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Welcome to BBC Israel by William Bowles

Posted by seumasach on June 2, 2010

William Bowles

In  Pursuit of Happiness

31st May, 2010

The BBC has outdone itself this time with an outrageous piece of blatant Israeli propaganda.

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Why did Israel attack civilians in the Mediterranean?

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

Israel weighed in advance the consequences of its attack against a humanitarian convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. What were its objectives in triggering a world diplomatic crisis, and why did it defy its Turkish ally as well as its U.S. protector?

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

1st June, 2010

The attack launched by three Israeli Saar missile patrol boats on 31 May 2010 against the freedom flotilla in international Mediterranean waters denotes a headlong rush on the part of Tel Aviv.

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‘Israel is a lunatic state’ – Finkelstein on Gaza flotilla attack

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

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Pourquoi Israël a t-il attaqué des civils en Méditerranée ?

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

Israël a pesé à l’avance les conséquences de l’attaque qu’il a lancé contre un convoi humanitaire maritime. Quels sont ses objectifs en déclenchant une crise diplomatique mondiale, pourquoi a t-il défié son allié turc et son protecteur états-unien ?

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

31st May, 2010

L’attaque conduite par trois patrouilleurs lance-missiles israéliens de classe Saar, le 31 mai 20101, contre la flottille de la liberté, dans les eaux internationales de Méditerranée illustre la fuite en avant de Tel-Aviv.

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Hague-“We have consistently advised against attempting to access Gaza in this way”

Posted by seumasach on May 31, 2010

The British Government damns itself with faint condemnation

Hague “deplores” Gaza aid ship deaths

Independent

31st May, 2010

The Foreign Secretary today “deplored” the loss of life during the interception of a flotilla of ships carrying aid to Gaza.

Up to 15 people were killed after Israeli commandoes boarded ships carrying 10,000 tonnes of aid en route from Cyprus.

William Hague said the British embassy was in “urgent contact” with the Israeli government, asking for more information.

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Gaza flotilla attack

Posted by seumasach on May 31, 2010

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EU demands inquiry into Israeli raid

Posted by seumasach on May 31, 2010

PressTV

31st May, 2010

Hours after the Israeli military attacked a Gaza-bound aid convoy, the European Union Foreign Policy chief calls for a full inquiry into the deaths of those on board the flotilla.

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Strategy shift in the Middle East

Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2010

Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
16th May, 2010
The failure to reshape the Greater Middle East has left the field open to a new alliance, the Tehran-Damascus-Ankara triangle. Since nature is allergic to vacuums, Moscow is filling the space left vacant by Washington. The wind has changed and it’s blowing strong. In a matter of a few months, the entire regional balance of power has tipped.
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UK’s discriminatory criminalization of dissent

Posted by seumasach on April 14, 2010

Sarah Irving

Aletho News

13th April, 2010

“We are very angry, very afraid, very sad, very upset. My wife, she is depressed. When she sees police in the street she’s very frightened. They destroyed our life,” says Badi Tebani.

In January 2009, Tebani’s teenage son Yahia was one of tens of thousands of people who joined demonstrations in London against the Israeli bombing of Gaza. At one of those demonstrations Yahia and many others were “kettled” — surrounded by a police cordon and slowly let out in return for giving their names and addresses and for being filmed.

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Erdogan fires another broadside at Israel

Posted by seumasach on April 6, 2010

PressTV

5th April, 2010

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired another broadside at Israel over its aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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E.U. Parliament Calls For Implementing The Goldstone Report

Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2010

Meanwhile, according to some sources Israel’s atomic arsenal is being aimed at European capitals. This is logical: Israel recognises that Europe will not always continue to act as a vassal of the US and is likely, at some point. to throw in its weight behind the Palestinians.

Voltairenet

11th March, 2010

The European Parliament adopted during its Wednesday session a decision calling for implementing the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Gaza war, in preparation to present the resolution to the 13th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council which will be held in Geneva by the end of March [1].

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