Hamas Refuses to Allow Flotilla Aid into Gaza Strip until captured activists are released

[Thomas45]

[quote][url]http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/06/0302.htm[/url] CoGAT reports that Hamas did not allow today the transfer of the cargo brought on the flotilla to Gaza’s residents

As of right now, the State of Israel has loaded 25 trucks with various types of aid found onboard the flotilla. Expired medication, clothing, blankets, some medical equipment and toys were among the aid found on the ships. Some humanitarian aid is still waiting at the port of Ashdod. The CoGAT is acting in coordination with international aid organizations operating in the Gaza Strip which are waiting for the transfer of the cargo on the other side of the border.

Unfortunately, the Hamas terror organization is unwilling to accept the cargo and the trucks filled with humanitarian aid have not been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip. It appears that Hamas is in fact stopping the transfer of the humanitarian aid. Hamas did not explain his opposition to the transfer of the aid.

The Ministry of Defense and the IDF allow the crossing of goods and equipment in a routine and frequent manner, and enable the transfer of people for medical, religious, welfare, business or diplomatic reasons. About a hundred of trucks containing aid are delivered everyday by the IDF. In the first quarter of the year 2010, 95,000 tons of supplies and 1068 tons of medicines and medical equipment were transferred in about 4,000 trucks. Also, at the time of swine flu epidemic fear, three Israelis hospitals were designated to treat patients from Gaza and 44,500 vaccinations were delivered into the Gaza Strip.

The State of Israel seeks to achieve regional stability and protection of her citizens. It is not in the interest of Israel to harm the people of Gaza and the state does its utmost to assist aid efforts, so as not to harm the quality of life for the residents of Gaza. Hamas, in its continued efforts to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip, harms the people of Gaza and undermines further development. Despite these ever-present security threats, the IDF continues to allow the transfer of commercial goods, building materials, and medical equipment into Gaza.[/quote]

Yay, everything was for nothing!

[Crhem van der B]

Sure, the source is kind of biased, but still, you cannot just lie such a thing.

[Devodiere]

Found a few more less biased sources.

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100602/wl_mideast_afp/israelconflictgazahamasaid[/url]
[url]http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hamas-refusing-flotilla-aid-20100602[/url]
[url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hbF2mXvQ5ZIZZgopHVFB0DW7hShw[/url]
[url]http://arabia.msn.com/News/MiddleEast/AFP/2010/June/1538062.aspx?ref=rss[/url]

None of them are particularly more credible but it seems to be more than just Israeli propaganda.

[TH89]

They're already good at dropping things on Gaza from the air, why don't they do that

[Stus67]

incredibly biased news source and probably faked.

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Thom12255;22339688]About a hundred of trucks containing aid are delivered everyday by the IDF.[/QUOTE]

Yup, just another bullshit source, nothing to see here.
[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/lying-about-the-gaza-flot_b_597953.html"]From the Huffington Post[/URL]:
[release]
Also, here some interesting statistics from ANERA (As of June 2nd):

8 out of 10 Gazans depend on foreign aid to survive. The World Food Program says [B]Gaza requires a minimum of 400 trucks a day to meet basic nutritional needs[/B] - yet an average of just [highlight][B]171 trucks worth of supplies enters Gaza every week[/highlight],[/B]
Clothes that were held in the port of Ashdod for over a year were released into Gaza but arrived covered with mold and mildew, unusable.
95% of Gaza's water fails World Health Organization standards leaving thousands of newborns at risk of poisoning.
Anemia for children under the age of 5 is estimated at 48%.
75 million liters of untreated sewage are pumped into the Mediterranean Sea every day - because piping and spare parts are not permitted.
[/release]

[PLing]

Israel's attempts to gain some of the reputation back. Too bad it doesn't work.

[Hoffa1337]

[QUOTE=starpluck;22340681]Yup, just another bullshit source, nothing to see here.
[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/lying-about-the-gaza-flot_b_597953.html"]From the Huffington Post[/URL]:
[release]
Also, here some interesting statistics from ANERA (As of June 2nd):

8 out of 10 Gazans depend on foreign aid to survive. The World Food Program says [B]Gaza requires a minimum of 400 trucks a day to meet basic nutritional needs[/B] - yet an average of just [highlight][B]171 trucks worth of supplies enters Gaza every week[/highlight],[/B]
Clothes that were held in the port of Ashdod for over a year were released into Gaza but arrived covered with mold and mildew, unusable.
95% of Gaza's water fails World Health Organization standards leaving thousands of newborns at risk of poisoning.
Anemia for children under the age of 5 is estimated at 48%.
75 million liters of untreated sewage are pumped into the Mediterranean Sea every day - because piping and spare parts are not permitted.
[/release][/QUOTE]
"But the propaganda says other!!"

:sigh:

[ZomboJoe]

I don't get it. Why would Hamas refuse it?

[Jugulum]

"We refuse to receive the humanitarian aid until all those who were detained aboard the ships are released,"

[url]http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=177284[/url]

Even an Israeli paper, take it however you want.

[MachiniOs]

Goddammit Hamas you ungrateful bastards.

[Sickle]

Read next time.

[karbine]

IDF pressures hamas into denying aid, therefore turkish navy doesn't escort aid and possibly start war hurr

[lulzbocks]

I's only propaganda when it goes against our cause!

Have any of you ever even been to Israel/Palestine and seen these crimes?

