IDF: Five Gaza flotilla activists linked to Hamas, Al-Qaida

Lets see, was these the supercommandos with bulletproof vests (that noone has seen) that tried to kill soldiers (even though they had captives they didnt hurt) and made anti-semitic broadcasts (in a edited recording with a different voice than any protester)? Someone in the IDF should learn that in propaganda, less is more.

Do you really believe this information? I heard the leader of the Turkish Organization speak on TV, he is probably religious but their philosophy sounded very different than Al Qaida. He said if the Israel people were in the the same situation instead of the Palestinians, we would do the same for them. Al -Qaida would never say things even close to this. I think it is terrible that Israel blames people like this - McCarthyism is terrible. Just stop being paranoid and learn to trust people's good intentions.

Please Israeli people, in the name of humanity, it is time to wake up for you guys. You will only win of this situation if you just wake up.

I used to think Israel had good intelligence. Taking a week to find someone on Google and wikipedia. Unbelievable. There is something going wrong with Israel and it did not start with the idiotic idea to lower 3 kids with paint ball guns down a rope into the hands of a crazed mob. I fear for you guys, I really do.

ever heard "stop digging when youre in a hole?its just drip,drip,drip from idf,allegedly this,almost certainly that.the hasbara effort is akin to comical ali as the marines had already taken baghdad.

If this is the best the IDF can do they just convinced me the demonstraters were quite kosher.

Hundred of activists were on the flotilla. So a few were part of groups that Israel doesn't like. That doesn't change whether the siege of Gaza is legitimate or whether killing the activists on the board the boat is any less murderous. Were the Hamas guys the ones that died? I doubt it. If the IDF could show that it shot Hamas men, it would be trumpeting that as justification for its murders.

O'Keefe is known for his human shield and nonviolent means of protest. Now the IDF is saying he is a terrorist? He was severely beaten by the IDF, but did he fight back? Are the IDF ever going to release all the confiscated film so that people can see what really happened?

That propaganda machine is just a humming but as it appears to all desperation has set in. Shut it down. The image of Israel needs no more tarnishing.

...How the world is thinking. http://english.pravda.ru/world/africa/05-06-2010/113675-again_israel_commits_outrage_ag-0

Erdogan to Gaza? by Ararat and Tehran?

Israel should just shout the f-ck up and things will get better. This constant attempt to try avade blame for killing civilians, because what ever they are they are civilians. Stop killing people and voila things will get better.

one even more ludicrous than the other (were those electronic devices of Viva Palestine perhaps IPads?) The entertainment value of the IDF is going up and up. Tomorrow I will probably read that I myself am a member of Hamas as well.

Hahahaha so funny from the you ,,,,,, el qaida wich have never make a shut against isreal .... you are clowns :)

It is stupid to think so. Since the last election were Hamas and Hezbollah appeared in Tehran Streets and after eating too much Iranian oil money, killed their innocents citizens in heart of Tehran, the majority of Iranians hate amas and Hezbollah more than the Isrelis. Before even we hated them. Our citizens are living with poverty and all oil money goes to heabollah and Hamas by sepah and Basij. Stop making jokes. After all, with your these attitudes only you turn the majority of Iranians who hate government and potentially has no problem with the Jewish people against yourself.

The hasbara is at least humourous. Absolutely top rate, to slander human rights activists so over the top.

NOTE: When I composed the list of excuses, I had in mind such an excuse as implied by this article, and my excuse no.4 is designed to make it look more logical (i.e., the terrorist could not use one of the tunnels), but this article does reach this level. PATHETIC HUMOR, IDF. 5. Our attack party was vastly outnumbered, and was attacked by the passengers. We had to shoot in self-defense. 4. We had intelligence of a big fat terrorist on the ship who wouldn't fit into one of the Gaza tunnels from Egypt. He had to be stopped. 3. Turkey didn't learn to behave after the "low chair" incident. We had to teach them a stronger lesson. 2. Now Iran will get scared of us and will stop their nuke program. 1. We wanted Egypt to open the Rafah crossing and take over responsibility for Gaza from us. It worked!

you guys sure about this guy, he sounds like an all aerican guy. you guys have a serious problem when us and brit gus are accused of having terror links

Please, who believes The IDF. Everytime they open their mouths, they lose credibility. They become the butt end of jokes around the world. If by chance what they say might have some truth to it, Then why not allow an Independent Probe?

Haaretz writing the truth not the things you want to hear. Writing the truth does not mean to be pro-Israeli or anti-zionist. Truth is truth.

Using the Israeli way of labeling, nearly everyone in the world who is critical of Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza must have "close ties" with these organization. Please make up a better story.

Oh, that's great. 600 activists, and six of them are dodgy extremists. What a shock. Give me 600 Israelis, and I'll bet six of them are extreme enough to declare war on Iran, Syria, Turkey and France all at once. But that doesn't damn the rest of us. Cut out the guilt by association, IDFers—and the increasingly desperate efforts to shore up your reputations after this botched raid.

You do realise that you - Israel, are still in the wrong. So feel free to cook up doctored tapes and video footage, the world still think you were wrong to do this and while you have gone from 100% terrorosts on the boats to just 1% means that you seriously overreacted to these ships.

Just more spin and hasbara.

Fortunately, the IDF has been so discredited that nobody takes it seriously anymore.

The IDF just needs to stop. They have ZERO evidence for any of this, obviously. This is completely pathetic and unbecoming of a so-called Western-style military. You are acting more idiotic than the Americans, and THAT is saying something.

If this is true, why Israel rejects an internatioinal team to investigate the conflict.?. Fullfillmento of international laws must be a priority always.

im shocked shocked !