazioni sulla prossima flottilla

http://cifwatch.com/2011/04/10/defending-israel-from-next-delegitimization-assault-background-on-freedom-flotilla-2/
Background
The May 2011 flotilla is a joint venture organised by three main
bodies: the ‘Free Gaza’ campaign, The European Campaign to End the
Siege on Gaza and the IHH – Insani Yardim Vakti or Foundation for
Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief. However, in order to
understand what lies behind and links these three organisations, it is
necessary to look further afield.
The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE) is a Brussels-
based umbrella body set up in 1989 with strong ties to the Muslim
Brotherhood, links to Hamas and largely funded by Gulf sources. One of
the FIOE’s sub-organisations is the European Council for Fatwa and
Research which is headed by Yussuf al Qaradawi, a prominent spiritual
leader within the Muslim Brotherhood, who is renowned for the issuing
of fatwas supporting suicide bombing in Israel.
Qaradawi also heads the Union of Good – an umbrella body of charities
which support and finance Hamas – which was set up in October 2000 to
support Hamas activity during the second Intifada. In 2002 the Union
of Good was proscribed by Israel and in 2008 it was designated a
terrorist supporting organisation by the United States. Since the 2007
Hamas-Fatah split, organisations coming under the Union of Good
umbrella have been at work in Palestinian Authority controlled areas
to strengthen Hamas’ influence there and prevent the replacement of
armed conflict with negotiations aimed at reaching a peace agreement.
The Palestinian Authority and its Prime Minister Salam Fayyad have
taken steps to outlaw Union of Good affiliated bodies there.
What does all this have to do with the upcoming flotilla?
IHH:
Well the Turkish organisation the IHH, which was also involved in the
last flotilla and whose activists were those who initiated violence
against Israeli soldiers, is a member of the Union of Good and as such
was banned by Israel. In 2009 an IHH activist was deported from Israel
after he tried to set up an office in Judea and Samaria and
transferred money to an organisation known for making payments to the
families of suicide bombers. The IHH has a permanent representative in
the Gaza Strip – Mehmet (Mohammed) Kaya. The president of the IHH,
Bulent Yildirim, took part in the 2010 flotilla and can be seen here
speaking aboard the Mavi Marmara.
European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza:
In 2007 the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe set up the
‘European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza’. In theory, the ECESG is
a Brussels-based organisation but in practice it operates out of the
same north London offices as used by the Palestinian Return Centre and
several of the personnel of the PRC – some with known Hamas links –
are active in the ECESG. Arafat Madi Shukri was a co-founder of the
ECESG, functions as its Chairman and is also operations director for
the PRC. General Director of the PRC Majed al Zeer is also involved
with the ECEG and the PRC spokesman, Zaher al Birawi also functions as
spokesman for ‘Viva Palestina’. The PRC, founded in 1996 in rejection
of the Oslo accords, was also outlawed by Israel due to its Hamas and
Muslim Brotherhood links.
Another person involved with both the PRC and the ECESG is Gaza-born
Sameh Habeeb, who also established and runs the ‘Palestine Telegraph’
which has been the subject of much controversy due to (amongst other
things) its promotion of Holocaust deniers and the infamous
Aftonbladet libel against Israel regarding alleged organ theft.
Habeeb caused further controversy when he invited the far-Right
Hungarian politician Krisztina Moravi of Jobbik to speak at the
Palestinian Return Centre and then threatened objectors with legal
action.
Current spokesman for the ECESG and the upcoming May 2011 flotilla is
one Rami Abdu, a Gazan PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan
University who until moving to the UK in 2009 acted as spokesman for
the Gaza-based pro-Hamas ‘Popular Committee Against the Siege’. Here
he is ‘not threatening’ Israelis.
Like the IHH, the ECESG was also involved in the organisation of the
2010 flotilla, among others. Despite its Hamas links and the fact that
Hamas is proscribed by the European Union and Britain, supporters of
the ECESG include Clare Short, Lord Ahmed, Baroness Jenny Tonge, Brian
Iddon and Roger Godsiff.
Free Gaza:
The third organisation involved in the organisation of the 2011
flotilla is ‘Free Gaza’. At least three of its officials – Adam
Shapiro, Huwaida Arraf and Greta Berlin – were also instrumental in
the establishment of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) which
is known for its Hamas ties. The two British suicide bombers who
attacked a Tel Aviv bar in 2003 are known to have met with ISM members
beforehand at a memorial event for another ISM activist, Rachel
Corrie.
Established in 2008, ‘Free Gaza’ has representatives in Gaza itself
and its endorsers include such well-known names on the anti-Israel
activism scene as Noam Chomsky, Jeff Halper of ICHAD, Naomi Klein,
John Pilger, Irish Sinn Feinn Parliament member Aengus O’Snodaigh and
British peer Jenny Tonge – who also supports the ECESG and was
formerly a patron of Sameh Habeeb’s ‘Palestine Telegraph’.
Further UK Islamist involvement:
Delegations to the May 2011 flotilla are being organised in around
twelve countries including Ireland, the United States – where the ISM
is recruiting ‘experienced non-violent resistance volunteers’ – and
Britain.  In the UK the organisation is under the banner ‘Britain 2
Gaza’ and is a coordinated effort of several bodies. These include the
British Muslim Initiative (BMI) – an offshoot of the FIOE affiliated
Muslim Association of Britain which was founded in 2007 with many of
the same functionaries as MAB.
The president of the BMI is Muhammad Sawalha (also a member of MAB).