[OrionChronicles]

this is why Hamas will never win, [B]THEY'RE STUPID!!!!!![/B]

[Mr. Scorpio]

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;22346324]I's only propaganda when it goes against our cause!

Have any of you ever even been to Israel/Palestine and seen these crimes?[/QUOTE]

Holy shit, you're right

everybody, cut the hitler hate. none of you were there, you can't make any decisions on the death camps

god, idiots

[Thomas45]

[QUOTE=OrionChronicles;22350221]this is why Hamas will never win, [B]THEY'RE STUPID!!!!!![/B][/QUOTE]

They're actually incredibly smart.

[GarrettFox]

[QUOTE=Thom12255;22350458]They're actually incredibly smart.[/QUOTE]

Not quite smart enough to realize that negotiations are the only way they are ever going to get anywhere though.

[Re-y-tard]

I know I said I wouldn't join in on anymore of these but...

Pretty fucking immature from Hamas.
"Ohi, here's that aid you guys wanted ^^;"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW, do not want. You touched it~"

At least that's what I interpret it as.

[Jugulum]

[QUOTE=Re-y-tard;22350757]I know I said I wouldn't join in on anymore of these but...

Pretty fucking immature from Hamas.
"Ohi, here's that aid you guys wanted ^^;"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW, do not want. You touched it~"

At least that's what I interpret it as.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Jugulum;22341231]"We refuse to receive the humanitarian aid until all those who were detained aboard the ships are released,"

[url]http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=177284[/url]

Even an Israeli paper, take it however you want.[/QUOTE]

[Mr. Scorpio]

[QUOTE=Re-y-tard;22350757]I know I said I wouldn't join in on anymore of these but...

Pretty fucking immature from Hamas.
"Ohi, here's that aid you guys wanted ^^;"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW, do not want. You touched it~"

At least that's what I interpret it as.[/QUOTE]

Well no, not really.

It's probably mostly posturing, but their story is they want the people from the ship released first. Makes sense to me, I suppose.

[Jugulum]

Of course they are doing it for international support at the moment. They know that the people detained will be released, international pressure has pretty much assured that, and now they want to show that they back the flotilla 100%.

[Re-y-tard]

Israel already said they would deport everyone that were on those ships.

Nevermind, I messed up. ^^;

[Thomas45]

[QUOTE=Jugulum;22350871]Of course they are doing it for international support at the moment. They know that the people detained will be released, international pressure has pretty much assured that, and now they want to show that they back the flotilla 100%.[/QUOTE]

They said before the flotilla even set sail that they would take the goods and give them to Gaza.

[OzOMighty]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTRg74Gn_Nc[/url]

Gaza is so innocent. None of you understand the situation.. All you know is what you hear off the news which is never sharp.. There are always areas they don't speak of because they themselves don't know almost nothing of what's going on.
I myself was on one of the fast attack ships (some of the film is from my ship) and my uncle's son was on deck and stabbed by a 6 inch knife and he told me everything that happened.
SO MANY MEASURES were taken before they boarded and before they used their hand.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmhkanQIyk[/url]

[BurnEmDown]

[quote=ozomighty;22351226]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=remhkanqiyk[/url][/quote]

[b]OH THE INHUMANITY!!!![/b]

/caps

[GarrettFox]

[QUOTE=OzOMighty;22351226][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTRg74Gn_Nc[/url]

Gaza is so innocent. None of you understand the situation.. All you know is what you hear off the news which is never sharp.. There are always areas they don't speak of because they themselves don't know almost nothing of what's going on.
I myself was on one of the fast attack ships (some of the film is from my ship) and my uncle's son was on deck and stabbed by a 6 inch knife and he told me everything that happened.
SO MANY MEASURES were taken before they boarded and before they used their hand.
[/QUOTE]

"Free Gaza from Hamas" I like that.

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=OzOMighty;22351226][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTRg74Gn_Nc[/URL]

Gaza is so innocent. None of you understand the situation.. All you know is what you hear off the news which is never sharp.. There are always areas they don't speak of because they themselves don't know almost nothing of what's going on.
I myself was on one of the fast attack ships (some of the film is from my ship) and my uncle's son was on deck and stabbed by a 6 inch knife and he told me everything that happened.
SO MANY MEASURES were taken before they boarded and before they used their hand.

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmhkanQIyk[/URL][/QUOTE]

Y'know, I know Israelis and Muslims like to throw videos back and forth in a game of political Pong to try and show their side, but these days I find it easier to just ignore anything they say and so I'll just say "Good luck to all of you".

[OzOMighty]

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;22351638]Y'know, I know Israelis and Muslims like to throw videos back and forth in a game of political Pong to try and show their side, but these days I find it easier to just ignore anything they say and so I'll just say "Good luck to all of you".[/QUOTE]

Now if I didn't put a video in my post would you have something more relevant to say rather than claim your cool.

[Jugulum]

[QUOTE=OzOMighty;22351226][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTRg74Gn_Nc[/url]

Gaza is so innocent. None of you understand the situation.. All you know is what you hear off the news which is never sharp.. There are always areas they don't speak of because they themselves don't know almost nothing of what's going on.
I myself was on one of the fast attack ships (some of the film is from my ship) and my uncle's son was on deck and stabbed by a 6 inch knife and he told me everything that happened.
SO MANY MEASURES were taken before they boarded and before they used their hand.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmhkanQIyk[/url][/QUOTE]

You know, throwing random videos around doesn't help.

There IS an humanitarian crisis in Gaza, pretty much the whole world, except for Israel and the US of course, has acknowledged the fact.