Rachel Corrie
Tristan Anderson
Tom Hurndal
These tell a story,
Don’t you think?
It is a story of courage, of heroism, of great and incredible sacrifice…
But it isn’t the story of Happily Ever After-
Not as we continue to sit down, idly, ignoring these deaths again and again.
Not if we ignore what is happening right now, before our very eyes-
As my good friend, “UmmHend” explained: [This] was an aid flotilla organized and carried out by an international group of people from 40 countries! Including a holocaust survivor, USS Liberty survivors, Nobel Prize recipient, women, humanitarian workers, aid workers, peace activists. They would not have done this way if it were an arms smuggling mission. Millions of people watched live what happened there last night, Israel is well known in the world community for spinning the stories to make themselves look faultless after using hugely disproportionate violence, this is all common knowledge...
The UN Rights Chief said: "We need to establish exactly what happened. However, nothing can justify the appalling outcome of this operation, which reportedly took place in international waters," Pillay said in a statement.
"I unequivocally condemn what appears to be disproportionate use of force, resulting in the killing and wounding of so many people attempting to bring much-needed aid to the people of Gaza, who have now been enduring a blockade for more than three years."
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/05/31/10/un-rights-chief-condemns-gaza-aid-flotilla-interception
"I unequivocally condemn what appears to be disproportionate use of force, resulting in the killing and wounding of so many people attempting to bring much-needed aid to the people of Gaza, who have now been enduring a blockade for more than three years."
P.S. Remember this:
His father screamed “Please, don’t shoot. Don’t shoot.”
They shot, anyways.
His son died in front of international television (a French camera got it all).
P.S.S. We may not be able to do much, but each blogger can help spread the real story- our words may at least spread awareness which can, hopefully, lead to action by our leaders of state. We need a global outcry and it begins with each of us…
P.+ 3’s: if you don’t know the stories of the people above, click here: http://rtsf.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/american-shot-by-israeli-troops/
(Be warned, though, there are ‘graphic pictures’).
