Israel's despicable campaign of threats and intimidation continues apace. Now they are claiming nonviolent activists are planning to attack IDF soldiers with chemicals. This is a particularly clumsy way of trying to build a narrative around the spurious notion of poor little Israeli commandos given no choice but to kill in order to defend themselves.
It is a lie, and organisers are asking the Israeli military to identify the persons supposedly intent on violence so that they can be excluded from the flotilla. No response has been forthcoming from the misnamed Israeli Defence Forces.
Let's remind ourselves that it was the IDF that did all the killing a year ago, and the world beyond Tel Aviv and the White House knows it.
From Haaretz
The organizer of the Gaza-bound flotilla is dismissed Tuesday Israeli allegations that extremists aboard the ships plan to harm Israeli soldiers who would be dispatched to stop them.
Dror Feiler says the hundreds of people planning to sail soon in a bid to break Israel's naval blockade of the Palestinian territory have signed a declaration of nonviolence.
Feiler told Army Radio on Tuesday that if Israel has information about specific suspects, it should pass it along to flotilla's organizers.
Israeli military spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich on Monday cited intelligence reports saying extremists in the flotilla have "dangerous incendiary chemicals" for use against Israeli forces.
Senior Israeli officials said at a press briefing on Monday that even though the Turkish organization IHH has withdrawn from the upcoming flotilla to Gaza, information recently obtained by Israel indicates that some passengers are planning on carrying out violent acts. more
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