White House ‘Working to Understand’ Israeli Attack

Netanyahu has but one loyalty and commitment and that is to Israel…

Israel is not above the law, attacking Flotilla Aid convoy in International waters is nothing but a massacre. It is time the US and UN step in and put Israel in line with the rest of the world!

Curtis Jasper, something I’ve never understood is why Evangelicals universally hold a veiwpoint nearly identical to what you stated and yet ignore the scriptural fact that at the end of time the Jews will stand with the antichrist.
I am unable to reconcile Zionism with scripture.
By the way, Isreal is not our sole savior, Jesus Christ is.
These kinds of ecclesiastical perversions have taken over the churches in America and that is why I have not been in a church in decades.

If it was Iran, there would be nothing to understand.

Yo, you all need to get your bloody facts right;
First, the ships were not in International water, but in the waterline of Israel in Gaza, which is a part of Israel.
Second, the ships did not only contain aids (and AIDS), but also dangerous and potentially devastating weaponrey.
What would you do if you were in our shoes?
Also, the people on those ships were not innocent, but armed and dangerous.

It is easy to understand Israel’s action.The state feels threatened; the previous relationship with the US is uncertain.Obama has proven to be a weak and unsure leader,at least in Israeli eyes.As such, they will take unilateral action to protect themselves, action that they would not have felt necessary with the previous US-Israeli “Special Relationship”.Today’s action is tragic, but nothing compared to what is coming unless Obama can re-establish trust with the current Israeli government.If not, I would consider a unilateral attack on Iran as inevitable with nightmare consequences to follow.

ARE your all crazy…kill the people in the ship…insane action…I oppose what the Isreal brutal action..I think our US government must action

can not be accepted what the Israel army action on the civilians. I alraedy sick to listen all of the news…Israel Must Stop Now…

There are civilians on that ship…Israel must stop violation of human rights in Gaza…I am very shocked to hear from the news.

Oppose Israel army action. Our government must takes action. I hope we can pray to the lost life in Chicago church this Sunday.I hope your all will come

obama must act to stop the violence. We are US citizens do not agree what Israel army did to the people in that ship.Don’t just seat at the whitehouse.

RE: Matt.San Frans.
Agree…Our government must takes action . We must stop this violence now.

This Sunday at Washington D.C. Times Square,at 12.00 pm (after church). MFFR will organized protests against the action of Israel army violent action.

It gets harder to believe Israel wants peace. Attacking ships carrying aid?

Since when has Obama bothered to get the facts before he makes a comment?
I expect him to say Israel “acted stupidly” without knowing all the facts.
Then Obama will backtracking on his comments, after looking foolish.
It’s the Obama way of doing things.
Besides Obama has no great love for Israel.
Think about the sermons he listened to for 20 years, and his shoddy treatment of Netanyahu.

Israel please stop violent action.
White letter VE: Me too

Armed peace activist?

Funny. I see from the clip video, only Israel army that shoot something from the heli.
Armed peace activist? If me at that times, i run away.

The WH shouldn’t have to work too hard to understand.
For its own protection Israel has a blockade to insure that arms are not passed into Gaza.
Five ships cooperated and docked at Ashdod as requested following IDF instructions, the sixth didn’t cooperate and attacked the Israeli boarding party.

Israel for being jumpy.
Damn..funny man, jumpy and kill Volunteers.
That cruel man

The so-called peace activist run a blockade. Israel sends their Navy to check it out and they are attacked with knives and pipes.
The Navy guys fire to defend themselves.
If that is all true this is just an excuse to trash Israel.
If Obama supports Israel his base will be furious.
If he doesn’t Israel will have more proof that Obama is not their friend.

attacked with knives and pipes. Please,they where helmet, bullet proof clothing compite with M16. why dont just shoot there feet.and kill woman to.
crazy man. And they jump from heli,if me were shocked

Agree Bro..
The woman kill by Isreal army. It like woman Vs Man, why must shoot them too.

