The armchair analysts have been at it since late Saturday night, blaming Israel for the deaths of the attackers of the IDF, even though the photographic evidence that the attack was laid well in advance is mounting. There’s news about the pistols used against the soldiers:
The officer said that the two pistols were snatched from IDF troops and were found on the bodies of those killed. They were without bullets because they had been fired.
I guess it’s a good thing they were awful shots, or there’d be dead soldiers to go along with the dead “civilians.”
Reports of Sheikh Raed Salah’s dire injuries turn out to be—lies. He is, however, in jail awaiting a hearing.
Most of the activists will be deported. The ones who will remain in jail are no doubt the terrorists from the Mahi-Mahi (yeah, what-EVER). Funny, but everyone else came off the ship peacefully. The ones who fought the IDF? Well, they’re the dead and wounded that the world is crying over. It seems that not a single actual activist was harmed. Five of the six ships, remember, surrended (mostly) without a fight. What was different about the Mary Mary? Jihadists.
A first-hand report of the soldier who was thrown to the deck below by the terorrists. I think he’s got his numbers exaggerated (understandably so), but you can count the attackers in the IDF video and see how many were attacking each soldier.
Turkey sent military jets to evacuate its citizens, and PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to lie about Israel.
“People were killed and badly wounded, some from shots, even when bound.
He continues to stir up his people and the Islamic world against Israel. Why, you’d almost think that the Turkish sponsorship of the flotilla was part of an anti-Israel agenda by the Islamic nation.
And here’s an interesting tidbit from the above article:
Most of the inured activists are Turkish citizens, and the rest are citizens of Great Britain, Australia, Indonesia and the Palestinian Authority.
“Activists.” “Peace protestors.” “Civilians.”
Uh-huh.
As you make your way through this article, which makes it look like the Israeli soldiers boarded each ship and started beating everyone in sight, you finally find a nugget of truth:
“Several people who tried to stop the Israeli forces from getting to the bridge were hit by electric shocks and plastic bullets,” he said. We didn’t resist at all. Even if we had wanted to, what could we do?”
Those that did not resist were not harmed. Color me shocked, shocked to hear that the IDF is not full of raging bullies.
More later.