MV Rachel Corrie is On Its Way

The Irish ship, MV Rachel Corrie, will soon approach the blockade line. (She has been delayed due to mechanical problems.) The "Rachel Corrie" by name alone demonstrates the PR stunt this "aid flotilla" truly is. (Rachel Corrie aka St. Pancake was an American activist who died after throwing herself underneath an IDF bulldozer.)

Prime Minister Netanyahu has vowed to preserve the blockade line whilst keeping to his earlier promise to allow these ships to dock at Ashdod and, after inspection, to permit food and legitimate aid to be transported to Gaza. So the hour of decision approaches. Will the "Rachel Corrie" provoke another clash with the IDF? Or will she sail to Ashdod peacefully, having learned a lesson from the incident on early Monday morning?

The truth of the matter is simple: The Gazans are not starving. Israel provides millions of dollars of aid every month to Gaza.

The blockade is also maintained by an Arab nation - Egypt - who is as tired as Israel of fighting the terrorism in Gaza. (For years, Egypt used the Gaza Strip as a type of "Australia" circa 1770, sending undesirable political activists and terrorist to exile there.) There is no wish on the parts of either Israel or Egypt to deny these people food or the necessities of life. Rather, it is cement used in building bunkers and weapons that they are concerned with keeping out of the hands of Hamas.

Yes, Gaza needs to be freed. It needs to be freed from Hamas. The attached video explains well the situation as it stands in Gaza today.

Soon, we will learn if the activists are interested in aid or in another stunt. For the sake of the Israelis who put themselves in harm's way boarding these vessels - this former IDF soldier prays it is the former option.





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