“”agree bro…but Jesus don’t say like that man…Can’t kill poeple with no purpose”"
like i said before we dont have the facts, maybe they were defending themselves if you read the article (your grammar indicates you dont have the capability to do so), it says the israel forces were attacked when they entered the boat and they were defending themselves. even if the “activists” on the boat didnt have any weapons if they did start swinging fists israel forces had every right to fire back in that situation.

adam
I agree man, but i can not accept the Israel army must shoot them. And When i see the video. I think i will punch the army to man. They use heli, and jump into the ship. any obe will be shocked if there jump like that. Like S.W.A.T, why the must us force

Israel continues to be the NUMBER ONE recipiant of U.S. foreign aid and U.S. military aid, in the BILLIONS of U.S. taxpayer dollars every year…. then this… and we wonder why the Arabs hate us???
I’m absolutely SICK of my tax payer dollars going to Israel with their militant, apartheid / “Nazi” approach to solving the Palestinian problem in recent years… ABSOLUTELY sick of it. It’s time that we STOP sending so much U.S. tax payer dollars to Israel!!

To my opinion, the US should stop supporting Israel. Israel behaves like a spoiled child in region. If it is a powerful country, they should be able to defend themselves and face outcome of their behavior.
Sometimes supporting a spoiled child will only ruin his life!!!

What is to understand,A country striving to protect its self from terrorists while the rest of the world sits on their hands?Can our White House Administration be so dense as to not understand self preservation?

israel is a disgrace they are war criminals and today pirates the US ought to be ashamed using our tax dollars to support something like this.
Aescleah

I was shocked to read that one of my favorite authors, Henning Mankell, was on that ship and is now under arrest in Israel. I pray for a peaceful resolution, and for insightful writing to come from this experience, writing that will help us all move beyond this impasse.

Until ALL the facts are available, I can’t make a judgement call. But it is my understanding that the ships carrying the ‘aid’ were being funded by a group that has STRONG connections to Hamas and Al-Qaeda. Since Israel is under constant threat from these very people, I can understand why, after they informed the ships to go to another area to dock, became ‘concerned’ and went on board. To put it in perspective, we here in the US know that Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, and so forth want nothing more than to destroy us in any and every possible way. If a plane came into US air space, and we KNEW that those planes were being funded and backed by one of those groups, I would think we would use some type of force as well IF they did not answer our call to go elsewhere. We need to be very careful about jumping to conclusions against Israel on this one. The fact is that those terrorist groups will use any body, any event, any reason available to get in to where they need to ‘be’. It’s sad that innocent people have to be involved, but our own drone attacks are doing the same thing…killing innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Does that mean we are wrong? No. It simply means that NOTHING is cut and dry when it comes to war (or peace) anymore. Everyone is on their toes. It can’t be helped.

It is good to see that the Administration is “Working to Understand” what happened before taking a position! Maybe they are learning that things are not always what they appear to be. Too bad they didn’t read the Arizona Law before commenting. (Rather then trying to defend their initial statements)

But it is my understanding that the ships carrying the ‘aid’ were being funded by a group that has STRONG connections to Hamas and Al-Qaeda.
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“The Free Gaza movement is an international coalition of pro-Palestinian human rights organisations and activists. It has been endorsed by Desmond Tutu and Noam Chomsky and counts on the support of a number of Jewish groups that campaign for the rights of Palestinians.”
The Guardian

Rahm was heckled in Israel.
Posted by: greg c | May 31, 2010 8:11:23 PM
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There are right wing zealots in Israel as well.

You can’t blame Israel for this one. This was a confrontation waiting to happen.

An ambush to make Israel look bad.
Posted by: ollie | May 31, 2010 9:19:56 PM
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Huh? Ambush?

Good thing Israel had drones video taping the whole thing otherwise the statements made about the story of innocent victims would almost be believable.

Every time Israel kills wantonly and ignores international law they create more jihadists and more young American soldiers get killed. General Petreus understands this as does George Stephanopolous on his coverage of this issue. Great George! I agree with Amnesty International who demands that the US stop providing funding and weaponry to Israel immediately.

greg c Said: “I’m glad Netanyahu won’t be around to give Obama a photo-op. Obama is losing the support of the Jewish people. Enter Rahm to save the day. Only problem is the Jewish people ain’t buying Obama’s fake new attitude. Rahm was heckled in Israel.
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…. and SO?!!! Your point is? Who really cares if Obama is losing the support of the Jewish people? Of what strategic value has Israel been to the United States during the Gulf War or during the Iraq War? The fact is, even if we were to go to war with Iran tomorrow, we would never be able to use Israel as a strategic ally without risking the relationships we have with our more valuable Arab strategic partners (i.e., Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, etc.).
So, with that in mind, of what value is all of the BILLIONS of U.S. tax dollars in miitary and foreign aid that we send to Israel every year? Answer: No Value at all… our ties are purely based upon a religious connection (PERIOD!).
And so, Greg C, I ask you again… so Rahm was heckled in Israel? Who really cares? I say let’s stop sending them all that foreign aid every year, and I’m sure the “heckling” will stop the next time Rahm visits.

