Iran has repeatedly made known its genocidal intentions toward Israel. Yet if Israel stops these ships, the international condemnations will rain down upon…guess who.
Nonetheless, Israel must defend itself against the global jihad, and all free people should be standing with Israel now.
“Iranian aid ships head for Gaza,” by Robin Pomeroy for Reuters, June 14 (thanks to all who sent this in):
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran is sending aid ships to blockaded Gaza, state radio said on Monday — a move likely to be considered provocative by Israel which accuses Tehran of arming the Palestinian enclave’s Islamist rulers, Hamas.
One ship left port on Sunday and another will depart by Friday, loaded with food, construction material and toys, the report said. “Until the end of (Israel’s) Gaza blockade, Iran will continue to ship aid,” said an official at Iran’s Society for the Defense of the Palestinian Nation….
Up to a quarter of Iran’s 291 lawmakers have expressed their wish to go to Gaza, Iranian media reported.
The actions are in response to Israel’s boarding of a flotilla of Turkish aid ships heading to Gaza on May 31 in which troops killed nine pro-Palestinian activists after they were set upon by some passengers with metal rods and knives.
An official of the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s youth organization said some 100,000 Iranians had volunteered as potential crew for aid ships, daily newspaper Iran reported….
Enflamed as they are by blind hatred for those “strongest in enmity” toward the Muslims (Qur’an 5:82).