Whatever about the campaigns Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran are waging against Israel, because the current flotilla winding its way to Gaza in support of the Palestiniians is strategically rudderless, it presents no threat and is of no real consequence to Israel, except in so much as her propagandists can turn it to advantage.
Irrespective of our views on Israel, we can agree that they don’t suffer fools, or many others, too gladly and, although interdicted flotilla members are complaining about the treatment they have received, we can also agree it is as nothing compared to what countless Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians have suffered and that it is therefore obscene to have a hierarchy of victims with Arabs at its base and their showboating European comrades in arms at its zenith.
Although cataloguing the supposed travails of Margaret Connolly, the Irish President’s sister, on her Mediterranean cruise makes good and easy copy, it is of no use to the Palestinians she and her shipmates are sailing the seven seas to help. The aid that they are carrying will not get through to Gaza and nor will they.
The Israeli authorities have repeatedly said that “Israel will not allow the breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza” and, though the blockade busters quibble over whether this siege is lawful or not, the Israeli Defence Forces have made it plain time and again that their cordon sanitaire will not be breached either by land or by sea and have also said that all aid should be channeled through POTUS Trump’s Board of Peace.
Although a gaggle of fringe politicians have criticised Israel’s blockade, the fact is that, unless the Israeli Defence Forces can be defeated or forced to stand down, the blockade will not be breached.
Although the Israelis like to rib Queers for Palestine, the Muslim Brotherhood have been among the far more lethal characters these motley crews have assembled ever since the 2010 Gaza flotilla, which resulted in ten deaths in clashes between the blockade runners and the Israeli navy.
At the other end, manning the boats with 74 year old Irish grandfathers and then complaining when they get a few slaps is not only cowardly but grossly irresponsible as well, and attacking the Greek Enbassy does not change the criminal negligence of the Muslim Brotherhood aligned politicans and groups like Amnesty International who hope to benefit from all this “pro-Palestinian” carnage.
Although my crystal ball is not powerful enough to tell me if Israel will survive, what I do know is its future is secure as long as Jordan, Syria and Egypt, the countries bordering it, continue to support it and as long as the Muslim Brotherhood and allied civil society actors manning these ships do not align themselves with those three countries.
That is the reality of the matter and all the showboating and mock horror at Israel’s tactics will not change that a whit. Though the Palestiniajns may be the footstools of the Israelis, they are certainly the political football of their supposed saviours, who would prefer to keep concerned Europeans marching around in emasculating circles when not taking Mediterranean cruises.
Sieges, like those on Gaza, are not anything new. There is the Siege of Leningrad and during, Roman times, there was the 52 BC Siege of Alesia, the 43 BC Siege of Mutina, and even the 332 BC Siege of Gaza by Alexander the Great. If there is anything to be learned from those earlier sieges and from all of history’s other sieges, it is that a bunch of unarmed showboaters will not change the status quo in Gaza, unless the navies of Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Italy and Spain combine to break it.
Although peace of a sort will eventually descend on the Levant, none of the credit for that will be due to the showboaters and sundry social media influencers paddling their way to Gaza. Better if they scuttled off home and made way for those who are serious about tackling the intractable problems they pretend to be so worked up about.
Much truth in the article. Islam is a golem religion created by the Jews, so it is no surprise that the Muslim Brotherhood, etc, operate to israel’s advantage.
It is inaccurate to say the flotilla people are cowards. The Israelis killed ten unarmed people on a previous flotilla. That is cowardly.
The previous flotilla did at least one useful thing: The Israeli navy was stretched so thin that they left Gaza unguarded for a day or two. For the first time in ages, the Palestinians were able to do a bit of fishing.
The Israelis probably only have a thousand ships.
If a big enough flotilla was launched, it could distract even more of the Israeli navy.
Better still, they should proclaim that they are unarmed, but when the israelis board them, open fire and kill them all, barring a few to keep as hostages.
It is a legitimate ruse of war.
Orginal Muslims slaughtered Jews in Mecca and Media.
Muslim Brotherhood is a MI6 creation. where half of them are kosher and the other half are not. Their main purpose was to wreck secualtism and natunalism in the Arab world and, in that, they succeeded.
It is inaccurate to say the flotilla people are cowards. I did not say that. I said it was cowardly to send grand papas and complain they get beaten up. It is a coward’s trick the Provos successfullyused here,
The Israelis killed ten unarmed people on a previous flotilla. That is cowardly. I mentioned that and also that it is peanuts compared to their other shenanigans.
