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Nothing either about daily Israeli violence and belligerency, the suffocating siege, 43 years of repressive occupation, or true facts about the Flotilla attack - Mavi Marmara passengers saying Israeli vessels surrounded the ship, firing on it before storming aboard by helicopter.
According to Knesset Member Haneen Zoubi's first hand account:
This well-planned operation "wanted many deaths to terrorize us and to send a message that no future aid convoys should try to break the siege of Gaza." She also explained that commandos took control of the ship, searched it and found no weapons or munitions.
Quoting Israel, US media accounts falsely claim otherwise, then lament about the subsequent PR nightmare, not cold-blooded murder at sea. For example on June 1, the Washington Post reported the assault as follows:
"Upon touching down, the Israeli commandos, who were equipped with paint guns and pistols, were assaulted with steel poles, knives and pepper spray. Video showed at least one commando being lifted up and dumped from the ship's upper deck to the lower deck. Some commandos later said they jumped into the water to escape being beaten. The Israeli military said some of the demonstrators fired live ammunition. The Israeli officials said the activists had fired two guns stolen from the troops."
Sadly, this is what passes for journalism in America, especially on television and talk radio - disinformation, distortion and suppression of the truth that can't pass the smell test - why Project Censored alerts about a "truth emergency," glaringly in reporting about Israel.
What Passes for TV News in America - All Propaganda All the Time
Especially in reports about Israel, a nation that can do no wrong on cable or broadcast news and talk shows, leaving viewers hopelessly misinformed.
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