philip Said: ” Those are the facts Mr. President. Do you stand with the innocent people of Israel, or the Terrorists?”
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The fact that you left out “the innocent Palestinians” in your two choices (and there are many more that are non-terrorist than are terrorist)… shows how little you know of what is actually going on in the occupied areas of Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank)… and shows how you can care less about that third part of the equation.

the real story here is that Israel felt the need to take unilateral action and damn the consequences.I think that we are at the greatest risk for a premptive nuclear strike since the Cuban missile crises.If anything from Iran is found on these boats,God help the Iranian people, millions of whom could be at risk.I think that Israel sees no support from the US;ergo they will strike.

What part of “only democracy” in the Middle East does Obummer understand?

philip – If Israel expands settlements, Israel should be bombed into yesterday. What a bunch of terrorists these Israelis are.

Huh, bombing some one into yesterday, seems a little severe for building people houses on their own land, but that’s about what I expect from an poorly educated, historically illiterate Bigot. At the same time it’s nice of you to concede defeat and change the subject.
Good Night.

Israel clearly understands they are on their own.

What part of “only democracy” in the Middle East does Obummer understand?
Obamaisacluelessidiot | May 31, 2010 10:48:48 PM
But I thought we have just spent a trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) setting one up in Iraq?
Posted by: jhw539 | May 31, 2010 11:25:29 PM
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How soon they forget. Must have ‘slipped his mind’.

It appears obama is ready to write off the jewish vote, for the mid term elections.

Huh- Israel built the wall and are kept separate because of suicide bombings and rocket attacks and not some sense of superiority. The attacks can be laid at the feet of Hamas and the many other Terrorist Org. Some Palestinians have chosen to support these terrorist org. and their crimes against humanity and have chosen a bad fate for the rest. Palestinians and Arabs that live and are citizens of Israel have access to the same rights, jobs, education and health care as other Israelis. Again your moral view seems based on an inaccurate bigoted opinion, and a complete lack of any understanding of historical facts.

Mike-Of course they cheered on 911. Osama said 911 was a response to, in part, overwhelming American support for Israel in light of Israel’s daily human rights violations against the Palestinians. So yes, they cheered and why not. Totally justified in my opinion, not that I was happy my country got hit. America is complicit in Israel’s crimes as am I since my tax dollars support Israel.

J2-True at the moment. The Jewish folks due have some political power. Look at the financial suicide terrorists Blankfein and Bernanke. Lots of power and money. Gotta luv it. However, the Hispanics are growing in numbers so if even a minority shows up at the polls, it will be significant.

Huh- The fences and other barriers were put up because the terrorists were murdering Israelis. Terrorists aren’t murdering Israelis because they fences and barriers. The walls, fences, and barriers defensive. Defense is moral, murder is not. Again read a little history, facts matter. you should learn some. If someone drove by and shot at your kids everyday you might put up a fence too.

Posted by: philip | Jun 1, 2010 12:23:01 AM
The state of Israel was imposed upon the arabs by western, white governments. Then settlers set out to terrorize arabs off of the land.

what if iran had carried out the gaza carnage ? Although it’s practically unthinkable, try to replace Iran and Israel, imagining for a single moment that Iran is the occupying state that kills at least two foreign civilians a day, beleaguers some 1.5 million people who don’t have any access to the barest rudiments of their daily life and live under the continual threats of military assault and are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Would the so-called international community tolerate it? Would the UN secretary-general suffice to a simple “expression of concern” with regards to such an incessant viciousness, if it had not been Israel? To be honest with ourselves, Israel is enjoying an unconditional impunity from all of the international rules, laws and regulations and acts like an autonomous state which does not come to terms with any obligation and responsibility. To midly put it , israel has been above the law par excellance , will it slip away this time ??

Agree more, for me only Christian people and British nation our truly ally, not Israel.Only whitehouse see it’s different

To all the Anti Israel comments here..why don’t you go you tube the video of what happened…it’s been posted. Pay close attention to the weapons crates. And I am glad there are some people that do not want another Holocaust. Even if they gave up their land, and moved to the moon it wouldn’t be acceptable. There will never be peace because their ultimate goal is to destroy what the Jews represent. And if that ever happens…the US won’t be far behind.

