Gaza Flotilla Atrocity Protest

20,000 marched from a rally at Downing St to another outside the Israeli embassy to protest against the murder of peace protesters on the Gaza flotilla by Israeli forces and to call for international action against Israel and an end to the illegal Israeli blockade. London, UK. 05/06/2008

Called by Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative, CND, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Viva Palestina and Palestinian Forum of Britain, this was the first demonstration on Palestine to get the whole-hearted official support of the trade union movement.

The rally filled Whitehall and the crush around the platform was so intense that I had to make my way out before the speakers had finished. Among the speakers there were Caroline Lucas MP, Lindsey German, and Tarik Ali and several flotilla survivors. Later at the Israeli embassy there were more speakers including flotilla survivors Sarah Colborne, Kevin Ovenden and Ismail Patel. Other speakers at the event included Kate Hudson, Salma Yaqoob, Daud Abdullah, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John Rose, Yvonne Ridley, Mohammed Kosbar, Lauren Booth, Keith Sonnett and Sally Hunt. Tony Benn spoke both before and after the march, as well as walking the full distance. The final speaker was George Galloway, who received an ecstatic reception, particularly from many of the Muslims in the crowd.

There was too an enormous response to Lauren Booth, who complained of the BBC coverage which had again and again broadcast the same lies from the same Israeli apologist. As a story in the morning's Guardian by Robert Booth had made clear the post-mortem findings are simply not consistent with the Israeli account but the multiple shootings in the head at close range back up the reports we heard from several of those who were there of more or less random executions by some of the boarding troops.

I was not surprised but highly disappointed to hear on the news later in the day the BBC report that 2,000 people took part in the event; my own estimate was at least 10,000 and probably rather more. This is not an isolated error - there is a consistent policy by the BBC to play down the scale of protest. Occasionally they get caught out, as in the photographers demonstration in Trafalgar Square where it was possible to actually count people in the photographs, and the BBC figure was clearly shown to be less than a fifth of the actual number present. But just why does the BBC continue to lie like this?

There were calls for international action against Israel over these and other crimes against the Palestinian people, including the closing of the Israeli embassy and the ending of their preferential trade agreement with the EU.

Several speakers compared the incident in international waters in which one US citizen, Furkan Dogan, and nine Turkish citizens - Ibrahim Bilgen, Ali HaydarBengi, Cevdet Kiliçlar, Çetin Topçuoglu, Necdet Yildirim, Fahri Yaldiz, Cengiz Songür and Cengiz Akyüz - were murdered with the massacre at Sharpeville which was a turning point in the South African freedom struggle. And many of them noted that although it was a great advance that a UK prime minister was calling for the lifting of the blockade it was only a first step.

George Galloway, speaking just before the rally due to a close with a period of silence to honour the dead announced that there would be a concerted breach of the blockade on a large scale after Ramadan ends in early September, with both a land-based convoy and a further flotilla. After the killings on the Mavi Marmara it seems to be a movement that is unstoppable.

Revolutionary Guards - the elite Iranian military forces

Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite military force - are ready to escort cargo ships that attempted to solve the Israeli blockade against Gaza. "Army

Navy's Revolutionary Guards have been fully prepared to escort the convoy to Gaza for peace and liberation, "said Ali Shirazi, representative of Khamenei in the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran, Iran, Monday (7 sixths).

On the other hand, military intervention by Iran is considered highly provocative by Israel. The Jewish state has accused Iran of supplying weapons to Hamas, the Islamic movement which rules Gaza. Iran never recognize Israel and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad often predict the end of the Zionist state that was close.

Last week, the Israeli army with the heinous killing 10 activists from various countries on the ship in a convoy of humanitarian aid to Palestinians who tried to send aid to Gaza. This event triggered an international hatred, especially in Muslim countries

PALESTINE APPEAL CARES

Messenger of Allah said: "My fellow Muslims brothers. Therefore, do not persecute and silence. Anyone who watched the interests of his brother, God will take notice. Anyone who vacate a difficult fellow Muslims, Allah will relieve one of some difficulty on difficulty Day of Judgement. Who is covered kejelakan a Muslim God will cover kejelekannya on doomsday. " (HR.Bukhari and Muslim)

Sisters of mercy of Allah SWT ...

2 Muharam 1430 H is a new year full of blood for the citizens of Gaza. Thousands of lives on the edge of death, a woman weeping bitterly, and groaning in pain the children formations pushed toward the sky. Gaza has been that morning like doomsday, the blood flowing everywhere. ringing boom and fighter jets to bombard the Israeli Zionist martyr out the country without mercy know. Hospitals, military office, warehouse medicines sold out live rubble. hospitals are no longer able to accommodate the victims.

Turbulent Islamic world back to action reverberated around the world, appeal to the Zionist Jews to depart from the holy land of Palestine. But an irony when the tears and blood flowing in Gaza, while Arab leaders remained silent, silent union of nations, the superpowers do not have fangs and clap one hand, while Israel continues to demolish the senseless and muster all weapons to this day.

Chairman of World Association of Scholars, Shaykh Yusuf has also issued a fatwa Qardhawi syar'i is obligatory to help our brothers in Palestine. Joseph Qardhawi regard aid as a liability (fardhu) upon the Muslims.
Sisters of mercy of God Almighty, we hereby would like to invite Mr & Mrs to share love with our brothers in Palestine there.

SERUAN PEDULI PALESTINA

Rasulullah saw bersabda: "Sesama muslim itu bersaudara. Oleh karena itu, jangan menganiaya dan jangan mendiamkan. Siapa saja yang memperhatikan kepentingan saudaranya, Allah akan memperhatikannya. Siapa saja yang melapangkan satu kesulitan sesama muslim, niscaya Allah akan melapangkan satu kesulitan dari beberapa kesulitannya pada hari kiamat. Siapa saja yang menutupi kejelakan seorang muslim Allah akan menutupi kejelekannya pada hari kiamat." (HR.Bukhari dan Muslim) Saudaraku yang dirahmati Allah SWT... 2 Muharam 1430 H adalah tahun baru penuh darah bagi warga gaza. Ribuan nyawa di ujung maut, tangis pilu wanita, dan rintihan kesakitan anak-anak membahana menyeruak kelangit. pagi itu gaza seperti telah kiamat, darah mengalir dimana-mana. dentuman dan ngiang jet-jet tempur zionis Israel yang membombardir habis negeri syuhada tanpa kenal belas kasih. Rumah sakit, kantor militer, gudang obat-obatan ludes tinggal puing. rumah sakit tak lagi mampu menampung korban. Dunia Islam kembali bergolak aksi di seluruh belahan dunia menggema, menyeru kepada zionis yahudi agar enyah dari negeri suci palestine. Namun sebuah ironi ketika tangis dan darah deras mengalir di gaza, sementara para pemimpin Arab hanya diam, perserikatan bangsa-bangsa bungkam, sang Adikuasa tak ada taringnya dan bertepuk sebelah tangan, sementara Israel dengan tak berperikemanusiaan terus menggempur dan mengerahkan segala persenjataannya sampai hari ini. Ketua Persatuan Ulama Dunia, Syaikh Yusuf Qardhawi juga telah mengeluarkan fatwa syar'i yaitu tentang wajibnya membantu saudara-saudara kita di Palestine. Yusuf Qardhawi menganggap bantuan itu sebagai kewajiban (fardhu) atas kaum muslimin. Saudaraku yang dirahmati Allah SWT, dengan ini kami ingin mengajak Bapak & Ibu untuk berbagi cinta dengan saudara-saudara kita di Palestine sana. Bagi