It's wet in December

A British organization wants to organize another flotilla of fools to challenge Israel's lawful blockade of Gaza at the end of December. The British organization Long Live Palestine has called on all freedom-loving people in the world to take part in a large-scale freedom flotilla at the end of the year, in order to break the Gaza siege. According to the plan, the flotilla will set sale in late

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we set out to deceive

Gabriel Matthew Schivone really wanted to be a Jewish anti-Semite. So he tried to learn from the best of the best. He tried to pass himself off as a Chicano Jewish-American. He interviewed Noam Chomsky, one of the most prominent Jewish anti-Semites of our time. And then he tried to pass himself off as a Jew on the flotilla of fools, thinking that his Jewishness would make Israel look worse.But

Flotilla hypocrisy

David Harris wonders why the flotilla of fools is only interested in going to Gaza. Now don't bet the family farm that the flotilla folk will show up anytime soon in Egypt, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or anywhere else outside Gaza. The reason? Simple and obvious. If it doesn't have an Israeli connection, they're just not interested.Why? Good question. Their single-minded obsession with Israel and

Haaretz's Lois Lane reports from the Dignite al-Karama

Haaretz's own Lois Lane Amira Hass reports from the deck of the French yacht Dignite al-Karama. When the Karame was some 50 miles away from Gaza, the Israel Navy began trailing the yacht and contacted the passengers on board, demanding they state their final destination and disclose if they are carrying any weapons.A member of the Greek delegation to Gaza answered the questions and promised that

LIVEBLOG: French yacht contacted surrounded off Gaza coast

The French yacht Dignite al-Karama spent the night in Port Said, Egypt, and departed for Gaza at 6:00 am. It was due in the area at Noon. Israel Radio reported at 11:30 that the Navy had contacted the yacht several kilometers off Gaza and warned that it was about to enter a blockaded zone. The yacht claimed to have lost contact with the Navy....Swedish Israeli Dror Feiler is on the yacht, but