U.S. Blocks Security Council Criticism of Israeli Raid

[ToughGong]

Israel faced heavy criticism in an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Monday in response to its deadly attack on an aid flotilla trying to breach the Gaza blockade, but attempts to issue a formal statement stalled after the United States rejected the strong condemnation sought by Turkey.

Turkey proposed a statement that would condemn Israel for violating international law, demand a U.N. investigation and demand that Israel prosecute those responsible for the raid and pay compensation to the victims. It also called for the end of the blockade.

The Obama administration refused to endorse a statement that singled out Israel, and proposed a broader condemnation of the violence that would include the assault of the Israeli commandos as they landed on the deck of the ship.

While condemnation of Israel in the Security Council is not uncommon, the criticism at the emergency session by Turkey and Lebanon was notable for both its vehemence and for the broad array of countries demanding an independent investigation into the decision to fire on civilians in what they described as a humanitarian mission.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey, whose country's once close relations with Israel have deteriorated markedly since Israel's invasion of Gaza in 2008, called the attack "tantamount to banditry and piracy; it is murder conducted by a state."

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Israel faced heavy criticism in an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Monday in response to its deadly attack on an aid flotilla trying to breach the Gaza blockade, but attempts to issue a formal statement stalled after the United States rejected the strong condemnation sought by Turkey.

Turkey proposed a statement that would condemn Israel for violating international law, demand a U.N. investigation and demand that Israel prosecute those responsible for the raid and pay compensation to the victims. It also called for the end of the blockade.

The Obama administration refused to endorse a statement that singled out Israel, and proposed a broader condemnation of the violence that would include the assault of the Israeli commandos as they landed on the deck of the ship.
While condemnation of Israel in the Security Council is not uncommon, the criticism at the emergency session by Turkey and Lebanon was notable for both its vehemence and for the broad array of countries demanding an independent investigation into the decision to fire on civilians in what they described as a humanitarian mission.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey, whose country's once close relations with Israel have deteriorated markedly since Israel's invasion of Gaza in 2008, called the attack "tantamount to banditry and piracy; it is murder conducted by a state."

[zulaika]

horta waxaan layaabey, why no one is ruffled up on Egypt's blockade on Gaza, Egypt is partner in crime in this blockade yet the brunt of the anger by Muslims/Arabs is always on Israel......why not pay attention to the munaafaq amongst you who operates to the tune of its puppet-master..

news has it that Egypt "temporarily" lifts blockade...Israeli PR damage control or an Egyptian attempt to cease the opportunity to save face with Arab/Muslim relations for partaking in the blockade?....whatever the reason....a rose by any other name is still a rose...Egypt along with Suadi Arabia is the silent culprit to the Palestinian demise.

[ToughGong]

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Absolutly sis they (Egypt and KSA) are just as guilty if not more in the suffering of the Palestinians

[udun]

Definitely Egypt, KSA, and Jordan are just as guilty as the Israelis. So are many Muslim and Arab countries. Look at the entire Gulf. The last time I remember no Palestinian is allowed to work in those countries due to the support that AHUN Yasser Arafat gave to Iraq in 1991 Gulf war. Sometimes, you would laugh at the rational of these Arab leaders. How can a Palestinian who left his home land in 1948, 1956, 1967, or 1973 be responsible the decision of the leader of one of the Palestinian factions? Many of these Palestinians were working in the Gulf for over 30 years and many of them were even born there. All of a sudden, they were driven out of their homes and jobs in the Gulf in February - March 1991 due to the decision of Yasser Arafat supporting Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf war.

It is very possible these people in the helm are neither Arabs nor Muslims (Allahu yaclam but their actions don't conform to people who are Muslims). Many Arabs contemplate the fact that many of these people in the helm in the Arab and Muslim world are "conversos" in disguise in Arab and Muslim dresses.

The other day I learned something I have not known before. The former president of Iran, Shah, gave the Israel all of the oil it needed during the 1967 war. Can you imagine the leader of a Muslim country, despite him being a secular, giving all of the energy needs to a country that is uprooting a defenseless population? Can you imagine that? If one is not Muslim nor Arab, a human conscious should not allow any human being to subsidize a war against a defenseless population. We are talking about people who had no army to protect them, no one coming to their aid, and having their homes and farms brutally destroyed.

I also learned about two years go that Somalia is regarded as part of the Eretz Israel. I have read it in one of their bulletin boards which they were discussing about any thing between in Euphrates and Nile. They are coming up new maps which they are showing Jubba river is connected to the Nile. Can you imagine that? I have also heard and seen the reports which they are claiming two of the Hebrew prophets were present in Somali territories when they were sent to the Jewish people. This is according to the rabbinical religious scriptures. Is it true? I don't know but I have heard and read it too.

Possibly, the long running civil war and the manipulations from many angles have something to explain.

[ToughGong]

Udun man ,yeah I came across the "Eretz Israel". thing myself not long ago.They're are claiming
that all the land between the two rivers you mentioned belongs to them,hence the two blue lines in their flag

[udun]

Udun man ,yeah I came across the "Eretz Israel". thing myself not long ago.They're are claiming
that all the land between the two rivers you mentioned belongs to them,hence the two blue lines in their flag

Seemeyer, what is weird about this claim is that it is being extended so often that they are claiming all of the land of the majority of the Muslim countries. They are showing tributories of the Euphrates rives that are going to all the way to Hindu-kush mountains. Their new claims include both Afghanistan and Pakistan to all the way Somalia to all the way North and Eastern Africa and any thing in between. In this new claim Iran, all of sham (Iraq, Syria, Lebonon, Jordan), Turkey, Persian Gulf countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan, all of Horn of Africa, East Africa, some Central African countries such as Congo, Sudan, Egyt, and Tunisia are included.

I just could not figure how the Nile river and Jubba can be connected but that is a new claim which they are coming up. They are using what geologists call "fault system" which got created based on the movements of the plates that make up this earth and they are coming up new geological theories that basically state the mountains that the Nile river originate from and the one that Jubba river originate from were both built by the same mountain building processes and therefore they must be internally connected. I took 1st year geological class and did not pursue it but it is a field that can be used for many things. I could not entertain it when I was reading that piece which they were claiming so I quit following it. It was in the early 1990s. However, I have understood later on their claim of any thing between Euphrates and Nile rivers is not only based on some biblical text but they are also using other scientific theories to claim more land. I really got scared when I saw the Jubba river and Nile connections. I got worried because seeing how weak, backward, and divided we are and what this claim can lead to, it is really heart breaking to witness if they really follow thorough it. They can take down stable countries let alone a country with a weak or non-existant central government. It is possible that the whole process is in progress now.

[ToughGong]

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That's mad ninyaho,I remember reading somewhere that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,which the Zioniss pushed for were a prelude to this very thing you're talking about.

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crazy sht