news.yahoo.com — The United Nations said that groups seeking to deliver aid to Gaza should do so by land. Following reports on a new flotilla from Lebanon, Israel has made it clear this is an unnecessary provocation and that preventing such a flotilla is the responsibility of the Lebanese government. All aid can be delivered via land routes.
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subatomicdocJul 25, 2010
Did the UN take a balanced position? I need to have my coffee and re-read when I'm fully awake. Welcome news!
tralobyteJul 25, 2010
There are different branches of the UN. The UN security council takes balanced positions, while the UN human rights council is basically an anti-Israel campaign (see http://www.un.org/News/ossg/).
ethanleducJul 25, 2010
"the UN human rights council is basically an anti-Israel campaign"
As they well ought to be. Building settlements on conquered land is a clear violation of international law, and the foundation of much of the trouble in the Palestinian territories. The Israeli government can't expect to be considered righteous while they enforce the ongoing commission of a crime with military force.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
davidnivenJul 26, 2010
Israel owns the title deed to that entire region. It's called the Old Testament. The ones that should be critiqued are Egypt, Syria, and the other Arab nations in the area who have started several wars against Israel and lost each time. Anyway, a nation that gets land as a result of self-defense is entitled to keep it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kbadkJul 26, 2010
@ DavidNiven
Holy crap did you really just say that? The Old Testament is a RELIGIOUS book that has very little factual basis. even if it was legitimate notice how the Old Testament says the Jews invaded Israel and conquered it from previous residents.
untreadatomJul 26, 2010
"The UN security council takes balanced positions"
Really? It seems to me that the security council consistently takes the positions which protect the interests of it's permanent members. With each of these members wielding veto power no resolution ever gets passed which would compromise the economic interests of any one member, which allows genocide to continue unchecked. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
beratebirthersJul 26, 2010
"the UN human rights council is basically an anti-Israel campaign"
How can you say that? Are you telling these countries don't know about human rights abuses?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council#Members
whatthefuJul 25, 2010
Israel has every right to protect itself. However, one day it will have to take responsibility for its own actions. It will have to stop blaming everything on the Palestinians, comparing them to terrorists, and forcing them to live in squalor. It will have to stop blaming Hamas for everything Israel does (that's the oldest trick in the book--blame the enemy for your horrible deeds--Hamas does the exact same thing when they blame Israel for the s**t they do). Israel does not own the Palestinian people. It may protect itself by any means because it is a sovereign nation, but the very notion that the rest of the world should not be upset and should wholeheartedly support Israel while they treat the Palestinians like garbage is ridiculous.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
bigshark101Jul 26, 2010
You are getting Dugg down by the brainwashed pro-Israeli idiots. Most people with a brain don't support Hamas or the rocket attacks on Israel, but we also don't support the theft of land and settlement building by Israeli's either.
dandan111Jul 25, 2010
The UN a balanced positio? I doubt it. They are considering a name change to the AIUN: The Anti-Israel United Nations
magic6435Jul 25, 2010
It would be nice.
iignotusJul 25, 2010
Always the victim.
gerbil20Jul 25, 2010
You mean SUAI
States United Against Israel
bigshark101Jul 26, 2010
Cry me a f**king river. Maybe if they didn't commit atrocities that are just as abhorrent as those committed by Hamas, people wouldn't be so annoyed.
bobosmitorJul 25, 2010
"There are established routes for supplies to enter by land. That is the way aid should be delivered to the people of Gaza," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told a press briefing."
Well said.
malinensJul 25, 2010
And Gaza people should continue to eat only frozen food?
magic6435Jul 25, 2010
Aid for the people of Gaza should be delivered anyway it can and should not be up to Israel.
keithlolbermannJul 25, 2010
Nuclear weapons for the people of Cuba should be delivered anyway it can and should not be up to the United States.
See what I did there?
magic6435Jul 25, 2010
you made a true statement?
publiclurkerJul 25, 2010
And when the people of Gaze stop considering shild size suicide vests to be packaging, then maybe that will happen.
magic6435Jul 26, 2010
@publiclurker
Then send them real weapons and that s**t will stop pretty quick.
testoreJul 25, 2010
But... But... think on the media. They will loose millions if there are no more blocked aid flotillas. No one is interested in aid successfully arriving to Palestinians by land.
beratebirthersJul 25, 2010
We fought a blockade once before, we can do it again.
Berlin_air_lift#The_start_of_the_Berlin_Airlift
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
You and what army?
twinklyjesusJul 25, 2010
What's this "we" s**t? Hamas fought the Berlin blockade? I thought the US did that. The Russians were trying to keep terrorists from getting weapons to attack Russia with? Are you comparing Soviet imperialism to Israel defending herself from Arab terrorists?
Were people in Berlin taking hostile action toward Russia on a daily basis, firing rockets at civilian targets from neighborhoods, churches and schools?
Are you admitting to being part of the terror organizations that are attacking Israel?
Or, did your pretzel logic inadvertently express some sentiment you didn't intend?
f**ktard
beratebirthersJul 25, 2010
The Western powers fought an illegal, unconscionable blockade. They can do it again.
twinklyjesusJul 25, 2010
The "Western" powers support this blockade. Are you sure you're on the right planet? Did you go to sleep in the Bizarro Universe and wake up here?
beratebirthersJul 26, 2010
@twinkly: Not all of them. Some supported the flotilla.
