More on the Gaza Flotilla Attack -3 Videos-

If you already bored with these news, then stop reading.

But one thing we -Arabs- are good at which is forgetting quickly. They call us emotional people and these people tend to let go quickly. But this should not let go. For the sake of the poor and sick people of Gaza.

1-

First there was the -Flotilla We Con the World- video which was disgusting and stupid.

Unfortunately the video have been removed from the YouTube. But I found this one and hope it will still work.

The Israeli government has apologized of the video they sent to many journalists.

And an article about it from the telegraph.

The Article :-

(The video shows Israelis dressed as Arabs and activists singing to the tune of the 1985 charity single We Are The World)

Gaza flotilla attack: Israel sorry for spoof video

Nine people died in the bungled raid on seven aid boats last week.

The video, which has been posted on YouTube, shows Israelis dressed as Arabs and activists singing to the tune of the 1985 charity single We Are The World, the Guardian reports.
In the clip, which was distributed by the Israeli government press office, the Israelis sing: "We con the world, we con the people. We'll make them all believe the IDF (Israel Defence Force) is Jack the Ripper."
It continues: "There's no people dying, so the best that we can do is create the biggest bluff of all."
The footage is broken up by clips from the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound aid ship, the Mavi Marmara.
A link to the video was sent to foreign journalists, but was swiftly followed by an apology, saying it had been an error.
Despite attempts to distance Israeli authorities from the clip, government spokesman Mark Regev said that it mirrored Israeli sentiments.
"I called my kids in to watch it because I thought it was funny," he told the paper. "It is what Israelis feel. But the government has nothing to do with it."
The clip has been praised by the Israeli media. The mass-circulation daily Yediot Aharonot newspaper said the singers "defended Israel better than any of the experts".
(end of article )
=============================================
2-
And while Israel and the -We Con the World clowns- still denying the affect of it's blockade of Gaza stripe or the humanitarian crisis there . NBC has this short video to show a different thing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/gaza-a-look-at-life-behin_n_606445.html

( sorry about this one but it keep changing to the latest news every time it is posted so click on the above link and watched it, it's worth it )

=====================================================

3-

An activists who were on the flotilla has managed to release these footage that we taking on the ship despite the Israeli attempt to confiscate all the footages recording there.

from the Guardian UK

The article :-

Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage

New footage has emerged of the Israeli assault on a convoy of aid ships headed to Gaza in which nine activists were killed.

The high-quality film was reportedly recorded by New York-based documentary maker Iara Lee aboard the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship that bore the brunt of the Israeli attacks.

Israel attempted to confiscate all footage recorded by participants in the Gaza Freedom flotilla – including taking away mobile phones – but Lee managed to smuggle one hour of video out of the country by hiding it in her underwear, it was reported.

The 15 minutes of film posted online shows the moments leading up to and during the Israeli commandos' assault on the Mavi Marmara.

At one stage, the captain of the boat can be heard over the public address system saying: "Do not show resistance … They are using live ammunition … Be calm, be very calm." Gunshots can be heard.

The film includes footage of an Israeli inflatable boat carrying commandos, and troops can be seen rappelling from a helicopter on to the Mavi Marmara. While they do so, two men on the Marmara can be seen using catapults aimed at the soldiers, who are high above them, although the projectiles they are firing cannot be ascertained.

At one point, a passenger on the boat says to the camera: "[The activists] hold two soldiers down here, bleeding and wounded." One soldier can be seen being carried down the stairs of the vessel. In an interview with Democracy Now, Lee said the soldiers were injured in the commotion. "They got treatment by our passengers," she said.

A number of passengers are shown in the video receiving medical treatment for wounds, including one man being resuscitated. He does not appear to respond. At the end of the footage a woman can be heard shouting: "We have no guns here, we are civilians taking care of injured people. Don't use violence, we need help."

Lee described the attack as terrifying. "[The Israelis] came to kill," she said. "They wanted to take over the ship."

More than 600 pro-Palestinian activists were detained by Israel in the 31 May raids on the aid convoy. There was global condemnation of the assault but Israel claimed its troops acted in self-defence after coming under attack from members of an "extremist" Turkish group.

It announced on Monday it would conduct an internal investigation into the incident, defying pressure for a thorough international inquiry.

The UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions said any inquiry set up by Israel should include "all video and other records of the incident, including those confiscated from civilians". Philip Alston said it must be able to interview all key witnesses, including military personnel.

"Any inquiry set up by Israel to investigate the Gaza flotilla incident must be given a genuine capacity to find the facts. Without that capacity an inquiry will simply not be considered credible."

Alston said the inquiry must be independent of government, have full legal authority to investigate and make its final report open to the public.

-end of the article -

here is the video, but be cautions it contain graphic scene.

Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010 // 15 min. from Cultures of Resistance on Vimeo.