D “weapons crates” ? ya sure. Propaganda abounds from Israeli apologists.

the aid boats, had camera crews that went thru the boats beforehand. No weapons were on board.
And they were aware of the violent tendencies of the Israeli military. So the “weapons on
board” theory doesn’t pan out!

For a years in Iraq. I only see the dead body there. No weapons of mass destruction. we are
silly to go there,and loose all our friends at this stupid place.

Agree (“,)

Isreal must stop the war with Palestinian people. And it’s will end to 3/4 war in world this day.The facts is most war occur happen after Israel extreme war to Palestinian people. All people know that facts.Jesus, i hate war

Since it’s inception as a state, has it been Israel that has tried to destroy its neighbors, or has it been it’s neighbors that want to destroy Israel?

Since it’s inception as a state, has it been Israel that has tried to destroy its neighbors, or has it been it’s neighbors that want to destroy Israel?
Posted by: Sigmonde | Jun 1, 2010 7:11:47 AM
Sorry I am not anti Isreal. But honestly i has been to Tel Aviv before, and my friends ask me come with her to visit her family not far from Palestinian villages. Honestly i were shocked to see many of Palestinian house have been demolished by Isreal authorities. And many of land belong to Palestinian People have been taken with out their permission. I also can see child begging for slice of food along the road.The environment far different from the city in Tel Aviv.I am very sad to see the situation. Honestly, Isreal must stop their extreme action with Palestinian People.

Agree, but i have been inform that more Palestinian people have been kill, compare Isreal citizens, the ratio 1/12, and especially children and woman.
And many suicide bombers, are the person how have lost the parents kill by Isreal authorities. It like pskilogi pressure.

“Agree, but i have been inform that more Palestinian people have been kill, compare Isreal citizens, the ratio 1/12, and especially children and woman.
And many suicide bombers, are the person how have lost the parents kill by Isreal authorities. It like pskilogi pressure.”
Are you suggesting Israel is intentionally killing women and children indiscriminately? What is your source of information? Are you justifying suicide bombing that kills innocent people?

Sigmonde,
what i want to say just now, Just stop the force action to Palestinian people. Take steps for peace settlement, it sad to see more blood of Isreal and Palestinian people. My Isreal freinds give me the inform

“what i want to say just now, Just stop the force action to Palestinian people.
Peace would be great. Both sides have responsibility to make peace, however. What do you suggest?

It better for both sides.

What should the Palestinian stop doing in return
Palestinian also should know, their also must takes part negotiations. But what just see now, Isreal authorities must takes the first step to open the negotations door. Because to me, them can not takes the first steps because the pressure their suffering for long period

Damm right!!! Just stop the force

“Because to me, them can not takes the first steps because the pressure their suffering for long period ..”
Do you think it would it be helpful if Hamas and others stopped lobbing missiles and sending suicide bombers into Israel?

Re: Do you think it would it be helpful if Hamas and others stopped lobbing missiles and sending suicide bombers into Israel?
For all reason, why their doing it’s. Because the pressure given by Israel authorities to Palestinian People. It not be made a sense, if someone just carzy to do suicide bombers for fun. It all about pressure and suspicion. That why both side can find solutions

Maybe I am confused about this. Maybe someone can enlighten me.
Is it Israel that wants to destroy Arabs, Muslims, or Palestinians, or is it Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians that want to destroy Israel?

For all reason its about land.Israel live in Palestinian land. And Palestinian want to defence their land. It’s normal if someone angry with that situation. Same happen in South African. But we must move forward,and both sides must no, their must live together in harmony ways.
In my opinian,The arabs and Muslims do not want to destroy Israel. Their angry because the way Israel treat the Palestinion People because Palestinion people are also Muslim. Example link of friendship US with Israel.

My major in history, and my study tesis is about west Arabs and Europe. Went i study more, the more facts that i find. It all happen because suspicion.Suspicion that born for two different religious beliefs. If Israel and Plastino want to life together, both side must leave their suspicion.
For Iran, I disagree their threat, but in other sides ,likes what i was say , it happen because their angry with situasion in Palestin and see the muslim people suffering their.Their not only angry with Israel, but also other part of the world that has Muslim suffer, example in south Thailand, Kosovo and many more. It all happen because pressure their have around the world

should U.S. get involved… Isreal has been shooting kids (using M16s) for throwing rocks.. Now reppelling from U.S. made Helicopters…. U. S. Should get OUTVOLVED

the only thing that i want to say about this disaster is the U S A is only responsibel for it because it helps israil to kill people intentionally in the Middle East.

Dont make God angry, please help palestina…