The Israeli navy is not stretched in the least. They already knocked about a significant amount of that fleet and got theirtwo main targets.
The Israelis probably only have a thousand ships. Probably? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Navy#Current_fleet
If a big enough flotilla was launched, it could distract even more of the Israeli navy. The Israelis would have no problem balsting htem out of the water and the US and British would help if needed.
Better still, they should proclaim that they are unarmed, but when the israelis board them, open fire and kill them all, barring a few to keep as hostages. Admirals Nelson, Yamamoto and Dönitz would be dazzled by your brilliance.
They have barely a hundred ships, according to Wiki. Seems hard to believe it would be so few.
If there were ten targets for each Israeli boat, in different locations, that would stretch them.
They were stretched last time, because the fishermen in Gaza were able to get out fishing. First time in years, apparently. This is a very important point: If it is true that the Gazans were able to do some fishing last time, this was the first time in years that the Israelis didn’t stop them. That was a -minor and temporary – defeat for the israeli Navy.
Must have been a great moral booster for them, even if it only lasted a day or two.
It’s unfair to say grandpa was “sent”. It seems clear he volunteered, unlike the Provo trick of forcing people to set bombs. It is an excellent idea for old guys to do the risky and potentially fatal stuff like that. They have lived their lives. Much better than wasting a young man’s life.
Obviously, they were very lucky to escape with just beatings and racist abuse but it is perfectly reasonable to complain about it. The Jews would whinge if someone beat them up.
Don’t believe the Israeli air of invincibility. They couldn’t sink the Liberty, despite strenuous efforts. Apparently they have lost quite a few tanks and whatnot in Lebannon, despite their tech and US support.
An unarmed Irish American, ex US forces, claimed that he disarmed an Israeli soldier on the Mavi Mari flotilla. Imagine what guys like that could do if they were armed.
If the flotilla was secretly armed, they would make mincemeat of the Israelis. It’s called an ambush.
They could abandon ship before the israelis board and then blow it up once the israelis take control of it.
Helicopters are relatively easy to damage. The big problem of course is fast aircraft. There doesn’t seem to be any effective way of shooting them down.
Israelis are very brave when facing unarmed people, but there are numerous very funny videos showing them running like rats once they lose a few guys.
If there were Brits and US citizens on board, the Brit and US troops might, possibly, be reluctant to pull the trigger, even if Starmer and Trump ordered them to.
I think it is inaccurate to say that Muslims massacred Jews as a general rule, even in the early days. If the Jews grovelled, converted and told them where their treasure was, they were generally left alone.
Sure wasn’t Mohammed’s first wife Jewish? In the subsequent centuries, Jews did great business with Muslims. Spanish Jews played a big role in facilitating the Muslim invasion of Spain, for example. Jews are facilitating the mass migration of Muslims to Ireland even now.
Catholic priest and historian P Thery wrote a detailed history of how the Jews set up Mohammed in his new religion, partly as a counter to the early Christians in Arabia. I’ve written a short review of Thery’s work, available on the link.
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Say it Loud…Say it Clear…its to late when we Die…What is God but one of Us…trying to make
His Way Home.
Am I surprised at this article,its timing,its message,its comparisons…disgusting.
A siege my ass,years of televised dustruction of humanity and civilization by warmongers
who now control a peace deal,having barred and killed journalists,bought msm who promote
their Gaza footage only with the ugly mugshots of killers who ignore the international order.
While the UN EU stand by as onlookers,doing nothing about the illegal state of terrorist
Israel,formly british Palestine…and you condemn the public outcry with ridicule…sick.
This coincides with Starmers latest policy release that all of British Society,schools,collages,
Universities,Art,Business and Health,everything and everyone to be indoctrinated and show
support for his anti semetic draconian fascist 1984 Police State Governance.You cannot
avoid by NO COMMENT you must show support or suffer the penalty.It is also ok by him to
be Islamaphobic but you cannot say or protest about anything regards Israel,Jew,Palestine.
All dressed up by media,the knife attack on 2 London Jews which was not a terrorist anti
Semetic attack,but by a known mentally ill patient whose randomly attacked Police,Public
and dogs with knives.The London Jewish Rabbi already pointing out the own goal by govt.
as he considers this in itself is anti semetic and the Israelie funding of 750 million into paid
Social Media and Podcasts to promote their propaganda…A COVER FOR GLOBALISTS.
SO, I am a Catholic,not a mere Christian,who does not support Anti Christ, Anti Catholic and
I will only answer to the One GOD ALL MIGHTY…politics abuses seperation of power.