Israel must pay families of killed Freedom Flotilla activists – Malaysia
June 6, 2010 | RIA Novosti
JAKARTA, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Sunday Israel must not only apologize but pay compensation to families of killed Freedom Flotilla activists.
Israeli commandos on Monday stormed the six-ship Freedom Flotilla carrying some 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid and up to 700 human rights activists to the Islamist-run Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave blockaded by Israel, killing nine people and injuring dozens. Hundreds found themselves jailed and were then deported.
Razak was speaking at a reception in his residence in honor of 12 Malaysian activists who had been on the Freedom Flotilla vessels.
“What they lived through has not only touched our hearts but also opened the eyes of the Malaysian nation and the rest of the world,” he was quoted by Malaysian news agency Bernama as saying.
“It was an impudent act of aggression and terrorism. It was an act of cold-blooded murder committed by commandos on an order from the Tel Aviv regime,” Razak said.
Deputy Malaysian premier Muhyiddin Yassin said another six Malaysians from the Irish-owned Rachel Corrie aid vessel, seized by Israel on Saturday, are to return home in the next few days.
Yassin said Malaysia will keep helping humanitarian missions for Palestinians.
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In fact, there was no law, neither national nor international, broken by the people on the vessels of the Freedom Flotilla, only possibly(!) a military law from the Israelian state, but that law is not valid in international waters, were the vessels of the FF actually were when they were ordered to turn bow, seized by commando’s from the state of Israel, and they were forcibly brought to Israelian territory, in fact kidnapped an brought under Israelian jurisdiction.
As the people on the vessels of the FF had no intention, not at the start of their voyage nor while underway, of entering Israelian territory or jurisdiction, but intended to enter Palestinian territory and jurisdiction specifically, the state of Israel even can be accused of kidnapping and forcing individuals into its own jurisdiction, a crime under international, and military law!
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The dead sought out and got what they passionately wanted: Martyrdom. Isn’t that reward enough?
” Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida:
“Three of the four Turks killed in the Israeli attack on the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ bound for the Gaza Strip wanted to die as martyrs, said their relatives and friends. The wife of one of them, Ali Haydar Bengi, told the Vatan daily: “He used to help the poor and the oppressed. For years, he wanted to go to Palestine. And he constantly prayed to Allah to grant him shahada (martyrdom).
“Ali worked at telephone repair shop in Diyarbakir, the largest city in southeastern Turkey. Sabir Ceylan, a friend of Ali, told the Milliyet newspaper: ‘Before embarking on this journey [to Gaza], he said he desired to become a martyr. He had a strong desire to die as a martyr.’
“Another Turkish victim was Ali Ekber Yaratilmis, a 55-year old pensioner. He was a father of five who lived in Ankara. Ali volunteered for the Turkish Aid and Human Rights Organization [IHH], which transfers aid to Gaza. A friend, Mehmet Faruk Cevher, told the Sabah daily that [Ali] ‘devoted his life to charity work, that’s why he went to Gaza. He always wanted to become a martyr.’
“The third victim was Ibrahim Bilgen, a 61-year old pensioner and father of six sons. He was a supporter of the Felicity Party, an Islamic movement in the southeastern city of Siirt, Anatolia news agency reported. His brother-in-law, Nuri Mergen, told the agency: He was an exemplary man and a truly good man. That’s why he was truly worthy of shahada (martyrdom). Allah granted him the death that he wished for.’”
Palestinian Media Watch reported in the last two days that participants on board were chanting Islamic battle cries and talking about their coming martyrdom during the days before the confrontation.”
Uhm, tell me, how are these men victims?
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solhachuel,
You must be some kind of fool.
The originating source on the internet for this story is a Jewish hasbara site. They claim that the story is from the Arabic press however they take credit for translation. Given the reputation that MEMRI and other Zionist operations have in translations from foreign press we might as well just chuckle at your being such a fool.
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aletho, Thank you kindly, yes, I am a fool.
I will ask you if you can supply a better or more accurate translation to English of the Turkish newspapers than was available on MEMRI?
All the best to you,
solhachuel
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solhachuel,
For your information, MEMRI has an english section too, and one can subscribe to that too, to get emails of/with postings in one’s email-inbox……
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I seriously doubt that the people who died in the attack on the Freedom Flotilla were looking for their death, or martyrdom, they wanted, as all the others on the vessels, break the siege of the people in the Gaza strip, and I think that the assumption of purposedly sought death is, to put it mildly, ludicrous.
From what I understand all were seeking the end of the blockade, breaking it, and they were unlawfully (in international waters) killed, as were the survivors unlawfully detained and kidnapped to israelian jurisdiction.
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