The TIP Sheet Send A Message to Your Editor and Elected Officials about the Gaza Flotilla! Attend Upcoming Pro-Israel Rallies / Events The Israel Project appreciates your tax-deductible support of its work to protect Israel. Before Facts Known, European Officials Rushed to Judgment and Condemned Israel’s Attempts to Stop Illegal Flotilla Several European leaders were quick to condemn Israel’s campaign Monday (May 31) to prevent an illegal flotilla from reaching Gaza - well before information and video footage showed that the self-described human rights activists aboard one of the ships were armed and violently attacked Israeli military personnel. [more] New Ship Headed for Gaza despite Israeli Prohibitions In the aftermath of a pre-meditated attack on Israeli soldiers attempting to intercept an illegal flotilla bound for Gaza from Turkey, another aid ship, the Irish-owned MV Rachel Corrie is headed for Gaza. [more] 'We Will Never Apologize for Defending Ourselves' (Video) PMW Bulletins - Three of the four Turks killed on ship "Three of the four Turks killed in the Israeli attack on the "Freedom Flotilla" bound for the Gaza Strip wanted to die as Martyrs, said their relatives and friends. The wife of one of them, Ali Haydar Bengi, told the Vatan daily... [more] Despite the fact that Israel publicly offered to inspect and then transfer the flotilla’s aid to Gaza several days prior to the incident, many opponents of Israel are now making wild accusations that humanitarian supplies are being blocked from entering Gaza. [more] New U.S. Bipartisan Poll on Prospects for Peace Vice President Joe Biden on Charlie Rose (Video) Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Michael Oren interviewed by Bret Baier Extended interview: Official defends deadly Israeli raid of Gaza flotilla A Botched Raid, a Vital Embargo In the last few days, Jerusalem has been blanketed by an unusual combination of humiliation and steely determination. How is it, people here wondered aloud, that the same country that tripled its size in three lightning days in June 1967 and then pulled off the rescue at Entebbe nine years later now seems to botch everything? [more] Flotilla aid refused by Hamas Flotilla raid: Turkish jihadis bent on violence attacked troops, Israel claims A hardcore of 40 Turkish jihadis on board the Mavi Marmara was responsible for the violence that led to nine deaths and dozens of injuries on the flotilla taking aid to Gaza, the Israeli government claimed today. [more] Gaza Flotilla Had Ties To Terrorist Organizations, Claims British Officer TIP Conference Call with Col. Kemp, June 2, 2010 Ten deaths for an inverted truth Rep. Barton supports Israel’s blockade & its battle against terrorists in Gaza Q&A-Is Israel's naval blockade of Gaza legal? Israel has said it will continue a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip despite growing global pressure to lift the siege after a navy raid on a Turkish ferry carrying aid killed nine activists this week. [more] Operation 'Sea Breeze' Legal Aspects (PDF) For several years, the State of Israel has been engaged in an ongoing armed conflict with terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip. [more] Videos of Monday's tragic incident off the coast of Israel TIP will continue to monitor the situation and upload new royalty-free footage to our video player as new content is available. Flotilla YouTube Videos from Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Flotilla YouTube Videos from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit: More Flotilla Videos: For a continued collection of multimedia related to the Gaza Flotilla, The Israel Project appreciates your tax-deductible support of its work to protect Israel. Connect With TIP 
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June 3rd, 2010
Israel is being unfairly maligned! I know you care -- and we need your help. While IDF soldiers are still in the hospital recovering from their wounds, the media war continues. Here is how you can help:
TIP List of rally times and dates for today through Sunday, June 6th, 2010, taking place throughout the United States and Canada
If you know of events occuring that are not listed, please let us know and we will include them in our next e-mail. We will continue to update this list as updated information becomes available. [more]
U.S. Leaders More Cautious, Backed Israel as Fuller Story Emerged;
At Least 3 Among Dead Set out to Become “Martyrs”
TIP Press Release, June 3, 2010
Anti-Israel activist Rachel Corrie, who died in 2003, burning an American flag
Vessel Exploiting Woman Killed While Working for Extremist Movement; Hamas Refusing to Allow Flotilla Aid into Gaza
TIP Press Release, June 2, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on FoxNews, June 2, 2010
Israeli PM Netanyahu says raid of Gaza flotilla was justified; accuses international community of hypocrisy
Watch the Video :: Read the Transcript
sought Martyr's death
Article By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, June 3, 2010
Facts Beyond the Spin: Israel Delivers Massive Aid to Gaza
June 2, 2010
June 1, 2010: Key findings from The Israel Project's poll on peace process conducted just days before flotilla incident near Gaza coast:
June 2, 2010
FoxNewsChannel, June 1, 2010
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Lt. Col. Avital Leibowitz Interviewed on CNN (Video)
Israel Defense Forces respond to criticism following raid
June 2, 2010 
Attacks on Israeli forces boarding the Marmara (Photo: IDF Spokesperson)
Article by Daniel Gordis, New York Times, June 2, 2010
MOWBRAY: Freedom Flotilla flotsam
Gaza blockade doesn't stop anti-Israeli propaganda
Article by Joel Mowbray, WashingtonTimes, June 1, 2010
Though the diplomatic fallout from the botched raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla this week will not be known for some time, the mainstream media already have suffered a serious blow to their credibility. [more]
"This proves that the whole thing was a provocation," official says.
Article by Khaled Abu Toameh, Ron Friedman and Abe Selig,
Jerusalem Post, June 3, 2010
Hamas officials on Wednesday refused to allow into the Gaza Strip 21 truckloads of humanitarian aid that had been offloaded from the Gaza-bound flotilla ships currently docked at Ashdod Port, until “all” of those detained in Monday’s naval raid were released. [more]
Turkish newspapers report that three of the four Turks killed were 'ready for martyrdom'
Article by Harriet Sherwood for Guardian.co.uk, June 2, 2010
Article by Sarah Mamula for Talk Radio News Service, June 2, 2010
Colonel Richard Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, said the individuals aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla raided by the Israeli military earlier this week were “hard core activists intent on violence.” [more]
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Article by Fiamma Nirenstein, June 1, 2010
With its deaths and wounded, last night’s episode on the Turkish ship, has diabolical elements. What is diabolical is the reversal, the lie that is being designed by International public opinion, as in the battle in Jenin and like the death of Mohamad Al Dura: the truth, apart from being tragic and regretful, has been inverted, flipping responsibility. [more]
Official Statement from Congressman Joe Barton, June 1, 2010
Rep Joe Barton (R-Ennis/Arlington) issued the following statement in response to this weekend’s events aboard a ship trying to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip: “Israel is a unique outpost for democracy in the Middle East and a longtime, valuable friend to the United States." [more]
A pro-Palestinian activist is evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images
Article by Jonathan Saul for Reuters, June 2, 2010
From The Military Strategic Information Section, International Military Cooperation Department, Strategic Division, Israel Defense Forces
http://www.theisraelproject.org/videos
Posted by Democast, June 1, 2010
Posted by user MHLE2010, May 27, 2010
BBC Footage posted by user LetsFreeGaza, May 31, 2010
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