Hamas is refusing to accept the aid from the Free Gaza flotilla. And they’re doing a damned good job of pretending they don’t have the responsibility
Ahmed al-Kurd, Social Welfare Minister in the Hamas government which rules Gaza, said Hamas would block the aid cargo until Israel met all of the group’s conditions.
Israel must release all of the activists detained after Israel’s interception of the Gaza-bound convoy and transfer all, not just part, of the seized cargo, Kurd said.
He added that since the convoy was organized in Turkey, it was up to Ankara to decide whether to allow the goods to enter the Strip.
I checked the Free Gaza website. No mention. Not a peep of protest about the tons of humanitarian goods—that they said were so very, very necessary to Gaza’s wellbeing—being refused by Hamas. Gee. You’d think that the very important humanitarian aid would be the main reason the Gaza flotilla took off, not “breaking the seige” of Gaza.
Oh. Wait.
Hii Meryl Yourish
You must see this video, Glenn Beck on Free Gaza flotilla aid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hox-t1Spzeg&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRoUrgdt6uE&feature=player_embedded
This is a contrived and co-ordinated affort that reaches well outside the ME. It includes Turkey and Malaysia for start. What dog do they have in this hunt?
And more importantly what part does having a US president openly hostile to Israel play in this far reaching effort to escalate hostilities?