Peace Flotilla?
Peace Flotilla? No, They Were Invoking Kill the Jews
On the day before the Gaza flotilla confronted the Israeli navy, Al-Jazeera TV documented the pre-battle atmosphere created by men on board the flotilla, who chanted a well-known Islamic battle cry invoking the killing and defeat of Jews in battle:
Khaibar is the name of the last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad's army in 628. Many Jews were killed in that battle, which marked the end of Jewish presence in Arabia. There are Muslims who see that as a precursor to future wars against Jews. At gatherings and rallies of extremists, this chant is often heard as a threat to Jews to expect to be defeated and killed again by Muslims.
Al-Jazeera also interviewed a woman who said that the flotilla participants' goal was "one of two happy endings: either Martyrdom or reaching Gaza.
"The flotilla includes hundreds of Arab and foreign solidarity activists from more than 40 countries … They have announced their determination to use resistance to any attempt at piracy by the Israeli occupation." [Al-Jazeera website, May 29, 2010]
"Not really a "peaceful" or "humanitarian" attitude/mission, eh?
And what is this living in the past. 628? Do they even know the current date?
This is the mentality we are dealing with. They are living in the pre-Crusades and Crusades as 1000-year-old battles are relived in cafes and meeting places. It is like all of that happened yesterday for them. And they are mad. And they want revenge. And they are all looney!
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