An American ship carrying 34 passengers, some Jewish, is set to join the new Gaza-bound flotilla in June, according to a New York Times report Thursday.
Writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, Alice Walker, 86, whose parents dies in the holocaust will also board the United States ship.
“It’s in the tradition of Dr. King’s direct-action principles, to create a situation so tension-packed that it forces the world to look and see what’s happening to the Palestinians,” a student explained her reasoning for taking part in the flotilla.
The American ship, named “The Audacity of Hope” after US President Barack Obama’s book title, is intended to send a message of hope according to Leslie Cagan, a political organizer who is the coordinator of the boat.
“We’re sending a message to our own government that we think it could play a much more positive role in not only ending the siege of Gaza, but also ending the whole occupation” of Palestinian land, she said. “The phrase does capture what we believe, which is that it is possible to make change in a positive way, and that’s a very hopeful stance.”
A coalition of pro-Palestinian groups say a flotilla will set sail in the third week of June. Israel has vowed to stop any attempt to breach its sea blockade of Gaza.
In May 2010, nine people were killed when Israeli commandos boarded a Turkish boat off the coast of Gaza.
(Source: Ynet)
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obama should join them
So Sad, why are the liberals so blinded?
Could they have named it thus without obama’s consent? If they did, can we expect an official statement dissociating him from the whole thing? It is unlikely he would condemn the idea but he might mildly object to the unapproved use of his title.
If the president does not object in any way, then he is condoning it and publicly professing his support for the palesterrorists.
Jewish antisemities are the worst ones
Maybe WE should send a flotilla to the UN with the same message!
And they can stay in gaza
So they’re helping people who despise them and want them dead? Hmmm makes sense! And to Alice Walker, why didn’t you help the german nazis after W W 2? You’re doing the same exact thing here
Atta boy RavKahaneTzadik…you tell ’em. Dumbkopf
There must be something wrong with the yichus of these “jews”
Insanity now has a sure-footed place in the world, as we await Moshiach.
The US citizens aboard the ship should be prosecuted when they return to the US. And if the ship is flying a US flag, it should be seized by the US Navy, not by the Israeli Navy.
I love how the conservatives get all riled up every time they realize that most Jews in America agree with Obama.
These flotilla guys are trying to get all the publicity they can. Having Obama raise objections to the name of the ship, just plays into their hands.
“It’s in the tradition of Dr. King’s direct-action principles…” Talk about moral equivalence! It’s an insult to compare this to Dr. King or to Gandhi. What was done last year was absolutely not “passive, non-violent resistance,” according to any objective standard, and is diametrically opposed to what either would have advocated, even in a just situation. Why hasn’t anyone noticed that? Neither of them is around anymore to dissociate himself, but others can, including the president, who could say something about that, being aware of MLK’s philosophy, as well as condemn and dissociate himself [Just noticed that someone has alluded to this point] from the use of the book title.