Israel Matzav

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Israel accused of taking advantage of Greece's economic plight

A Canadian useful idiot who is part of the flotilla contingent has accused Israel of taking advantage of Greece's economic situation to convince the Greeks to prevent the flotilla of fools from leaving for Gaza.

Jewish-Canadian Dilan Kenner, claimed that Greece is operating in Israel's favor as a result of economic pressure Jerusalem placed on Athens due to the current financial crisis in the country, according to the report.

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The Canadian ship Tahrir was stopped on Monday, five kilometers from its anchoring point in Greece. Kenner explained that the Greek coast guard intercepted the ship fifteen minutes after it departed. Authorities boarded the ship and towed it back to Cyprus. Kenner claimed that the move was a clear act of trespassing which the Greeks had no right to carry out.

The Israeli government, utilizing "economic extortion," pressured the Greek government to widen the illegal blockade of Gaza to Greek ports, Kenner explained.

Kenner said that the widening of the Gaza blockade has begun to affect human rights of those living outside of Gaza. This is something that should worry Israelis, Canadians and people from all over the world, he told Army Radio.

Kenner maintained that the interception was unjustified. The activists made their non-violent intention clear from the beginning, Kenner explained. He said that a number of activists tried to block the Greeks but did not use violence. The inception was a clear violation of activist's rights even though no one was injured, Kenner said.

I don't see how Israel could bring economic pressure to bear on Greece (at least not directly). We carry no weight in the IMF or with the World Bank. We're not an economic superpower - we belong neither to the G-8 nor to the G-20, although we do belong to the OECD.

Israel's relations with Greece have become much closer since the break in relations with Turkey in the wake of last year's flotilla of fools. Both Cyprus and Lebanon have banned ships from sailing directly to Gaza from their ports, and the Free Gaza movement closed its offices in Cyprus as a result. Why did these people ever think that the Greeks would allow them to sail to Gaza from its ports? Did they even ask, or did they assume that the whole world is against Israel and that therefore they can do whatever they want?

Heh.

Labels: Canada, Cyprus, flotilla of fools, Free Gaza, Gaza plenty, Greece, MV Tahrir

Monday, July 04, 2011

Greek Coast Guard turns back Canadian flotilla boat

The Greek Coast Guard has stopped a Canadian boat that attempted to depart for Gaza from the island of Crete without permission. According to the Twitter feed of the useful idiots who are part of the flotilla, the boat was towed back to a different port than the one from which it departed. There is now one tweet claiming that the boat sustained damage when it was slammed against a wall. There is more detail about that claim here.

Heh.

Labels: flotilla of fools, Greek Coast Guard, MV Tahrir