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Originally Posted by Foxtrot
This is the version of Israelis. The folks who were on ship they had white flags weaving.
Perhaps time to read from unbiased sources?
I would trust on the Israeli version. They already screw up their reputation after forging passports in Dubai. (what happened to those so-called "investigations" by the way?)
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/1...i_armed_attack |
Did you notice that the video was cut when the first Israeli soldier boarded the ship, right before he was clubbed down? This isn't exactly what I call unbiased.
Did you see any white flag while the soldiers landed aboard the ship? I did not but maybe they were just not captured on film, however do you start clubbing away on boarding soldiers after having set a white flag? If someone rises a white flag and then starts attacking isn't that regarded as illegal as well?
The reporter claimed that shots could still be heard even though a white flag was raised. So? Rising a white flag is a sign of surrender. If you rise it you signal that you give up. If you give a sign that you surrender but actually keep fighting then your white flag has the same meaning as a piece of toilet paper.
I love it how they are trying to hide behind the white flag as if rising it is enough. No, you also have to stop fighting to give any meaning to a white flag.
You might call the Israeli side propaganda or biased (and it surely is) but your link is so blatantly biased as well that I don't consider this to be any proof.
Why did they cut the video when the first soldier boards the ship just before he gets attacked? Why don't they show how one of the Israeli soldiers was thrown over the railing on a lower deck? Because they are pushing their agenda and aren't interested in showing you the truth!
Not that the Israeli side would be either, but from the videos I've seen so far it seems clear that the activists started the violence and are now crying that they had a white flag.