Friday - December 10, 2010

Israel proposes compensation for Gaza flotilla victims ..

Yes I know it’s dumb to believe too much in anything anymore. But I really did believe the folks in Israel were a bit tougher minded then this story shows.
Why would they cave in? They’re a sovereign state, or so I thought.

Those life forms on that boat armed themselves long before their ship was raided by the Israelis.  They knew before hand they would be in dangerous waters. The Israelis told em as much.  But no.  It’s gotta be Israel that says sorry yet again.

I also have serious reservations over reports (in conservative papers) with regard to Israel’s extremist right religious groups who are calling the shots these days.
That is not good news either.

Israel proposes compensation for Gaza flotilla victims

Israel proposed paying compensation to relatives of those killed during a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, in exchange for Turkey’s help in protecting the Israeli navy against lawsuits

By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent

The draft, offered at the weekend in Geneva, some $100,000 (£63,000) to each family of the nine pro-Palestinian activists who were shot dead trying to breach Israel’s Gaza blockade in May. They were shot by Israeli marines who boarded the aid-carrying flotilla the Mavi Marmara.

It also offered an Israeli expression of “regret” over the incident, according to Israeli diplomatic sources, but stopped short of Turkey’s demand Israel formally “apologise” for the deaths.

Turkey has thus far refused to resume full diplomatic relations with Israel until it receives an apology for the raid, which remains the subject of investigation by the UN and Israel.

Why oh why can’t the Israelis just say FUK WU to the Turks and anyone else who wants to play armchair admiral. Vas You Der Sharlie? Screw the critics.
Making payments is to my way of thinking, like admitting guilt.  Either they were in the right and defending themselves or wrong from the beginning.
Frankly, I’m tired of the whole issue I think.  It’s been going on my entire life and I don’t see anything positive happening there in my lifetime. Or what’s left of it.  And the religious right won’t give way so what’s that tell you?  Add to that, the recent forest fires in Israel and the refusal to accept help in fighting fires if the help came from Christians, was stupid, bizarre, wrong headed and did nothing to further Israel’s cause or name.  Most don’t agree with the religious right idiots who are as much a part of medieval thinking as islamic fundamentalists.  But unfortunately they seem to have power and are in many ways, in the drivers seat. Well they’re headed for a crash if the fools keep driving in that direction.  For a lot of different reasons, many Christians support Israel and have an honest and sincere regard for the state. Being Christian should not exclude someone from the ranks of friends and anyway, Jews should know better then that, having themselves been excluded for their faith.  This isn’t to say those are in the absolute majority. Yet.  I say yet because like muslims, they have a high birth rate, and they vote. The less religious minded tend not to have large families.

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