[THS] !!!!! Gilad Atzmon: Israeli Butchery at Sea

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Israeli Butchery at Sea
An institutional failure of a morbid society

By Gilad Atzmon

May 31, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- As I write this piece the scale of the
Israeli lethal slaughter at sea is yet to be clear. However we already know that at
around 4am Gaza time, hundreds of IDF commandos stormed the Free Gaza
international humanitarian fleet. We learn from the Arab press that at least 16 peace
activists have been murdered and more than 50 were injured. Once again it is
devastatingly obvious that Israel is not trying to hide its true nature: an inhuman
murderous collective fuelled by a psychosis and driven by paranoia.

For days the Israeli government prepared the Israeli society for the massacre at sea.
It said that the Flotilla carried weapons, it had ‘terrorists’ on board. Only yesterday
evening it occurred to me that this Israeli malicious media spin was there to prepare
the Israeli public for a full scale Israeli deadly military operation in international
waters. Make no mistake. If I knew exactly where Israel was heading and the
possible consequences, the Israeli cabinet and military elite were fully aware of it all the way along. What happened yesterday wasn’t just a pirate terrorist attack. It was actually murder in broad day light even though it happened in the dark.

Yesterday at 10 pm I contacted Free Gaza and shared with them everything I knew.
I obviously grasped that hundreds of peace activists most of them elders, had very
little chance against the Israeli killing machine. I was praying all night for our
brothers and sisters. At 5am GMT the news broke to the world. In international
waters Israel raided an innocent international convoy of boats carrying cement,
paper and medical aid to the besieged Gazans. The Israelis were using live
ammunition murdering and injuring everything around them.

Today we will see demonstrations around the world, we will see many events
mourning our dead. We may even see some of Israel’s friends ‘posturing’ against the
slaughter. Clearly this is not enough.

The massacre that took place yesterday was a premeditated Israeli operation. Israel
wanted blood because it believes that its ‘power of deterrence’ expands with the
more dead it leaves behind. The Israeli decision to use hundreds of commando
soldiers against civilians was taken by the Israeli cabinet together with the Israeli top
military commanders. What we saw yesterday wasn’t just a failure on the ground. It
was actually an institutional failure of a morbid society that a long time ago lost touch
with humanity.

It is no secret that Palestinians are living in a siege for years. But it is now down to
the nations to move on and mount the ultimate pressure on Israel and its citizens.
Since the massacre yesterday was committed by a popular army that followed
instructions given by a ‘democratically elected’ government, from now on, every
Israeli should be considered as a suspicious war criminal unless proved different.

Considering the fact that Israel stormed naval vessels sailing under Irish, Turkish and
Greek flags. Both NATO members and EU countries must immediately cease their
relationships with Israel and close their airspace to Israeli airplanes.

Considering yesterday’s news about Israeli nuclear submarines being stationed in the
Gulf, the world must react quickly and severely. Israel is now officially mad and
deadly. The Jewish State is not just careless about human life, as we have been
following the Israeli press campaign leading to the slaughter, Israel actually seeks
pleasure in inflicting pain and devastation on others.