by Daniel Pipes June 10, 2010 Cross-posted from National Review Online Two main explanations are circulating that address this now-burning question: Blame the European Union: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that if Turkey is, as he delicately puts it, moving eastward,” this resulted “in no small part because it was pushed, and pushed […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online June 8, 2010 As typical Islamist-leftist theater to delegitimize Israel, late May’s Turkish-sponsored “Free Gaza” flotilla was tediously repetitious. As an illustration that Israelis don’t understand the kind of war they now must fight, the outcome was drearily predictable. But as a statement of Turkey’s policies and an augur […]
YAAKOV LAPPIN– Organizer tells Gaza crowd: Everything is heading towards Islam. Radio messages sent from the Turkish Gaza flotilla to the Navy contained chilling anti-Semitic abuse, the IDF revealed on Friday when it released audio recordings of communications with the vessels. “You are approaching an area which is under a naval blockade,” a Navy radio […]
VIDEO: “I want the world to understand what would happen if we didn’t have the blockade. Iran would have its own port in Israel, a few kilometers from Jerusalem. It would be pending death for every citizen in Israel and a grave danger to the safety of the country.” [youtube pk7ZREDSw_A nolink] What the ‘peace […]
Five planes flew out of Israel Wednesday night, June 2, carrying hundreds of foreign passengers and nine bodies from the Turkish-led flotilla Israeli commandos raided and prevented from breaking the Gaza blockade two days ago. After surrendering to Turkey’s ultimatum to release all the passengers, including the seven members of Islamist terrorist groups who assaulted […]
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli officials have identified many of the protestors who took part in the Gaza freedom flotilla as Islamic radicals. Some see Monday’s bloody confrontation less as a botched Israeli commando raid, but one more attempt to destroy the Jewish State. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and an expert on […]
How did the media skew the Gaza Flotilla event to portray Israel as the aggressor? [youtube jV6DVk04HkM nolink]
PAUL L. WILLIAMS, PH.D.A statement from the Turkish government promises “unprecedented and incalculable reprisals” against Israel for the Israeli Navy’s seizure of the Marmora, a Turkish vessel, which was leading a fleet of ships through the Gaza blockade yesterday. The statement has received the support of Hezbollah, an arm of the Iranian government, and Hamas, […]
Will the media report accurately and fairly as anti-Israel activists violently resist an IDF naval boarding with tragic results? In the early hours of Monday 31 May, Israeli naval commandos boarded a flotilla of vessels heading for Gaza. What happened next has created a major media storm as, according to latest reports, nine anti-Israel activists […]
Turkish aid is instrumental in helping Hamas clean and prepare the Gaza port, in preparation for the arrival of the anti-Israel protest flotilla later this month. Pro-PLO organizations in Europe that have aligned themselves with Hamas are planning a flotilla of aid to the Gaza Strip. The coordinators of what some call the “ship intifada” […]