For example, a quick glance shows the United Nations, Turkey, the entire Arab league nations, the entire African Union nations, the Organization of American States, Cuba, Bangladesh, India, China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and most of the EU. Also a number of Jewish organizations as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_Gaza_flotilla_raid#United_Nations
But keep on claiming the "West" supports everything because Israel and the US do.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
immunofortJul 25, 2010
You guys can just ignore him. Hes obviously a troll(or genuinely retarded).
I clearly remember 2 of the comments he made in the past.
"Unemployment compensation should be 120% of the income earned before job was lost"
and
"The US should just cancel all their debts"
twinklyjesusJul 25, 2010
I know, but it's so much fun to point out what a dolt he is...
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Good move by the UN. Glad to see it.
hpymondaysJul 25, 2010
Yes, there is no need to try to break the blockade, inmates... hahem I mean residents, are now allowed to eat chocolate by the benevolent Israelis. You can no longer compare this to Warsaw Ghetto, it has been upgraded to Theresienstadt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresienstadt)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
beratebirthersJul 26, 2010
This is more appropriate. We need to stop with these sea trips and start flying tons and tons of packages at them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_BlockadeComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
dontthinksoJul 25, 2010
There are geth onboard the flotilla.
gerbil20Jul 25, 2010
Yeah, the last time we so them becoming fully activated just as Israeli commandos were landing on that turkish rustbucket.
bob_the_alienJul 26, 2010
Don't worry, Shepards on his way.
socrates114Jul 26, 2010
I'm commander Shepard and this is my favorite controversial activist aid campaign
kaindlJul 26, 2010
I knew I shouldn't have brought legion with me....
frccJul 25, 2010
Its much easier to stop land shipments with hundreds of checkpoints standing in the way.
malinensJul 25, 2010
I don't care what UN says because flotilla did it's job- to ease Gaza blockade.
More ships and more Israeli aggression will ease Gaza blockade more...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
immunofortJul 25, 2010
Actually it wasn't illegal at all.
"A further factor contributing to the Blockade was that there had never been a formal agreement guaranteeing rail and road access to Berlin through the Soviet zone. At the end of the war, western leaders had relied on Soviet goodwill to provide them with a tacit right to such access"Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
magic6435Jul 25, 2010
Dear Israel. Go f**k yourself.
adinasJul 26, 2010
Prepare to be disappointed
amshelJul 25, 2010
This article was published by a Megaphone user, and this thread will be full of posts from Megaphone users. From one Israeli to another: stop being such manipulative bitches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaphone_desktop_toolComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
thesonofdarwinJul 25, 2010
Also, the site the submitter founded, according to her profile, which seems to be a page promoting none other than megaphone: http://giyus.org/
bigshark101Jul 26, 2010
Hey Israeligirl is obviously biased in her views and a blind supported of Israel.
beratebirthersJul 26, 2010
And my block list continues to grow.
hobofatsJul 26, 2010
you megaphone conspiracy theorists are worse than the actual megaphone spammers.
totz83Jul 25, 2010
http://www.krysstal.com/democracy_whyusa03.html
I can only assume that if the US did not have a say in the decisions made by the UN regarding Israel, that we would see a hugely different outcome
cptbuckJul 26, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxaDmAyt84g&feature=player_embedded
CRISIS! In Gaza.
jalhJul 26, 2010
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dreadpirateJul 26, 2010
Would a picture of a mall be enough? Once accessible by average Gazans?
http://digg.com/world_news/Bargain_Prices_for_Zionist_Clothes_in_New_Gaza_Luxury_Mall
The point is that the situation in Gaza is not as dire as you (and the many propagandists in Gaza) continually claim it is.
leo78Jul 26, 2010
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saruyamaJul 26, 2010
"Learn to get along or go back to Europe."
How does this s**t get dugg up? Jews in Israel came--for the ones not already there--from around the world, including significant numbers from Arab countries who used the creation of Israel as an excuse to purge themselves of Jews.
Though people here are loathe to admit it, there comes a point when anti-Israeli becomes anti-Semitic. But then digging me down is easier than confronting your ignorance, right?
leo78Jul 26, 2010
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uthmanJul 26, 2010
This news, delivered to you by israeligirl
nidstylesJul 26, 2010
I see some Israeli IP addresses posting in here....
norrisobeJul 26, 2010
This whole issue about the flotilla is very strikingly similar to the story of the Jewish ship Exodus and how it was attacked by the British when it reaches Palestine shores. A bvery interesting article with videos are available here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2010/06/21_miles_off_the_coast_of_pale.html
History repeats itself maybe?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
nullcodesJul 26, 2010
Maybe when Israel lifts its ban on A4 paper, Flotillas will not be necessary.
Seriously, A4 paper.
beratebirthersJul 26, 2010
Come on, it's not like Palestinian children should be allowed to learn how to read and write. We need to get them ghettoized or this could happen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising
/s
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strfxJul 26, 2010
I think you're not taking this seriously enough, so let me help you out with some background...
<tinfoil>
A4 is short for ISO-216 A4, but that standard is copied from DIN A4. DIN being "Deutsches Industitut fuer Normung". DIN A4 was introduced in 1922, and it became ubiquitous within a very short time. The documents laying out the plans for the Endloesung ("Final Solution"), i.e. the holocause of the Jews, were certainly written on A4 paper. Thus, A4 paper is clearly evil.
</tinfoil>
yodaofdarknessJul 26, 2010
Breaking news! This just in: UN Against Things That Get You Killed.
zenmojoJul 26, 2010
UN: "f**k, as long as they stop bombing our outposts."
leo78Jul 26, 2010
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