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Embarrassingly for Hamas, Turkey and their various overseas collaborators, the truth about the Islamist convoy against Israel is emerging, slowly but surely.

Read this eyewitness account from on board the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara, where well-trained Islamic terrorists went on the attack against the Israeli police action well before the Israelis even boarded the vessel. See also the previous item from this blog which shows CCTV coverage from the ship’s own cameras, detailing how the terrorists placed their weapons stores in strategic locations and how the terrorists suited up in body armour and tooled up with cold and hot weapons in preparation for their attack. It is worth emphasizing: this is Turkish CCTV, not Israeli footage. Of course, the Foreign Press Association, which is a figleaf for Arab and Islamist lobbyists, is protesting Israel’s usage of the footage that proves the country’s innocence because prior permission was not sought for use of the TV images! It seems the IHH mercenaries on board are being backed by FPA mercenaries on dry land…

The terrorists were well-trained, well-equipped (including with Motorola walkie-talkies for covert communication) and extremely professional. They first shot one Israeli officer in the stomach and another in the knee, then beat a third unconscious by repeatedly battering him with a steel club, and repeatedly stabbed another two in the stomach and back. They immediately discarded all their “hot” weapons – guns – in the sea in a vain attempt to remove the evidence. Unfortunately for them there were witnesses to the presence of their guns. What is more, on board the ship the soldiers found empty shell casings of a sort not used in or by Israel.

The automatic “condemn Israel” knee-jerk cacophony is already beginning to be damped as the truth begins to emerge. No matter how often Swedish fiction writer Henning Mankell claims that the only weapon on board was his shaver and his Swedish communist collaborator friend Dror Feiler maintains there “wasn’t even a nail-file on board”.

Thankfully it is not illegal to be stupid – at least not here in Sweden. We have our democracy to thank for that. Mankell and Feiler are therefore free to continue claiming whatever they like and to continue providing entertainment for their listeners.

One example of Mankell’s most recent proof of genius: he is now “considering” banning the translation of his books into Hebrew. Now that’s really going to hurt Israel – first we have the daily rocket barrages fired by Hamas in Gaza (here is a list of Hamas missile attacks on Israel this year alone, including the four rockets fired yesterday), and now the ultimate national disaster: Henning Mankell’s books may not be available in Hebrew. This undoubtedly spells the end of the Jewish state and Zionism’s future.

Almost immediately, however, Mankell backs away from his threat. Here’s what he says to Swedish newspaper DN (translation from Swedish:

“At the same time, I don’t want my decision to hurt the wrong people, so I’ll have to think about it“.

The “wrong people”? Mankell is concerned solely with not hurting his bank balance – that’s the sum total of his solidarity with Hamas when the chips are down.

Truth, maturity, ethics and principle win over stupidity. Every time.

Here’s what Hillel Neuer from UN Watch had to say about the whole sorry Ship to Gaza “humanitarian aid” con trick. In all the talk about the “humanism” of the organisers and participants in this “humanitarian” action, it must be remembered that they all flatly refused to take up the issue of Gilad Schalit with their Hamas masters in Gaza. While still a teenager, Gilad Schalit was kidnapped from Israel and has been held without even a nod to his most basic human rights - no access to his family, legal advice, Red Cross visits, UN visits, medical attention.