Sawalha is a Hamas activist who has been living and operating in the
UK since the early 1990s and one of the signatories of the ‘Istanbul
Declaration’, along with Daoud Abdullah of MEMO and the PRC.  Sawalha
also has links with the IHH – according to their website he is the
organisation’s co-ordinator in Europe – and was involved in the
organisation of the previous flotilla as well as having been involved
with ‘Viva Palestina’ road convoys. In December 2010 he spoke at an
IHH rally in Turkey along with representatives from ‘Free Gaza’ and
the ECESG.
Sawalha (middle) and the leader of the IHH
Also involved in the British campaign are ‘Friends of Al Aqsa’ – the
leader of which, Ismail Patel, is a member of the BMI and sailed
aboard the Mavi Marmara in 2010  – the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
(PSC – Jenny Tonge is also one of their patrons), the Stop the War
Coalition (StWC) and an organisation known as the Palestinian Forum of
Britain which has as it spokesman the same Zaheer al Birawi as also
works for the Palestinian Return Centre and ‘Viva Palestina’, and is a
member of the Muslim Association of Britain.   Both the PSC and StWC
are supporters of the annual ‘Al Quds Day’ pro-Iranian regime rally,
along with ‘Friends of Al Aqsa’ and the MAB.
Obviously, the link between all the above organisations is their
support for Hamas and their rejection of a negotiated two-state
solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in favour of a ‘one-state
solution’ – either explicitly, or implicitly via the influx of
millions of descendents of Palestinian refugees to Israel, effectively
meaning the end of Jewish self-determination .
Whilst some of the individual people taking part in this and previous
flotillas may indeed consider themselves pro-Palestinian ‘peace
activists’, it is amply apparent that the organisers of the campaign
have clear links to Islamist and terrorist groups which are anything
but peaceful. In an announcement dated 31/3/2011 the Free Gaza
movement stated on its website that:
    “We sail to confront and challenge an entire apartheid regime that
must be dismantled through citizen action.”
The fact that the motives behind the flotilla are political and
ideological rather than humanitarian has been made even clearer by the
head of the IHH, who recently stated that:
    “We are getting ready… There will be a ship from every country… in
Europe. Our own Mavi Marmara will also set sail from Europe… Vessels
will come from everywhere in the world…
    “Israel will learn this: The Mediterranean does not belong to
Israel… Just because we have had shahids, we are not fearful… We will
not step back…
    “Let all know this: Until the blockade on Gaza is lifted… and
until our march to al-Aqsa is completed, this sea intifada and land
intifada will continue!
    “Also, it will not be only by sea. We are preparing for land
convoys as well. And with Allah’s permission, our project for the
purchase of an airplane will soon be realized. This way we will reach
Gaza by air too.”
    “What do we say to the world leaders? Do not expect us to live in
peace, when people in Gaza are dying… And do not expect us to remain
silent when al Aqsa mosque is a prisoner…
    “We are saying this: We don’t have a problem with the Christians
or Jews. Some of them were with us in our ships… But we do have a
problem with one place! And we declare it with courage… without fear…
We say this with no hesitation: Our problem is Zionism – which, like a
virus, has infected all humanity!”
Conclusion
It is also very obvious that the ‘Freedom Flotilla 2’, like the
previous one, has little to do with the transportation of humanitarian
aid to Gaza, but is an elaborate exercise in public relations designed
solely to provoke another conflict in hopes of further undermining
Israel’s legitimacy.
Not only was the previous flotilla not carrying any significant aid of
value, but its organisers refused to accept Israeli offers of
transportation of goods to Gaza through the conventional channels, as
accepted by the United Nations. Representatives of the ECESG (along
with Hamas) also expressed opposition to Israel’s easing of the
restrictions on goods transported daily into Gaza in June 2010.
Details of all goods transported into and exported from Gaza via
Israel are readily available and constantly updated here.
As recently as March 15th 2011, the IDF intercepted the latest ship
smuggling weapons into Gaza, highlighting the need for the
continuation of the naval blockade on Gaza for as long as the Hamas
regime remains at war with Israel. According to the Laws of Armed
Conflict, Israel’s blockade on Gaza is entirely legitimate and the
legal aspects of it can be found here and here.
One of the legal conditions of the enforcement of a blockade is that
it must be effective, impartial and enforced. In other words, allowing
some ships to pass the blockade whilst stopping others like the arms-
smuggling ‘Victoria’ would render the blockade illegal.  Israel has
therefore already requested that the UN block attempts by the upcoming
May 2011 flotilla to break the blockade in order to avoid
confrontation and has approached the governments of flotilla
participants, asking them to warn their citizens not to travel.
Predictably, this has been rejected by the organisers of the flotilla,
who seem to be determined to ensure yet another well-publicised clash
between so-called ‘peace activists’ and the Israeli navy.

 
http://cifwatch.com/2011/04/10/defending-israel-from-next-delegitimization-assault-background-on-freedom-flotilla-2/
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Che bella accozzaglia di cazzoni.
Però sono abbastanza convinto che dopo i passati incidenti tutti saranno 
più attenti.
I pacifisti più o meno testa di cazzo, a non imbarcare una unità di 
guerriglieri e aspiranti martiri.
La Turchia, a non finaziaree e spedire unità jihadiste tanto per fare un 
po' di casino.
E la sayeret ad affrontare i guerriglieri in modo diverso da come si 
affrontano pacifisti.
Ci sarà un po' più di traffico ad Ashdod, that's it.
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Io non gufo l'Inter. La massacro senza pietà.