Having seen what happens when you send a boat full of terrorists, others think a change of tactics is in order.
So they’re sending a boat full of women.
Samar Alhaj, the woman leading the Hizbullah-linked Lebanese boat that is scheduled to try to block the naval blockade on Gaza, said in an interview with a regional Israeli Arabic- language radio station in Nazareth that women were “the new secret weapon” in use against the “thieving enemy.”
Asked on Radio A-Shams by Zohair Bahloul why the ship, Mariam, would only be carrying women, she said, “We are women in order not to give the thieving enemy an excuse to use arms against the ship.” She said the ship would be carrying cancer medication for children, and women suffering from breast cancer and cancer of the uterus due to “chemical bombs” dropped on Gaza by Israel.
Alhaj is the wife of an officer in the Lebanese security service who was jailed for four years for alleged involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Alhaj and her husband met with Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on May 22.
Speaking of Israel, she said, “the entity that was not defeated will be defeated by women that will come on the boat. Our weapon is cancer medication.
We don’t have scud missiles or any other missiles, and you will see what they will do to us.”
They also don’t have any other weapons one might associate with women.
However, Kuwaiti daily al-Siyassah reported that famous Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe’s request to join the vessel has been vetoed by Hezbollah on the grounds that her “nudity, degradation and immodest dress” would damage the reputations of all the Arab and European women on board.
Now raise your hand if you just Googled – or thought of Googling – ‘Haifa Wehbe’?
Meanwhile, listening to one of the sponsors of the boat proves very instructive.
Meanwhile, Yasser Kashlak, a Syrian businessman of Palestinian descent who heads the “Free Palestine Organization” and is funding this boat, as well as another that is to carry journalists and parliamentarians, said over the weekend on Hizbullah’s al-Manar television station that he was more and more optimistic that one day these same boats would take “Europe’s refuse [the Jews] that came to my homeland back to their homelands.
“Gilad Schalit should go back to Paris and those murderers go back to Poland, and after that we will chase them until the ends of the earth to bring them to justice for their acts of slaughter from Deir Yassin until today.” Kashlak, a fervent Hizbullah supporter, called Israel a “rabid dog sent to the region to frighten the Arabs. He said he had a message for Israelis: ‘Get on the ships we are sending you and go back to your lands. Don’t let the moderate Arab leaders delude you, [you] cannot make peace with us. Our children will return to Palestine, you have no reason for coexistence. Even if our leaders will sign a peace agreement, we will not sign.’” He said the boat carrying journalists and parliamentarians will carry 12 former American diplomats as well.
Antisemitism and an admission that they don’t want peace. Double whammy.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
9:30PM: Statement from the Prime Minister’s Office:
Prime Minister’s Office – Statement
Following the Israeli Security Cabinet Meeting (June 20th 2010)
Israel’s policy is to protect its citizens against terror, rocket and other attacks from Gaza. In seeking to keep weapons and war materiel out of Gaza while liberalizing the system by which civilian goods enter Gaza, the Government of Israel has decided to implement the following steps as quickly as possible:
1. Publish a list of items not permitted into Gaza that is limited to weapons and war materiel, including problematic dual-use items. All items not on this list will be permitted to enter Gaza.
2. Enable and expand the inflow of dual-use construction materials for approved PA-authorized projects (schools, health facilities, water, sanitation, etc.) that are under international supervision and for housing projects such as the U.N. housing development being completed at Khan Yunis. Israel intends to accelerate the approval of such projects in accordance with accepted mechanisms and procedures.
3. Expand operations at the existing operating land crossings, thereby enabling the processing of a significantly greater volume of goods through the crossings and the expansion of economic activity.
4. Add substantial capacity at the existing operating land crossings and, as more processing capacity becomes necessary and when security concerns are fully addressed, open additional land crossings.
5. Streamline the policy of permitting the entry and exit of people for humanitarian and medical reasons and that of employees of international aid organizations that are recognized by the GOI. As conditions improve, Israel will consider additional ways to facilitate the movement of people to and from Gaza.
6. Israel will continue to facilitate the expeditious inspection and delivery of goods bound for Gaza through the port of Ashdod.
Israel welcomes cooperation and coordination with its international and regional partners in implementing this policy and will continue to discuss with them additional ways to advance this policy.
The current security regime for Gaza will be maintained. Israel reiterates that along with the U.S., EU and others, it considers Hamas a terrorist organization. The international community must insist on a strict adherence to the Quartet principles regarding Hamas.
Hamas took over Gaza and turned it into a hostile territory from which Hamas prepares and carries out attacks against Israel and its citizens. The Israel Defense Forces will continue to prevent the flow into and out of Gaza of terrorist operatives, weapons, war material and dual use items which enhance the military capability of Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza. Israel calls on the international community to stop the smuggling of weapons and war materials into Gaza.
Gilad Shalit is approaching four years in captivity. The international community should join Israel in strongly condemning those who hold him captive and in redoubling their efforts to secure his immediate release.
7:22PM: I’m probably just too keen on Separated at Birth posts, but c’mon, doesn’t the kid on the right look like a young Obama?
5:20PM: Interesting (and disturbing) article on the phenomenon of Israelis moving to Germany to live.
5:15PM: Who are these “peace activists” who are organizing the next flotilla?
4:40PM: Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer and Robert Thomson, Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones and Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal meet at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Thomson: “Damn, we look alike!”
3:42PM: Senior cabinet members have approved steps toward loosening Israel’s blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Hamashole Mahmoud “Wart” Zahar said in an interview today that palestinians should initiate rocket attacks on Israel from the West Bank.
#wearesuckers
6:18AM: Propaganda of the day: In case you missed that they named the (Hizbullah-linked) ship heading to Gaza The Virgin Mary, someone has decided to make it slightly more obvious.
6:12AM: Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev, has resigned.
A replacement for Shalev has not been announced, but Israel Radio reported that Yaffa Zilbershatz, the head of Bar-Ilan University’s law school, and Yossi Gal, CEO of the Foreign Ministry, are being considered for the job.
Bring back Dan Gillerman!
6:05AM: Quote of the day (from Thursday evening, actually):
The Rocket Man star refused to bow to pressure and follow in the footsteps of musicians like The Pixies and Elvis Costello and scrap his concert in response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine over the Gaza strip.
“Shalom, we are so happy to be back here! Ain’t nothing (sic) gonna stop us from coming, baby!”
“Musicians spread love and peace, and bring people together. That’s what we do. We don’t cherry-pick our conscience.”
– Elton John, who went ahead with his Israel concert
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