Flotilla Comments
"[The Israelis have] said, 'Here you go. You're in the Mediterranean. This ship — if you divert slightly north you can unload it and we'll get the stuff into Gaza.' So what's the big deal here? What's the big deal of insisting it go straight to Gaza? Well, it's legitimate for Israel to say, 'I don't know what's on that ship. These guys are dropping eight — 3,000 rockets on my people.'"
— Joe Biden, US Vice President, Politico, 2/6/10
"I don't deny that in the fighting some of them were using some of the weapons they've been showing on TV now, like the slingshot or the hatchets." … Israeli officers later displayed slingshots, knives and truncheons they said were found on the ship as evidence of organized resistance. Defense officials also say some activists had military-style gear such as bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles and carried large sums of cash.
— Norman Paech, retired law professor, AP, 2/6/10
The Obama administration said yesterday that it warned Israel to use "caution and restraint" in dealing with the flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. This may help explain why the Israel commandos who boarded the Mavi Marmara were armed with paint ball rifles and why … they did not use more effective force until those who attacked them were on the verge of overwhelming them.
— Power Line, 3/6/10
"That is not part of the game. The Turkish peace activists broke the rules. … Of course [the Israeli soldiers] would defend themselves."
— former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday, aboard the Rachel Corrie, Al-Jazeera, 4/6/10
— Joe Biden, US Vice President, Politico, 2/6/10
"I don't deny that in the fighting some of them were using some of the weapons they've been showing on TV now, like the slingshot or the hatchets." … Israeli officers later displayed slingshots, knives and truncheons they said were found on the ship as evidence of organized resistance. Defense officials also say some activists had military-style gear such as bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles and carried large sums of cash.
— Norman Paech, retired law professor, AP, 2/6/10
The Obama administration said yesterday that it warned Israel to use "caution and restraint" in dealing with the flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. This may help explain why the Israel commandos who boarded the Mavi Marmara were armed with paint ball rifles and why … they did not use more effective force until those who attacked them were on the verge of overwhelming them.
— Power Line, 3/6/10
"That is not part of the game. The Turkish peace activists broke the rules. … Of course [the Israeli soldiers] would defend themselves."
— former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday, aboard the Rachel Corrie, Al-Jazeera, 4/6/10
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